Arctic Systems - and how to move on
Thursday, July 26th, 2007The Revenue have lost what has been called the Arctic Systems case in the House of Lords. This case dealt with a husband and wife
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Tax Haven UK - 1 - The domicile rule
Thursday, July 26th, 2007Alistair Darling has denied the UK is a tax haven. On any objective basis he’s wrong. The UK is a tax haven. Over the next
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UK Flood PLC
Wednesday, July 25th, 2007I don’t want to exploit other’s misery. I’d hate to be flooded right now, and have not been. I’m grateful. That said, I’m aware I
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Grant Thornton - indifferent, as usual
Tuesday, July 24th, 2007Mike Warburton, a partner at Grant Thornton in the UK, wrote a piece for Accoutancy Age last week called “Non-doms are good for the UK”.
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Darling - cheap jibes won't do
Sunday, July 22nd, 2007Alistair Darling has given his first major interview to an accountancy paper, and has used it to tell Accountancy Age that: claims that the UK
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The Chancellor and the riddle of domicile
Tuesday, July 17th, 2007I happened to have received the Chancellor’s briefing for Labour MPs on today’s Lib Dem debate on tax and the rich. On domicile and residence
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Private equity - TJN submits evidence
Monday, July 16th, 2007The Tax Justice Network UK has submitted evidence to the House of Common’s Treasury Select Committee examining private equity. I was author of the submission.
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Black quilty
Sunday, July 15th, 2007Good. Any other result would have been a disaster for corporate governance. Now, were were the auditors in all this? They were, inevitably, KPMG.
KPMG score own goal with Leeds
Friday, July 13th, 2007The FT has reported that: The Football League is refusing to sanction the sale of Leeds United to Ken Bates, the club’s chairman, and has
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