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Statutory Recognition of the term "Accountant"
Brendan Lenihan, who was elected President of Chartered Accountants Ireland at the Institute’s AGM last Friday, has described the absence of a system of full regulation of Irish accountants as a “dangerous loophole”. Calling for an amendment to Ireland’s “defective legislation” Mr Lenihan said: “It may surprise the public that the profession of accountancy remains regulated essentially on a...
Elan steps up fight against takeover bid
Irish pharmaceutical company drives restructuring with new debt and acquisition plans in defiance of a $5.8bn hostile takeover bid by Royalty Pharma Reported by FT.com 55 minutes ago.
Economists And Investing Pros Are Getting Nervous Amid The Deafening Silence
Once again, Friday ended with the stock market climbing to new all-time highs . Even with last week's massive dump of lackluster economic data , volatility remained almost startlingly low. It's worth noting that it's been a while since anyone has said anything about a debt crisis. Europe is cooling off and the U.S. is watching it's budget deficits improve. This coming week will be relatively light for data. Perhaps, this will give experts some time to ponder the current risks to the markets and the...
Europe: the week ahead
Tax avoidance, François Hollande and the French economy will all come under the spotlight this week in Brussels Tax dodgers will get an earful this week in Brussels. With public outrage soaring over the perceived failure to pay their dues by the likes of Amazon, Eric Schmidt's Google and other squillion-dollar transnationals, European leaders will feel bound to berate and deplore, bemoan and declare. And that will pretty much be that. An EU summit on Wednesday in Brussels will declare combatting tax...
EU wants strategic partnership in taxation with Belarus
VILNIUS, 18 May (BelTA) В– According to Algirdas Semeta, European Commissioner for Taxation, Customs Union, Anti- Fraud, Audit and Statistics, the European Union seeks strategic partnership with Belarus in the field of taxation, BelTA has learnt. The European Commissioner told reporters that this partnership envisages joint efforts of customs services to fight fraud and contraband that comes to Lithuania mostly from Belarus and Kaliningrad Oblast of Russia: the borders with these countries are external...
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Richard Turton Award 2013
The 2013 competition is now open to applicants for the Richard Turton Award. For full details on how to enter and how the successful applicant will benefit, please click here. Entries need to be sent in by the 1st July. ...
Richard Turton Award 2012
The Committee is delighted to announce that the winner of the Richard Turton Award 2012 is Edvins Draba from Latvia. Edvins currently works for Bunkus Law Firm as anassociate. He gained his Master’s degree in Law at the University of Latvia, Faculty of Law. Edvins is highly involved in the activities of the Association of Latvian Certified Insolvency Proceedings Administrators and has also contributed ...
Supreme Court Debate Report
EUROPEAN INSOLVENCY REGULATIONS SUPREME COURT DEBATESupreme Court Westminster, London on 6 July 2012This is a relatively detailed report on the essential matters debated at an event organised by INSOL Europe held in the Supreme Court on 6 July 2012. The event was to reflect the issuance and publication by INSOL Europe of its recent report entitled “Revision of the European Insolvency Regulation: ...