Pleased as Punch
Opposers of inheritance tax take heed: without the levy, the country's cultural heritage would lack punch. I mean, Punch. And…
27 Aug 2010

Same old sex-change story
‘Tax officials have published financial advice for homosexual, bisexual and transgender people,’ tuts The Daily Telegraph on p10 of its…
25 Aug 2010

It. Was. Just. A. Budget.
Attention Institute for Fiscal Studies! Attention BBC! Attention Guardian, Telegraph and all you other grown-up papers: there was no 'emergency Budget' earlier…
25 Aug 2010

UK Parliament Limited
MEMORANDUM – CONFIDENTIAL From: Philip Green To: David Cameron (cc: Nick Clegg) Subject: Government spending review. Many thanks for appointing me to head the…
23 Aug 2010

Godwin's law, Schwarzman's offence
Godwin's law states, 'As an online discussion grows longer, the probability of a comparison involving Nazis or Hitler approaches.' It’s an…
17 Aug 2010

How you're connected to Barack
Mark Lee has just finished a series of three blog entries about LinkedIn for accountants. Very good they are too,…
4 Aug 2010

Split personality?
The following news item arrived in Whistleblower's inbox from several months in the future, via a temporal anomaly caused by…
26 Jul 2010

Claiming credit
A press release from The Law Society arrived at Taxation Tower today, hot on the heels of the Office of…
20 Jul 2010

Fast and loose
With apologies to Rowley Birkin QC I had the pleasure of attending the CIOT annual drinks soiree last night ... ... smelled…
15 Jul 2010

New employment opportunities
MEMORANDUM – CONFIDENTIAL From: M Holdfast To: Senior Management Team Subject: New employment opportunities. Team members will be aware that the new coalition government…
12 Jul 2010