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Keeping Up Appearances - how to spot accounting manipulation

Jeanine Arnold discusses the many forms of accounting manipulation

28 Feb 2012

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Simplify accounting for micro-businesses, says tax body

Office of Tax Simplification wants simpler accounting regime for the smallest businesses to help them manage tax affairs

28 Feb 2012

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Treasury unaware of tax write off

Treasury "surprised" to learn that £10.9bn of unpaid tax had been written off by HM Revenue and Customs in one year, according committee of MPs

07 Feb 2012

Wragges reveals one-off £10.5m cost of delayed office move

Wragge & Co hit by "unfortunate accounting treatment", says managing partner Ian Metcalfe.

24 Jan 2012

Annual reports must reflect economic uncertainty

Directors must consider the risks faced by global economic uncertainty, says the FRC

18 Jan 2012

Colin: Cooking the books

Colin's take on creative accounting

13 Jan 2012

Hays reports drop-off in UK fees

Net fees from the UK fell by 7% in the second quarter to the end of December

10 Jan 2012

Lawyers mull Goodwin case over RBS accounting

Government considers whether former RBS chairman Fred Goodwin has a case to answer over RBS' accounting

15 Dec 2011

Recognise the impact of revenue changes

A second round of proposals on revenue issued by the IASB and the US FASB show that interested parties now have one more chance to influence a new standard, writes Brian O'Donovan

12 Dec 2011

FSA: Fair value accounting contributed to RBS failure

Fair value accounting and weak regulation contributed to RBS's failure during the financial crisis, the FSA has concluded

12 Dec 2011

Human rights watchdog wins first clean audit opinion

The Equality and Human Rights Commission has been given its first ever unqualified audit opinion

24 Nov 2011

Whistle-blowing Olympus chief returns to Tokyo

Michael Woodford, the sacked chief executive at the centre of the Olympus scandal, has returned to Tokyo to assist investigators

24 Nov 2011

Olympus to file accounts or risk delisting

Camera maker commits to publishing Q2 accounts by 14 December

18 Nov 2011

UK fraud office launches Olympus enquiry

The Serious Fraud Office is investigating suspect payments and accounting tactics at Olympus

16 Nov 2011

Olympus accounting problems spotted in the 1990s

Investment banker claims camera maker's accounting was discussed decades earlier at PaineWebber

15 Nov 2011

When I grow up I want to be...

a tax accountant so I can work 22 hour days, and spend weeks saving the company $3

11 Nov 2011

Double-digit growth for Fyfe Moir

Aberdeen firm expands its team, as turnover increases for the second year in a row

04 Nov 2011

Accountants' mental health 'hit by stress'

Stress to blame as over-worked accountants show signs of mental health issues, according to the Chartered Accountants' Benevolent Association

03 Nov 2011

Helphire re-hires interim CFO as non-exec

Simon Poulton back at Helphire a week after passing on the FD baton

27 Oct 2011

Olympus defends auditor swap

Olympus states that swapping auditor from KPMG to Ernst & Young was nothing to do with acquisitions

24 Oct 2011

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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

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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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.