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Just four accounting firms – [[PricewaterhouseCoopers]], [[KPMG]], [[Deloitte & Touche]] and [[Ernst & Young]] – audit 97% of FTSE 350 companies.<ref>Prem Sikka, [http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2008/dec/14/credit-crunch-auditing Called to account], Guardian, 14 December 2008</ref> Although their might is being challenged by mid-tier firms such as [[Grant Thornton]].<ref>Prem Sikka, [http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2007/may/30/rawdealing Raw dealing], Guardian, 30 May 2007</ref> | Just four accounting firms – [[PricewaterhouseCoopers]], [[KPMG]], [[Deloitte & Touche]] and [[Ernst & Young]] – audit 97% of FTSE 350 companies.<ref>Prem Sikka, [http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2008/dec/14/credit-crunch-auditing Called to account], Guardian, 14 December 2008</ref> Although their might is being challenged by mid-tier firms such as [[Grant Thornton]].<ref>Prem Sikka, [http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2007/may/30/rawdealing Raw dealing], Guardian, 30 May 2007</ref> | ||
Revision as of 23:56, 11 February 2013
Ernst & Young is one of the largest professional services firms in the world and one of the Big Four accountancy firms.
Just four accounting firms – PricewaterhouseCoopers, KPMG, Deloitte & Touche and Ernst & Young – audit 97% of FTSE 350 companies.[1] Although their might is being challenged by mid-tier firms such as Grant Thornton.[2]
Tax avoidance
The Big Four accountancy firms were behind almost half of all known [tax] avoidance schemes, the Revenue (HMRC) said in 2006.[3]
People
- Chris Sanger is the Global Head of Tax Policy at Ernst & Young, Chairman of the Tax Faculty of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (ICAEW) and a former adviser to HM Treasury. He is also a member of the Exchequer Secretary to the Treasury’s Tax Professionals Forum.[4]
Lobbying agencies
Contacts
London offices include:
Ernst & Young
Becket House,
1 Lambeth Palace Road
London, SE1 7EU
1 More London Place,
London, SE1 2AF
References
- ↑ Prem Sikka, Called to account, Guardian, 14 December 2008
- ↑ Prem Sikka, Raw dealing, Guardian, 30 May 2007
- ↑ Gilt-edged profits for profession's 'big four', Guardian, 7 February 2009
- ↑ Tax Journal, accessed April 2011
- ↑ APPC Register Entry for 1 Mar 2012 to 31 May 2012
