The CBI - so out of touch with reality
Wednesday, May 16th, 2007The CBI has set up a tax ‘task force’. The mere use of the term is a bad sign. The membership also gives the game
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Wolfowitz
Tuesday, May 15th, 2007The FT has reported that World Bank President: Paul Wolfowitz’s handling of a secondment deal for his girlfriend Shaha Riza broke the World Bank’s code
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Outsourcing - does it really pay?
Monday, May 14th, 2007If outsourcing works, as is claimed, then why is it, as Simon Caulkin pointed out in the Observer yesterday that about two thirds of all
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10 reasons why Country-by-Country accounting is vital
Thursday, May 10th, 2007In the 1980s I was a volunteer for Oxfam. At the time I remember discussing the role an accountant could play in campaigning on development
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Problems with EITI
Wednesday, May 9th, 2007The Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative is a great idea, in theory. But as I’ve also said for some time there are flaws in it.I highlighted
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It's true - IFRS 8 will be bad for shareholders
Tuesday, May 8th, 2007The reason why I have opposed IFRS 8 can be simply stated. Failure to recognise the duty a company owes to the places in which
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The CBI - dedicated to offshore, with UK taxes
Tuesday, May 8th, 2007The CBI has submitted its ideas to the government’s comprehensive spending review. Amongst their whizzo ideas are offshoring UK civil servant’s jobs. And cutting growth
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Progressive taxation makes sense
Tuesday, May 8th, 2007A question on this blog seems to require more significant treatment than a footnote largely hidden from view. Emily Coltman wrote: If more tax funds
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UK lawyers laundering Zambian money
Sunday, May 6th, 2007We have often said that the UK is not just an offshore financial centre (and now an IMF study agrees). We’ve also said it’s a
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