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Tate Modern

CIoT prez creates impression at Tate Modern

Is tax an art, or science? ponders TS

12 Oct 2011

Anthony Thomas

Consultations 'often a waste of time', says CIoT president

Anthony Thomas says HMRC process is "not the way to consult"

12 Oct 2011

Mike Clasper

Service standards are priority, says HMRC chairman

Mike Clasper acknowledged difficulties since 2005 merger

10 Oct 2011

Tax gap: HMRC should speculate to accumulate

Could investment into HMRC close the tax gap?

22 Sep 2011

Self-serve tax easier said than done

Tax professionals voice a wide range of concerns over plans to fundamentally alter the working relationship between them and HMRC

20 Sep 2011

Institutes to help HMRC improve performance standards

Profession will work with taxman in "groundbreaking" initiative to improve standards

14 Sep 2011

10% of HMRC compliance officers reaching retirement age

Parliamentary answer reveals ageing workforce

13 Sep 2011

Test drive HMRC's speedy new model

Taxman's new fast-track process looks to avoid the slow car-crash of the enquiry process, writes Neil Tipping

23 Aug 2011

ICAS warns against Scottish corporation tax

Institute says separate rate will encourage profit shifting

15 Aug 2011

Accountants do what they can for riot-hit businesses

Advisors' services will not bring looted businesses back to full health but they can help

15 Aug 2011

Agent strategy 'contains fundamental issues'

CIoT and ATT warn that agent registration must have independent oversight

11 Aug 2011

OECD appoints new tax head

Pascal Saint Amans takes top tax role

02 Aug 2011

MPs refute HMRC reasons for poor service standards

The Treasury select committee said problems with NPS cannot be blamed for long-running issue

01 Aug 2011

OTS proposes dropping GAAP for small businesses

The Office of Tax Simplification suggests cash accounting for small businesses

29 Jul 2011

Disincorporated businesses could benefit from relief

The Office of Tax Simplification consults on small business taxation

28 Jul 2011

Tax computer says no...

Increasing impersonalisation of the tax system will discourage the UK's good taxpaying culture, warns David Ingall

22 Jul 2011

Taxman plans £235m cuts to IT

HMRC aims to reduce IT costs by £235m, a NAO report reveals

20 Jul 2011

Fix PAYE or risk 'grave' consequences, says tax reform group

Tax reform group warns HMRC that fixing PAYE before the introduction of further systems is urgent

20 Jul 2011

Strathie to take three-month break

HMRC chief executive to undergo surgery, a spokesman has announced

19 Jul 2011

Dishonest advisors to be named and shamed

HMRC's strategy for dealing with dishonest tax agents has been released

14 Jul 2011

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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

TS loves it when two worlds collide

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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