Colin: Navel-gazing accountants need to look up
Accounting Firms

Colin: Navel-gazing accountants need to look up

9y Taking Stock

Colin: Navel-gazing accountants need to look up

As the Accountancy Age Top 50 reveals firms are still restructuring themselves, Colin has his own take... Read More...

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Colin: Toshiba out of tune
Company News

Colin: Toshiba out of tune

9y Taking Stock

Colin: Toshiba out of tune

Colin couldn't help but think of Alexei Sayle's classic and Toshiba's take on it when news emerged of the tech giant's profit overstatement Read More...

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Taking Stock: Moore Stephens fleet of foot and mind
Accounting Firms

Taking Stock: Moore Stephens fleet of foot and mind

9y Taking Stock

Taking Stock: Moore Stephens fleet of foot and min...

Moore Stephens swaps brogues and briefcases for Asics and Garmin forerunners, as its staff show a turn of heel at the Standard Chartered Great City Ra...

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Colin: The quiet man goes loud
Politics

Colin: The quiet man goes loud

9y Taking Stock

Colin: The quiet man goes loud

Colin loves a fist-pump, particularly during politcal set-pieces Read More...

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Colin: Fantasy finance for Disney CFO
People Business

Colin: Fantasy finance for Disney CFO

9y Taking Stock

Colin: Fantasy finance for Disney CFO

Colin wonders whether Disney's first female CFO Christine McCarthy will find the job any different to other finance posts Read More...

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Taking Stock: Robespierre, the IASB, historical cost and fair value
Accounting Standards

Taking Stock: Robespierre, the IASB, historical cost and fair value

9y Taking Stock

Taking Stock: Robespierre, the IASB, historical co...

Unfortunately for Louis XVI, the Compte Rendu made pain fully clear where the priorities of the French state lay Read More...

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Taking Stock: Deloitte serves up Wimbledon umpire
People In Practice

Taking Stock: Deloitte serves up Wimbledon umpire

9y Taking Stock

Taking Stock: Deloitte serves up Wimbledon umpire

Deloitte manager takes unpaid leave to work as tennis umpire Read More...

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Taking Stock: Accountants ask the worst interview questions
People In Practice

Taking Stock: Accountants ask the worst interview questions

9y Taking Stock

Taking Stock: Accountants ask the worst interview ...

Accountants going for a new job need to be prepared for some slightly ‘off-piste’ questions from the interviewer Read More...

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Colin: I'll have an RSM please....
Accounting Firms

Colin: I'll have an RSM please....

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Colin: I'll have an RSM please....

Colin wonders if renaming Baker Tilly as RSM was more complicated than it needed to be Read More...

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Taking Stock: Baker Tilly fades to grey with RSM rebrand
Accounting Firms

Taking Stock: Baker Tilly fades to grey with RSM rebrand

9y Taking Stock

Taking Stock: Baker Tilly fades to grey with RSM r...

Baker Tilly's rebrand leaves Taking Stock a bit grey around the gills Read More...

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Colin: Papal problem-finder appointed to fight numerical scourge
Audit

Colin: Papal problem-finder appointed to fight numerical scourge

9y Taking Stock

Colin: Papal problem-finder appointed to fight num...

Colin was very amused to hear of the Vatican's decision to appoint an auditor general Read More...

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Colin: Check out the audit merry-go-round
Audit

Colin: Check out the audit merry-go-round

9y Taking Stock

Colin: Check out the audit merry-go-round

Colin has been rather tickled by the recent horse trading in retail audits, with PwC on the receiving end of his humour Read More...

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Colin: FIFA's diversionary tactics
Audit

Colin: FIFA's diversionary tactics

9y Taking Stock

Colin: FIFA's diversionary tactics

Colin has been rather intrigued by the FIFA bribery scandal, and he thinks he knows how it worked Read More...

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Colin: FRC hopes that 'every little helps' in retail scrutiny
Audit

Colin: FRC hopes that 'every little helps' in retail scrutiny

9y Taking Stock

Colin: FRC hopes that 'every little helps' in reta...

Colin was tickled when he heard the FRC will scrutinise retail audits Read More...

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Colin: A little-known nuclear FACTA about church bell ringing
Corporate Tax

Colin: A little-known nuclear FACTA about church bell ringing

9y Taking Stock

Colin: A little-known nuclear FACTA about church b...

Colin is bewildered by the nuclear questions faced by a small group of church bell ringers Read More...

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Colin: Size isn't everything
Politics

Colin: Size isn't everything

9y Taking Stock

Colin: Size isn't everything

Colin ponders the workload for new small business minister Anna Soubry Read More...

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Taking Stock: Kent church bell-ringers face FATCA form for new bank account
Corporate Tax

Taking Stock: Kent church bell-ringers face FATCA form for new bank account

9y Taking Stock

Taking Stock: Kent church bell-ringers face FATCA ...

TS has heard of extra-territorial tax regimes, but this latest story is ridiculous Read More...

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Colin: Elections, elections
Corporate Tax

Colin: Elections, elections

9y Taking Stock

Colin: Elections, elections

Colin speculates on the outcome of the 2015 General Election Read More...

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Colin: Political canvassers will breathe easy come 8 May
People In Practice

Colin: Political canvassers will breathe easy come 8 May

9y Taking Stock

Colin: Political canvassers will breathe easy come...

Political canvassers won't miss meeting accountants on the campaign trail, says Colin Read More...

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Colin: Suit up for superhero film accounting advice
Accounting Firms

Colin: Suit up for superhero film accounting advice

9y Taking Stock

Colin: Suit up for superhero film accounting advic...

Colin wonders what it's like for Saffery Champness's team working on the Avengers films Read More...

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Taking Stock: Safferys Assemble!
Accounting Firms

Taking Stock: Safferys Assemble!

9y Taking Stock

Taking Stock: Safferys Assemble!

TS was pleased to see Saffery Champness get a credit in the latest Avengers film's credits Read More...

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Colin: HMRC's tenth birthday
Corporate Tax

Colin: HMRC's tenth birthday

9y Taking Stock

Colin: HMRC's tenth birthday

Colin wishes the tax authority a happy tenth birthday Read More...

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Taking Stock: HMRC’s tenth anniversary
Corporate Tax

Taking Stock: HMRC’s tenth anniversary

9y Taking Stock

Taking Stock: HMRC’s tenth anniversary

TS would like to congratulate HMRC on its tenth anniversary Read More...

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Colin: NoRefunds4U
Business Recovery

Colin: NoRefunds4U

9y Taking Stock

Colin: NoRefunds4U

Unsecured creditors are getting a raw deal from the Phones4U administration, notes Colin Read More...

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Colin: Labour turn up heat non-doms
Personal Tax

Colin: Labour turn up heat non-doms

9y Taking Stock

Colin: Labour turn up heat non-doms

Colin imagines life as a non-domicile after Ed Miliband's policy announcement this week Read More...

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Taking Stock: BG/Royal Dutch deal will see Big Four fees scramble
Audit

Taking Stock: BG/Royal Dutch deal will see Big Four fees scramble

9y Taking Stock

Taking Stock: BG/Royal Dutch deal will see Big Fou...

Royal Dutch's audit is up for tender...will it keep EY as BG's auditors post-merger?...Is there any due-dil work to win? Fees are there for the taking...

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Colin: Egg-cellent news for EY's parents
People In Practice

Colin: Egg-cellent news for EY's parents

9y Taking Stock

Colin: Egg-cellent news for EY's parents

Colin wonders how far-reaching EY's shared parental leave policy will be Read More...

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