Let's get real about cash accounting - it would be a nightmare
Thursday, November 23rd, 2006Nichola Ross-Martin, editor of AccountingWEB has written a tetchy response to an observation I made on that web site in which I criticised her call
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Small company accounts - on the record
Wednesday, November 22nd, 2006In my last blog on this issue I asked for readily available and therefore non-burdensome data on ownership and management to be included in small
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What to tackle - government revenue or spending?
Tuesday, November 21st, 2006Dennis Hewlett at AccManPro has been seeking to engage me on the issue of government spending. I have been reluctant to respond as he would
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Films are not enough - it's time for the Foreign Office to act
Tuesday, November 21st, 2006John Christensen reports on the TJN blog on yesterday’s launch of the new Foreign Office film on corruption. As he says: The film is a
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The Netherlands: A Tax Haven?
Tuesday, November 21st, 2006I guess it’s fairly obvious that there is a short answer to the above question. It is ‘yes’. The Netherlands is a notorious tax haven.
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Company accounts
Monday, November 20th, 2006I promised to say what I thought should be in small company accounts. I will, over time. One thing was suggested by an article in
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Gordon Brown's sop to big business
Monday, November 20th, 2006There have been press reports that at a seminar on globalisation on Friday Gordon Brown offered tax concessions to big business. He’s offered to improve
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Welcome attack on the 'Monaco Millionaires'
Sunday, November 19th, 2006It’s good to see the UK making moves to change some of its tax rules for the wealthy onto a more realistic basis. Late last
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The irresponsibility of tax directors
Friday, November 17th, 2006I was thinking about the PWC poll of tax directors again. One finding has been nagging me. It’s this: Other stakeholders (excluding the above) that
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