Tut-tut, HMRC staff
Caught in the act! More than 600 staff at the taxman have been disciplined for accessing personal or sensitive data, Jane Kennedy, the minister in charge of the department, has said....
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May 12, 2008 | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)
Thompson's giant bag
TS was down at Westminster on a typically changeable British summer's day, but the temperature was turned up more than a few notches as Jon Thompson faced Public Accounts Committee rottweilers.
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May 9, 2008 | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)
E&Y 'merger'- it's a TS mystery
TS is a bit hazy as to whether or not Ernst & Young is actually merging its European firms.
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April 29, 2008 | Permalink | Comments (1) | TrackBack (0)
CODA Gives You Wings
The lovely people at software company CODA have organised a group of number crunchers to leap off the end of a 6m high runway at the Red Bull Flugtag.....
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April 24, 2008 | Permalink | Comments (3) | TrackBack (0)
'Pole' tax stripped away
It brought a tear to TS' eye after a Texas judge struck a blow for good old fashioned common sense by declaring a $5-per-customer top-up fee on strip club patrons was unconstitutional.
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April 17, 2008 | Permalink | Comments (4) | TrackBack (0)
Mistress shifting
Mistress shifting
There are many reasons to dislike the government's attitude to husband and wife businesses, or so-called income shifting. Liberal Democrat MP John Thurso has come up with another one....
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April 16, 2008 | Permalink | Comments (1) | TrackBack (0)
Warburton beats Whiting et al
As if our recent table of the most quoted accountancy firms was not enough for you, TS has more. Oh yes....
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April 14, 2008 | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)
Rumours of PwC boss' death greatly exaggerated
Cruel wags at spoof website The Onion have aimed their electronic quills at PricewaterhouseCoopers Stateside chief Samuel DiPiazza, dealing him a mortal blow....
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April 9, 2008 | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)
PwC joust with E&Y
Peter Wyman and Gerald Russell were deep in discussion when TS bumped into them at a dinner. TS floated the plan to split up PwC into two, always an entertaining topic of conversation when Wyman weighs into the debate.....
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April 9, 2008 | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)
Who's the most-quoted tax adviser of them all?
That's the question all the top advisers had on their minds while eyeing themselves up in their mirrors after the Budget....
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April 8, 2008 | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)
