Big four auditors 'embedded in 税金 港／避難所 world'

By This Is Money
Updated: 19:03 BST, 30 January 2011

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The Big Four accountancy 会社／堅いs have come under attack for 持続するing on 普通の／平均（する） more than 20 offices each in 沖合いの／海外の 税金 港／避難所s にもかかわらず countries working together to 割れ目 負かす／撃墜する on 税金 avoidance .

税金 港／避難所: PwC KPMG, Deloitte and Ernst & Young ? have 81 offices in 沖合いの／海外の 税金 港／避難所s

The four 会社／堅いs ? Pricewaterhouse-Coopers, KPMG, Deloitte and Ernst & Young ? have 81 offices in 沖合いの／海外の 税金 港／避難所s, によれば new 研究 by 財政上の Mail.

MP Chuka Ummuna, who earlier this month 直面するd Barclays 長，指導者 (n)役員／(a)執行力のある （頭が）ひょいと動く Diamond over the banks' 300 沖合いの／海外の 子会社s, said: 'There's a whole 産業 out there 献身的な to helping people 避ける 税金 that will ますます come under the microscope.

'The more people find out about large companies and rich individuals failing to 会合，会う their 義務 to society in these 厳格な，質素な times the more they will 需要・要求する 活動／戦闘.'

John Christensen, director of the 税金 司法（官） 網状組織, said: 'The Big Four are 深く，強烈に embedded in the 税金 港／避難所 world.

They're major players in 形態／調整ing the 法律s and 規則s of these places and encouraging （弁護士の）依頼人s ? high 逮捕する 価値（がある） individuals and 法人組織の／企業の （弁護士の）依頼人s ? to maximise their 税金 avoidance through such places.

'The 料金s they can make from such work is 天文学の compared to more boring accounting and audit work.'

The Big Four 拒絶する／低下するd to answer 詳細（に述べる）d questions on their activities in the 税金 港／避難所s last week.

PwC, which has 23 offices in 沖合いの／海外の 会社／堅いs, said that it had no comment to make. KPMG, with 22, said: 'We are in these 場所s to serve our （弁護士の）依頼人s.'

Deloitte has 18 会社／堅いs in 沖合いの／海外の 税金 港／避難所s and referred questions to the individual 会社／堅いs, 追加するing: 'In relation to Jersey, Guernsey and the 小島 of Man, Deloitte 申し込む／申し出s services which are 概して of 類似の nature to those 供給するd by the UK 本土／大陸 会社／堅い.'

Ernst & Young, which has 18 会社／堅いs in 沖合いの／海外の 税金 港／避難所s, said: 'We have rigorous 政策s and 手続きs in place to 確実にする that we only 行為／法令／行動する for （弁護士の）依頼人s who are honest and operate within the 法律.'

Last 週末 財政上の Mail 明らかにする／漏らすd that the 最高の，を越す 20 companies collectively had 1,000 子会社s in 沖合いの／海外の 税金 港／避難所s. Most of the 港／避難所s do not 告発（する），告訴（する）／料金 会社／団体 税金, or have other 税金 advantages.