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Articles by Taking Stock

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Taking Stock: The death of Facts

TS is shocked and saddened to hear of the demise of Facts

08 Jan 2013

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Colin: Post Office pushes the envelope

Colin takes a sideways glance at the Post Office finally looking at its own software over accounting errors

07 Jan 2013

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Colin: X marks the spot

How offshore tax settlements agreements used to be conducted

12 Dec 2012

Colin: Hidden in plain view

"What goes on behind closed doors?" asks Colin

30 Nov 2012

Colin: Cutting red tape not always subtle

Setting new UK accounting standards is a delicate issue, notes Colin

27 Nov 2012

Colin: What's accounting got to do with the price of fish?

The glitz and glamour wasn't the only reason guests attended the British Accountancy Awards, notes Colin

23 Nov 2012

Colin: Autonomy can be a lonely place

Colin takes a wry look at one of the week's bigger developments

22 Nov 2012

Colin: Taxis rank highly with PwC

Colin's usual sidewards, squinty, glance at the news: PwC's administration of Manganese Bronze proves eye-catching

19 Nov 2012

Taking Stock: Hibs take tax song to Heart(s)

TS loves a witty ditty

15 Nov 2012

Colin: It doesn't smell like coffee...

Colin muses on other borderline areas of the law

13 Nov 2012

Colin: Tax - there's no app for that

An iProfit to make your eyes water

08 Nov 2012

Don’t panic about KPMG’s false alarm

KPMG staff get unexpected break when UK chairman accidentally sets off fire alarm

05 Nov 2012

Colin: McDonald's golden promotion

A promotion at McDonald's caught Colin's eye this week

05 Nov 2012

Ever heard of the complexity gnome?

TS couldn't help but chuckle when MPs asked the chief executive of HMRC about the possibility of a gnome complicating the tax system

01 Nov 2012

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Why budgeting fails: One management system is not enough

If budgeting is to have any value at all, it needs a radical overhaul. In today's dynamic marketplace, budgeting can no longer serve as a company's only management system; it must integrate with and support dedicated strategy management systems, process improvement systems, and the like. In this paper, Professor Peter Horvath and Dr Ralf Sauter present what's wrong with the current approach to budgeting and how to fix it.

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iXBRL: Taking stock. Looking forward

In this white paper CCH provide checklists to help accountants and finance professionals both in practice and in business examine these issues and make plans. Also includes a case study of a large commercial organisation working through the first year of mandatory iXBRL filing.