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Taking Stock

spy-us-briefing

Taking Stock: Licence to ... audit your tax returns

Sex, drugs and violence. All in the day and life of an undercover accountant...

03 Dec 2012

Accounting standards

Colin: Cutting red tape not always subtle

Setting new UK accounting standards is a delicate issue, notes Colin

27 Nov 2012

British Accountancy Awards

Colin: What's accounting got to do with the price of fish?

The glitz and glamour wasn't the only reason guests attended the British Accountancy Awards, notes Colin

23 Nov 2012

Colin: Taxis rank highly with PwC

Colin's usual sidewards, squinty, glance at the news: PwC's administration of Manganese Bronze proves eye-catching

19 Nov 2012

Taking Stock: Hibs take tax song to Heart(s)

TS loves a witty ditty

15 Nov 2012

Colin: It doesn't smell like coffee...

Colin muses on other borderline areas of the law

13 Nov 2012

Colin: Tax - there's no app for that

An iProfit to make your eyes water

08 Nov 2012

Don’t panic about KPMG’s false alarm

KPMG staff get unexpected break when UK chairman accidentally sets off fire alarm

05 Nov 2012

Colin: McDonald's golden promotion

A promotion at McDonald's caught Colin's eye this week

05 Nov 2012

Ever heard of the complexity gnome?

TS couldn't help but chuckle when MPs asked the chief executive of HMRC about the possibility of a gnome complicating the tax system

01 Nov 2012

Colin: Halloween parties need meticulous planning

Some things are a little obvious, notes Colin

31 Oct 2012

Colin: Judge gently?

Judges are seldom charitable, notes Colin

26 Oct 2012

PwC gets vocal over lost BG audit

The Big Four firm is unusually chatty about losing a major audit, notes TS...

25 Oct 2012

Colin: Frappes and figures

A frappe isn't just a frappe these days, notes Colin

18 Oct 2012

Colin: Formula One just not cricket

"If a fine for espionage is tax-deductible, what else is?", asks Colin

15 Oct 2012

Spies are tax-deductible

TS was astonished to find out spies can be tax-deductible

12 Oct 2012

Colin: Charity case is no defence

Stealing from charity just isn't very christian, notes Colin

11 Oct 2012

Will.i.am asks KPMG: 'Where is the love?'

KPMG branches further afield to help its consultants understand the media

10 Oct 2012

Accounting for box office success can be tricky

What’s the difference between a yuan and a dollar? Nothing, if you’re a box-office analyst

08 Oct 2012

Colin: E&Y figures go biblical

Ernst & Young's revenue breakdown is enough to stop a plague in its tracks, notes Colin

04 Oct 2012

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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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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.