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Single income tax: Some say 'simpler', others say 'unfair'

A single income tax proposed by the Taxpayers' Alliance's 2020 Tax Commission has drawn a mix of support and criticism, but will it ever be more than just an idea?

25 May 2012

Fingers crossed

Sage and Microsoft seek better luck in accounting launch

Will FTSE 100 giant foray into the online financial software market be a case of history repeating itself?

21 May 2012

Opposing views

Opinion split over impact of Tenon's tax de-risking

Could RSM Tenon's move to de-risk its tax services be an indicator of things to come in the wake of GAAR?

21 May 2012

RSM Tenon de-risks its products

CEO Chris Merry explains to Accountancy Age why the firm is backing away from complex tax products

17 May 2012

Best Practice: Mazars’ David Herbinet

Mazars' latest bid to crack the FTSE 350 audit market is a long-term project

15 May 2012

Moving up the audit food chain

Mid-tier firms hope AIU report will offer tastier audit clients. But are their eyes bigger than their bellies?

14 May 2012

IR35: A year of testing tests looms

New IR35 guidelines have prompted a gloomy response. But it seems advisors will have to go through the process of trying out the 12 new tax tests

11 May 2012

Best Practice: Wilkins Kennedy's David Fenn

The firm's move to LLP status was a tough process, but the firm should be fitter and stronger for it, explains managing partner David Fenn

11 May 2012

Insolvency's 'disciplined' future will benefit stakeholders

Common guidance to reprimanding IPs could bring greater transparency, but does a highly regulated profession need more guidelines?

08 May 2012

Quality the casualty in "brutal" audit price war

Savage price competition is turning audit into a commoditised product where price, and not quality, is the order of the day

04 May 2012

Best Practice: Reeves’ Clive Stevens

The integration of FW Stephens now complete, Reeves is winning more international business and is starting to expand its technical and industry capabilities

02 May 2012

The tax avoidance cycle

The ebbs and flows of attitudes towards tax avoidance

01 May 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

FRC hedges bets over audit governance

FRC governance proposals will restore faith in reporting process, while audit tendering rules signal a split from EC stance

25 Apr 2012

Best Practice: CBW’s Peter Winter

Carter Backer Winter's managing partner Peter Winter spied an opportunity to grow the business with the acquisition of Direct Control

25 Apr 2012

Size does matter according to incoming AADB sanctions

AADB issues sanctions consultation which could see firms having to pay massive fines but will inject proportionality into the system

24 Apr 2012

Osborne walking charities tightrope

George Osborne's cap on charitable giving is unpopular, but what are the alternatives?

18 Apr 2012

Best Practice: Harwood Hutton's John Brace

Harwood Hutton picks up the Latin vibes as it considers expanding into new territories, explains managing director John Brace

13 Apr 2012

Problems with IAS 39 flare up again

Pirc claims that auditors are forcing boards to comply with IFRS rather than the law. Surely auditors would be mad to go against current standards?

12 Apr 2012

Osborne's shock strikes advisors as strange

The chancellor's disbelief at the wealthiest's tax mitigation schemes will not have won him many friends

11 Apr 2012

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Penny Avis' book Nevermind the Botox Rachel

Video: From corporate finance to author

Rachael Singh interviews self-published author and former Deloitte partner Penny Avis on her novel "Nevermind the Botox Rachel"

Managers must spot signs of staff stress

Learn to identify the symptoms of stress in your team, urges CABA

The Practitioner: Staff sit-down shocker

The Practitioner has plenty to think about after a senior staff member reveals the pair haven't 'chatted' for quite a while...

Time for consulting to re-balance?

Despite robust performance in 2011, the consulting industry must reduce its reliance on financial services clients, says Alan Leaman

businessman steps forward

Tax: Don't go back in the future

Forget retrospection and instead put the GAAR together properly to create certainty for business, says Gary Richards

CIMA and ICAEW accounts: all in the presentation

Fully transparent, or just one for the accountants? asks Kevin Reed

TS recalls Pet's star Healy's close links to HMRC

Tim Healy's recent run-in with the taxman isn't his only dealing with HMRC, TS recalls...

Colin: Cost-cutting a step too far

Finance function takes its toll at BBC offices

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Supplier statement reconciliations: Manual chore or critical value adding process?

By looking at the reasons supplier statements became unfashionable, and the reasons why it is different today, this paper delves into the many benefits that can be obtained by automating the process.

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7 building blocks for business growth

Having a real and true view of your organisation’s current financial position, and having the right systems and processes in place, will ensure that you can make strong choices and are ready to capitalise on opportunities