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Articles by Accountancy Age Staff

HM Revenue and Customs

Seven fines in five years for undisclosed avoidance schemes

The taxman issues only seven fines for failure to comply with tax avoidance disclosure legislation

20 Feb 2013

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80,000 phishing emails reported to HMRC

Tens of thousands of taxpayers report instances of fraudulent emails purporting to be from HMRC

19 Feb 2013

Pendragon appoints new chairman

Mel Egglenton to move from non-executive role to chairman of Pendragon

19 Feb 2013

Osborne: mansion tax plans a ‘tax con'

Chancellor warns that a mansion tax will be costly to run, and not recoup enough to make it worthwhile

19 Feb 2013

Beever and Struthers joins HLB International

North West firm makes good with its pledge to work more in the international arena, with HLB membership

18 Feb 2013

KPMG administrators arrange Cobbett's debt recovery arm sale

Administrators manage to sell law firm Cobbett's debt recovery arm to HL Legal solicitors

14 Feb 2013

Outsourcing the tax function

Outsourced tax functions should not just be used for compliance, writes Throgmorton's Trevor Brown

12 Feb 2013

Don't leave protection to chance

Data security laws are set to become tougher and accountants can't afford to leave protection to chance

07 Feb 2013

Former tax boss takes the stand in £5m fraud trial

Former tax boss Andrew Meeson took the stand at Birmingham Crown Court to deny allegations he played a leading role in a £5m pensions tax relief fraud

01 Feb 2013

KPMG administrators to arrange pre-pack of Cobbetts

DWF is set to acquire financially stricken Cobbetts in a pre-pack administration deal

01 Feb 2013

Big Four tax heads stay cool under pressure

Cathy Corns impressed by advisors' "robust" responses under pressure during the Public Accounts Committee session on tax avoidance

31 Jan 2013

Sole Survivor: Firms failing to adapt to clients

Charting the rise of the online accountant and what it could mean for the traditional high-street practitioner

31 Jan 2013

Manage your carbon footprint and stride ahead of the competition

New reporting requirements make environmental a financial necessity for large companies, but SMEs could see the issue reach them quicker than they realise

29 Jan 2013

Hope for IPs on legal reforms is just a flash in the pan

Although the latest evidence on reforms to litigation funding seems to exempt the insolvency profession, the industry is not out of the woods yet, warns Kristy Zander

25 Jan 2013

A CFO's predictions for a technological future

Technology predictions that could be set to evolve the finance function, from CFO Steve O'Neill

25 Jan 2013

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