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The Briefcase 2: The 5 Biggest Accounting Scandals of All Time
From Enron to Satyam, discover the five biggest accounting scandals of all time, how they happened, who got burned, and what every accountant can learn from the wreckage.
Accountants in the Spotlight
Discover how accountants are portrayed in TV and film, from cult heroes to comedy icons, and why the profession deserves more credit than it gets.
The History of Accounting
From Mesopotamian clay tablets to modern ledgers, the history of accounting spans continents and civilisations.
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Posted on: 20th Dec 2016How to Profit From a Ponzi Scheme
By: John Taylor | 7 min read | 0It seems a sad indictment of the human condition that even in this cynical 'seen it all before' age, greed still drives human beings to commit crimes and still makes victims of those criminals. Almost every month somewhere in the world...
Posted on: 17th Oct 2016Tax Avoidance: The Next Steps
By: Alan Nelson | 3 min read | 0Its clear that public opinion in the UK has moved from tax avoiders being seen as slightly glamorous bad boys, to a situation where there is genuine annoyance at large companies that pay very little...
Posted on: 7th Oct 2016The Thin Line Between Tax Avoidance and Evasion
By: Ian Hayes | 6 min read | 0In reading it though, in 2016, with intense heat generated by revelation of major avoidance schemes used by global corporations to mitigate and eliminate tax liabilities and...
Posted on: 11th Apr 2016Until the Whistle Blew
By: John Burbidge-King | 7 min read | 0The Panamanian law firm Mossack Fonseca, the subject of the recent massive data breach. In this week's blog John Burbidge-King discusses the implications this has on companies anti-bribery and corruption measures.