Tax avoidance and tax evasion

PwC implicated in Barclays tax wheeze?

March 17, 2009 General

Earlier today I spoke with Richard Murphy over the Barclays tax avoidance issue. If you’re not familiar, The Guardian claims that Barclays has entered into a series of complex tax avoidance schemes to the tune of $16 BILLION. Barclays lawyers sought a gag order preventing it from reproducing documents it had received from a whistleblower. [...]

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Who knows, who cares?

December 31, 2008 General

As I’m getting ready to close out this annis horribilis I read this beautfiully crafted piece from Alan Rusbridger, editor in chief of The Guardian. It candidly chronicles the issues surrounding its botched reporting of Tesco’s tax avoidance schemes in the middle of 2008 and the difficulties the paper had in unraveling the story. While [...]

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For once I agree with Sir Mike Rake

October 2, 2008 General

It is a rare event indeed but for once I agree with Sir Mike Rake, BT chairman. Rake was the past CEO of KPMG and the man who had to go begging to the SEC not to kill off the firm following the tax fraud scandals in which it was heavily involved. AccountancyAge says: Speaking [...]

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