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Dewey partner leaves for KPMG

Law firm Dewey & LeBoeuf has seen senior London tax partner Fred Gander join accounting giant KPMG

01 May 2012

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KPMG replaces Deloitte as investment fund's auditors

The change took place in October last year, but was not previously notified due to an administrative oversight

01 May 2012

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KPMG faces FRC investigation over HBOS work

HBOS whistleblower and a former KPMG partner, Paul Moore, have formally referred KPMG to the FRC

30 Apr 2012

PKF appoints Gouw as tax partner

Peter Gouw joins PKF from KPMG

30 Apr 2012

Colin: KPMG wages war on staff

Colin's words of advice to KPMG staff not paid due to an error

27 Apr 2012

KPMG blames payday blunder on human error

Nearly 11,000 KPMG staff will not receive their pay today as is the norm, due to human error at the firm

27 Apr 2012

Nearly 11,000 KPMG staff go unpaid

Error in systems means KPMG can't pay its staff on payday

27 Apr 2012

Pirc wants KPMG ousted as Standard Chartered auditor

Pirc is urging investors to vote against the bank's annual report; auditors and audit committee chair

26 Apr 2012

Lotus owners call in KPMG for review process

MP Richard Bacon claims the car-maker is being lined up for a sale, denied by its owners

26 Apr 2012

CFOs need to be more aware of the VAT traps

Companies could find their VAT costs creeping up unchecked with little or no strategy in place to address it

25 Apr 2012

E&Y economic advisor heaps scorn on recession figures

An economic advisor at Ernst & Young's ITEM Club has reacted with "disbelief" to figures from the ONS

25 Apr 2012

Senior tax lawyer heads to KPMG’s US tax practice

Fred Gander, a respected tax lawyer at Dewey & LeBoeuf, is joining KPMG's US arm to head its US tax practice for Europe and the Middle East

25 Apr 2012

Missing the VAT boat

Failing to pay attention to in-direct taxes could see businesses losing out explains Gary Harley

24 Apr 2012

Judge strikes out claim against KPMG

Judge rejects claims Ian Denzil Pennington, a director for Conwy County Council's auditors KPMG, acted unlawfully

24 Apr 2012

MF Global UK administrators will take US arm to court

KPMG administrators confirm they will fight a claim of $700m from the US arm of the collapsed bank in court

20 Apr 2012

Ex-Jarvis FD takes non-exec role at boutique hotel

Ex-FirstGroup CFO and former Jarvis FD Steve Hebborn takes non-exec role at hotel business MWB Malmaison

17 Apr 2012

Ex-KPMG accountant named Cambria Automobiles chair

Cambria Automobiles has named chartered accountant Philip Swatman as its non-executive chairman

03 Apr 2012

KPMG: $1bn of MF Global client money locked in banks

Administrators will sue to retrieve $1bn of client money locked in other financial institutions

29 Mar 2012

Ex-KPMG International chairman joins JPMorgan

Timothy Flynn takes role at JPMorgan Chase

28 Mar 2012

Big Four rank high up on corporate responsibility index

Big Four firms pick up gongs in the Business in the Community Corporate Responsibility Index awards

20 Mar 2012

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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.

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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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