The reason for progressive taxation
Sunday, July 23rd, 2006I was called by an academic at the Judge Institute at Cambridge University late last week. They were looking for a recent theoretical justification for
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ICAEW Practice assurance
Friday, July 21st, 2006There are those who I know who forget that despite all the work I do on tax, corporate accountability and development I am also a
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KPMG and CSR – or why we’ve moved on to corporate accountability
Thursday, July 20th, 2006Sorry to bang on about KPMG, but there really is quite a lot in their report on the future of the taxation which is worthy
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Which side of the fence are you on?
Thursday, July 20th, 2006Dennis Howlett posted the following comment yesterday, but since not everyone looks at the comments I thought I’d share it more broadly: You and KPMG
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An open invitation to KPMG to talk
Wednesday, July 19th, 2006KPMG have published a report on discussion that took place at a symposium they organised on 25 May. The symposium was entitled ‘From debate to
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The people of Cayman are confused
Wednesday, July 19th, 2006The Cayman NetNews reports that the people of Cayman are confused by their poor international image. They say: There is no doubt that we have
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Tax and ethics - starting at the beginning
Tuesday, July 18th, 2006As far as I know Plato was the first person to write about tax and ethics. In the Republic (published 4th century BC) he said:
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Do tax practitioners need to exercise moral judgement?
Tuesday, July 18th, 2006Over at AccountingWEB Rebecca Bennyworth has posted a thoughtful piece on whether tax practitioners have to exercise moral judgement in the course of their work.
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The Tax Research Institute – Nottingham University Business School
Monday, July 17th, 2006Why am I promoting the Tax Research Institute at Nottingham University Business School? There are two reasons. The first is that it does good work,
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