Jersey - rotten to the core
Sunday, September 17th, 2006The Observer published a story today about an email from Jersey that had been sent to it, seemingly inadvertently. Nick Mathiason at the Observer was
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The Independent on Sunday - more coverage of Publish What You Pay and the IASB
Sunday, September 17th, 2006The story about the International Accounting Standards Board’s cold shoulder for the Publish What You Pay coalition is to be found in today’s Independent on
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GSK pay up
Friday, September 15th, 2006Earlier this year I upset Roger Emerson, head of tax at GlaxoSmithKline by the comments I made on page 19 of the report Sustainability published
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Cadbury Schweppes - an analysis
Wednesday, September 13th, 2006The European Court of Justice has given its long awaited ruling on the Cadbury Schweppes case. One of the better commentaries on the web (and
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TJN, funding, the Institute for Fiscal Studies and a new tax order
Wednesday, September 13th, 2006Jason Holden has written the following comment on this blog: Maybe its time for the TJN to receive funding from (international boundaries ignored — therefore
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Lies, damned lies and the CBI
Monday, September 11th, 2006The Guardian reports a spat between the UK’s Trade Union Congress and the Confederation of British Industry on whether corporate tax rates should go up
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PWC's tax affairs
Monday, September 11th, 2006News is out that PWC’s own tax affairs are subject to IRS audit in the USA. To some extent I’m not surprised; any large organisation
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You couldn't make it up......
Thursday, September 7th, 2006Days after John Christensen raised searching questions of Transparency International’s Corruption Perception Index (CPI) because it fails to deal with the high level supply of
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Taking Cameron seriously
Thursday, September 7th, 2006I’d like to take David Cameron, leader of the UK’s Conservative party seriously. I believer, very strongly, in parliamentary democracy. As such is depressed me
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