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Accounting error wipes £2.3m off Cambridge Council budget

E&Y confirms council's £2.3m December budget adjustment

07 Jan 2013

reporting-disclores

AC reports should not be dismissed as mere compliance

The audit committee report is a powerful tool for giving stakeholders insight into the culture and integrity at the top of a company. More companies should provide one, writes James Roberts

03 Jan 2013

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Anstee: Small businesses need audits to help raise finance

Accessing finance becomes a slower, more difficult process without audited financials at hand, warns former ICAEW chief

19 Dec 2012

DS Smith rules out accounts problem despite media attention

Post-acquisition accounts filing looms, DS Smith insists, as investigation rules out problems

17 Dec 2012

PwC review sees hike in Phoenix IT accounting irregularities

Value of profit misstatement at Phoenix IT higher than originally thought, following PwC review

04 Dec 2012

Tighten reporting to stop mega-writedowns

More stringent reporting rules would curb valuation 'excesses', says Nick Hood

22 Nov 2012

British Accountancy Awards 2012: The winners

Our congratulations go to 2012's winners and commiserations to the runners-up, on what was another fantastic evening

22 Nov 2012

BDO's firms break $6bn barrier

BDO's international network of firms posts $6bn revenues for 2012

21 Nov 2012

PwC finds $5bn black hole in HP's Autonomy deal

HP accuses some former members of Autonomy's management team of "accounting improprieties" prior to its acquisition

20 Nov 2012

Hand Wales control over its taxes, says commission

Silk Commission outlines handover of tax-setting responsibilities and borrowing control to Welsh government

20 Nov 2012

EC lines up tougher stance on corporate tax avoidance

Europe looks at tougher stance on double taxation treaties and wants jurisdictions to create general anti-abuse rules

19 Nov 2012

Charities worried about how to show VFM

Illustrating value to different stakeholders a big problem for charities, according to PKF survey

14 Nov 2012

PKF Chinese firm to join BDO

More merger efforts between BDO and PKF

13 Nov 2012

IASB hosts public forum to discuss disclosure overload

Public disclosure forum will be held in London next January to improve the quality of financial reporting disclosures

13 Nov 2012

Big Four firms make major diversity charts

Ernst & Young, KPMG and PwC make the Business in the Community diversity lists

09 Nov 2012

Companies failing to disclose gender pay gap

Deloitte survey finds gender pay gap and carbon reporting disclosures lacking

02 Nov 2012

McLaren in codes and standards driving seat

The head of the FRC’s Codes and Standards Committee talks about the watchdog’s new structure and its strategic objectives

24 Oct 2012

Drop employers' NICs to create 500,000 jobs, says think tank

Adam Smith Institute wants a raft of lower taxes and less regulation to get the private sector to take the slack of public sector job cuts

22 Oct 2012

RSM Tenon in dispute with insurers over FSA settlement

RSM Tenon disagrees with insurers over picking up the cost of remedial action relating to the firm's FSA fine and settlement

22 Oct 2012

340 jobs go at KPMG as pay freeze rolled out

Headcount reduction programme complete, as KPMG announces pay freeze

19 Oct 2012

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Profession reaches end of its tether with PAC

After the Public Accounts Committee's latest hearing - in which it heavily criticised Google's tax affairs - many advisers have had enough

#AAYP 2013: Talent is ageless, but youth unemployment is a problem

The principles of developing future leaders apply whether you've just left school or got years of experience under your belt

To quota or not to quota: that is the problem

Women on board quotas may have a bad rep, but it’s the only way to address inherent bias argues Fiona Hotston Moore

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Should practice ownership structures break with tradition?

Incentivising accountancy practice staff will mean a new way of thinking. Robert Postlethwaite considers the options

Success of FRS 102 needs to be replicated on going concern

The consultation process for FRS 102 was arguably the most wide-ranging the FRC has ever conducted. It should apply the same rigour to going concern

Colin: Colin was here

Colin loves to be the centre of attention, as the Sky News Twitter account can testify

Taking Stock: Life in the slow lane

It was less Wacky Races and more Sunday driving as a team from Reeves helped raise £15,000 for charity as part of a race to Monaco

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Briefings

budget-management

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.