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HM Revenue and Customs

HMRC online services down over Easter

IT downtime at HMRC will disrupt online tax filers from 9pm today to 6am Wednesday

05 Apr 2012

Xero delves into practice market

Online IT company produces software for accountants to manage their time better

03 Apr 2012

Gary Turner of Xero

Xero to triple UK operations in the next year

Buoyant UK accountancy market sees online accountancy IT provder for practices bolster operations

29 Mar 2012

Budget2012: Tax credits extended to gaming industry

Tax credits will be extended to the video-gaming industry

21 Mar 2012

Technology promises to make green reports easier to navigate

New XBRL tagging system to help investors and stakeholders better track firms' environmental performance

15 Mar 2012

HMRC publishes latest list of online tax suppliers

Taxman publishes list of suppliers whose products are compliant with iXBRL for filing corporate tax returns

07 Mar 2012

Keep calm and carry on

Sudden snow storms, and icy conditions should not deter business as usual explains Phill Robinson

07 Mar 2012

Online IT provider improves financial reporting package

FinancialForce.com’s latest accountancy software update hopes to make financial reporting easier for accountants

07 Mar 2012

Calculating the true price of carbon reporting

Exxon Mobil’s £2.7m fine for misreporting carbon is just the tip of the iceberg if companies don’t take carbon reporting seriously warns Peter Grant

01 Mar 2012

Online the biggest growth area for accountants

Survey reveals providing online services to clients is biggest growth area for accountants in practice

27 Feb 2012

Ted Baker picks reporting software to streamline its budgets

Fashion retailer chooses Financial Driver to speed up consolidation, and provide more accurate budgeting

21 Feb 2012

We want iPad biz apps, say accountants

Integration between office and mobile a key requirement for practices

03 Feb 2012

Sage hails satisfactory start to the year

Sage received £200m in the fourth quarter of 2011 from the proceeds of the disposal of Sage Software Healthcare

25 Jan 2012

SAP profits increase to £2.8bn

Chief financial officer Werner Brandt (pictured) describes performance as best in SAP's history

25 Jan 2012

Taxman misses deadline to create cyber crime teams

Plans to tackle increased threat of web attacks on tax authority's systems now two months late

17 Jan 2012

A Tweet way to raise your profile

How should accountants use social media?

17 Jan 2012

Small businesses to struggle with RTI, say MPs

MPs call on HMRC to implement strategy for businesses with no electronic payroll systems

12 Jan 2012

Get your house in order for 31 Jan

With the tax return deadline looming, Iris's Charles Manly recommends getting the practice ready and raring first

12 Jan 2012

New data protection laws could cause pain for businesses

Incoming pan-European IT security legislation could leave businesses open to financial turmoil

23 Dec 2011

Email overload - the modern curse

The curse of 21st century working life is email overload. Dr Monica Seeley prescribes the cure

20 Dec 2011

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2shotguests

How software as a service can meet the strategic needs of a growing business

Organisations are now looking for a software service that is cost effective, flexible, streamlined and able to meet the needs of the business both today and in the future

Organisations are now looking for a software service that is cost effective, flexible, streamlined and able to meet the needs of the business both today and in the future

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

CABA's Wendy Saunders and CEO Kath Haines

Feature: Inside the Chartered Accountants' Benevolent Association

After seeing a 70% rise in demand, Calum Fuller visited the Chartered Accountants Benevolent Association to learn more about its efforts to provide support

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.