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HMRC may have missed time limit on tax bills

Taxman may have to write off some claims for underpaid tax

07 Sep 2010

Pay slips could disappear under HMRC PAYE reforms

HMRC investigating how to reform PAYE system after millions underpaid their tax

07 Sep 2010

Audit Commission names Gareth Davies in crucial MD role

Davies to lead the commission's audit practice, in what could be a vital role in influencing its future in an open local government audit market

06 Sep 2010

Obama looks to R&D tax credits expansion

Permanent R&D tax credit plans by US president Barack Obama

06 Sep 2010

Europe greenlights US audit inspections

US audit regulator will have access to confidential inspection reports

03 Sep 2010

Volcker voices concerns about US fair-value proposal

“My impression is the international people are pretty much going in the right directio" Volcker tells Forbes

02 Sep 2010

Treasury jobs to be slashed by 25%

Chancellor outlines touch cost savings at the Treasury

31 Aug 2010

Firms eye up Audit Commission work

The demise of the Audit Commission could spark a feeding frenzy for the body's work between the big firms

19 Aug 2010

Benefits of scrapping Audit Commission may be short lived: ACCA

ACCA warns of consquences of scrapping Audit Commission

16 Aug 2010

E&Y security head joins MoD Reform Unit

Ernst & Young head of defence and security Björn Conway will join the MoD Defence Reform Unit

16 Aug 2010

HMRC shuts down 180 fake websites

Taxman warns customers to be on their guard against phishing attempts

13 Aug 2010

FSA pay half a million pounds for firms' secondees

KPMG, E&Y and PwC paid for secondees to the FSA

06 Aug 2010

Osborne to discuss Vodafone row with Indian authorities

Ongoing row between Vodafone and Indian tax authorities a potential discussion point for chancellor George Osborne

02 Aug 2010

Treasury staff face squeeze on space

Latest government austerity measures focus on use of Treasury building

02 Aug 2010

Firms on HMRC's Time to Pay approval panel revealed

HMRC reveals the names of the 13 accountancy firms that are approved to conduct independent business reviews of companies seeking to defer their tax

29 Jul 2010

Holiday let tax relief to be tightened

Qualifying period for furnished holiday lets to be extended under Treasury plans

28 Jul 2010

Lords to probe audit market

Economic affairs committee will examine the dominence of the Big Four and whether auditors should have done more in the crisis

27 Jul 2010

Labour bemoans new tax office "quango"

Office of Tax Simplification raises Labour hackles

22 Jul 2010

Big Four make plans for growth in consulting

Firms confident of growth in consulting, despite cut backs in the public sector

22 Jul 2010

MoD told to "step up" use of skilled finance staff

Finance director's "authority" reduced by internal structures at the Ministry of Defence

21 Jul 2010

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Leader: Will younger generation push for a UK institute?

Will British institutes learn from a New Zealand/Australia merger - or have the Trans/Tasmans already learned from them?

Jo Swinson: More needed but insolvency reform step in the right direction

Consumer affairs minister Jo Swinson writes for Accountancy Age on the incoming reforms to insolvency practitioners’ regulation.

FRC is sounding like a modern day Cassandra

Concerns raised in the FRC's latest round of audit inspections sound strikingly familar. Why has the profession failed to address them?

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Don't COP out of guiding clients through tax mire

Anita Brook of Accounts Assist gives a hands-on guide to Code of Practice 9

Taking Stock: Accountancy and the sheriff of Cumbria

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Colin: Hey diddle (tax) diddle

Colin offers his assessment of the pressure on 'tax havens'

Colin: Don't panic! (about avoidance)

Colin succinctly rounds up the latest court ruling on tax avoidance and advisers' responsiblities

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