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Analysis

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

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

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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

HMRC faces up to advisors' woes

Senior tax advisors welcome the first stage of the taxman's attempts to improve service delivery, with visits to each others' turf proving an eye-opener

05 Apr 2012

APB presents auditors with history lesson

Accountancy Age delves into the eccentric but emotional APB report, pleading with auditors to inject scepticism into their role

04 Apr 2012

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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

#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

#AAYP 2013: Soft skills will be a necessity to being competitive

Accountants must continue to add value by advising our clients more predominantly on their structure and their long-term objective

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Walk before you can run, lessons on choosing the right IT system

Stepping back and choosing a simpler IT system might be the best way forward for the business explains Christophe Letellier

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

Colin: Democracy bureaucracy

Colin wonders what the ICAEW's discussions over the botched ballot were like

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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.