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Peter Winter of Carter Backer Winter

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

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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

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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

Tax can't be simple with a heavyweight finance bill

Despite better tax consultations, a huge finance bill suggests a more complex system, despite government rhetoric

30 Mar 2012

Tax simplification: Not so simple

The Office of Tax Simplification has made some progress, but government has so far shied away from radical reforms to the tax system

28 Mar 2012

Best Practice: Larking Gowen's family affair

Anne Richardson, personal tax partner at Larking Gowen, on how an innovative service is helping the firm stand out from the crowd

27 Mar 2012

Don't get carried away with cash accounting

Keep your feet on the ground when considering cash accounting to help with tax bills, advisors warn the Chancellor

23 Mar 2012

Can the government make £1.35bn closing VAT loopholes?

Advisors question whether the government can cook up more than a billion pounds from takeaway food and catering premises in VAT 'simplification'

22 Mar 2012

Committee's questions over tax and large business

Treasury Select Committee's report pulls together its feelings the taxman's dealings with large business

12 Mar 2012

Best Practice: AIM higher and higher

Jeffreys Henry compete against the industry's largest players for their AIM clients, but do they have something the others don't?

07 Mar 2012

CIMA’s Margaret May disciplinary ruling overturned

Appeal tribunal reverses a decision against former institute council member Margaret May and reduces cost reprimand by £45,000

05 Mar 2012

UHY hit back at Portsmouth FC administrators PKF

UHY Hacker Young administrators hit back at PKF administrators on issues concerning Portsmouth FC funds

02 Mar 2012

Schemes could fall through GAAR net

Creating a general tax avoidance rule that strikes the right balance between simplicity and precision will be hard to achieve

02 Mar 2012

RSM Tenon chief draws line under accounting errors

RSM Tenon CEO tells Accountancy Age errors in its own financial statements should not reflect on its service capability

29 Feb 2012

Best Practice: Beever & Struthers' Paul Wilson

Tax partner Paul Wilson explains how he managed to pick up a record-breaking 30 new clients in less than 12 months

27 Feb 2012

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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

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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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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.