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Amazon Kindle Fire HD 8.9" review

The Kindle Fire HD has improved on its smaller sibling with a larger and higher-quality display, but the issues around performance and usability remain

19 Apr 2013

HM Revenue and Customs

HMRC trawling social media to find evidence of tax fraud

Openly available web data being fed into HMRC's anti-fraud data warehouse

19 Apr 2013

Simon Compton

Accountants listening but not engaging in social media

CCH survey shows that 78% of accountants class themselves as social media listeners - just 22% are contributors

03 Dec 2012

Social media doesn't equal liability free

Twitter and Facebook may help firms extend their network but firms could still be liable for employee conduct, warns Andrea Ward

09 Nov 2012

Sole Survivor: We're not 'anti' social media

Don't talk down how well firms are doing on social media as it discourages further efforts, says Elaine Clark

03 Aug 2012

E&Y named best user of social media

Ernst & Young tops list ranking the accounting profession's most effective users of social media

11 Jul 2012

A Tweet way to raise your profile

How should accountants use social media?

17 Jan 2012

LinkedIn - something for others or something for you?

Accountants can't ignore the importance of LinkedIn

20 Dec 2011

Mid-tier firms rush to be LinkedIn

Mid-tier firms have embraced LinkedIn, roughly doubling their usage in the past year

08 Dec 2011

Don't interrupt me

Is technology giving people free rein to be rude?

05 Aug 2011

Profession in the swing at golf day

Success is par for the course at Accountancy Age and Financial Director Golf Challenge

21 Jul 2011

Networker: Tidy up online, tidy up your firm

The Networker ponders the importance and extent of your firm's online footprint

28 Jun 2011

Poke! Before the competition gets there first

If social media does not feature on your firm’s list of priorities, it’s time to start 'poking' before the competition steals a march on your practice development endeavours, warns Chris Sykes

28 Jun 2011

The elephant in the Grove

Social media sounds good in theory but if there is no plan its just another gimmick

31 May 2011

Fun-loving accountants step out on Twitter

You don't need to be mad to be an accountant, but it helps. Advisors reveal what they really get up to outside of number-crunching

10 May 2011

Networker: A favourite waste of time

Time. As much as we try and control it, measure it or waste it - it never stops. Think about it, how many conversations have you had with your peers or direct reports about ‘how can we maximise billable time?'

15 Apr 2011

Emperor’s new clothes

Social media is revolutionising the way people communicate, but its value to businesses is being greatly overstated, says Kevin Wheeler

07 Apr 2011

How to deliver ‘profitable’ added value

Every client has different ideas about what ‘added value’ means to them

25 Mar 2011

Follow us on Twitter

Follow Accountancy Age staff through their Twitter accounts

10 Mar 2011

Challenge and change

2011 promises to be full of challenges for the profession

17 Jan 2011

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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

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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Briefings

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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.