Finance sector contributes £66bn in taxes
Corporate Tax

Finance sector contributes £66bn in taxes

8y Calum Fuller , Reporter

Finance sector contributes £66bn in taxes

Financial services' contribution back to pre-financial crisis levels Read More...

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Deloitte ditched as Balfour Beatty and SEGRO pick new auditors
Accounting Firms

Deloitte ditched as Balfour Beatty and SEGRO pick new auditors

8y Kevin Reed , Writer

Deloitte ditched as Balfour Beatty and SEGRO pick ...

PwC and KPMG pick up SEGRO and Balfour Beatty audits respectively, from incumbent Deloitte Read More...

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Best Practice: RNF Advisory's Filippa Connor and Ruth Duncan
Accounting Firms

Best Practice: RNF Advisory's Filippa Connor and Ruth Duncan

8y Richard Crump , Writer

Best Practice: RNF Advisory's Filippa Connor and R...

Filippa Connor and Ruth Duncan tell Accountancy Age about building a specialist insolvency practice in the crucible of the worst market conditions sin...

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Sage announces 6% growth as it releases annual results
Technology

Sage announces 6% growth as it releases annual results

8y Calum Fuller , Reporter

Sage announces 6% growth as it releases annual res...

Accounting software business hits revenues of £1.4bn Read More...

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Financial carelessness is harming startup growth, finds KPMG
Accounting Firms

Financial carelessness is harming startup growth, finds KPMG

8y Fraser Simpson , Reporter

Financial carelessness is harming startup growth, ...

For businesses that are less than a year old, KPMG finds that they are relying on management accounts that are, on average, four months out of date Re...

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RSM revenues hit £292m
Accounting Firms

RSM revenues hit £292m

8y Richard Crump , Writer

RSM revenues hit £292m

First set of accounts to be published since Baker Tilly rebranded as RSM reflect a full year's contribution of former Tenon business Read More...

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Ingenious film tax scheme investors win appeal right against HMRC
Corporate Tax

Ingenious film tax scheme investors win appeal right against HMRC

8y Calum Fuller , Reporter

Ingenious film tax scheme investors win appeal rig...

Investors in Ingenious Media film schemes to appeal summer ruling over accelerated payments and partner payments notices Read More...

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Extended auditor reports restoring trust in audit in post-HBOS world
Accounting Firms

Extended auditor reports restoring trust in audit in post-HBOS world

8y Chris Warmoll , Writer

Extended auditor reports restoring trust in audit ...

Eight years after the failure of HBOS, the discipline of audit - and its real value to investors - continues to fuel debate, finds Chris Warmoll Read ...

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Rangers oldco liquidators seek to appeal EBT tax case
Personal Tax

Rangers oldco liquidators seek to appeal EBT tax case

8y Calum Fuller , Reporter

Rangers oldco liquidators seek to appeal EBT tax c...

Joint BDO liquidators apply to Court of Session's Inner House to appeal decision at Supreme Court Read More...

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The Practitioner: My firm, and HMRC, need to break bad habits
Accounting Firms

The Practitioner: My firm, and HMRC, need to break bad habits

8y The Practitioner

The Practitioner: My firm, and HMRC, need to break...

The Practitioner talks of changing their staff's mindset, while wondering if new 'super centres' will achieve the same for HMRC Read More...

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Accountants' soft skills gap costs them thousands of pounds
People Business

Accountants' soft skills gap costs them thousands of pounds

8y Kevin Reed , Writer

Accountants' soft skills gap costs them thousands ...

Accountants miss out on nearly £5,000 each, as lack of soft skills and comumnication training affects their careers Read More...

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Colin: Red box, red book
Politics

Colin: Red box, red book

8y Taking Stock

Colin: Red box, red book

Colin was as astonished as anyone after the shadow chancellor quoted Chairman Mao at the dispatch box Read More...

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Cameron under pressure to hit tax avoidance in British overseas territories
Corporate Tax

Cameron under pressure to hit tax avoidance in British overseas territories

8y Calum Fuller , Reporter

Cameron under pressure to hit tax avoidance in Bri...

Prime minister pressed to renew tax avoidance crackdown in British overseas territories Read More...

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Uptick in mergers sees number of accountancy firms fall
Accounting Firms

Uptick in mergers sees number of accountancy firms fall

8y Chris Warmoll , Writer

Uptick in mergers sees number of accountancy firms...

The rate of consolidation - down 41% since 2002 - is now beginning to accelerate again following a slowdown since 2010, says LDF Read More...

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Friday Afternoon Live: Tony Lomas at the BAAs & Autumn Statement
People In Practice

Friday Afternoon Live: Tony Lomas at the BAAs & Autumn Statement

8y Richard Crump , Writer

Friday Afternoon Live: Tony Lomas at the BAAs & Au...

Richard Crump discuses the Autumn Statement and the British Accountancy Awards Read More...

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Chancellor delivers 'Osborneomics'
Accounting Firms

Chancellor delivers 'Osborneomics'

8y Accountancy Age

Chancellor delivers 'Osborneomics'

Carter Backer Winter tax partner Robert Maas assesses the chancellor's work in the Autumn Statement 2015 Read More...

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Colin: Osborne's raw deal
Corporate Tax

Colin: Osborne's raw deal

8y Taking Stock

Colin: Osborne's raw deal

Colin enjoyed the irony in Autumn Statement and Black Friday coinciding Read More...

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Four KPMG partners arrested in tax evasion investigation
People In Practice

Four KPMG partners arrested in tax evasion investigation

8y Calum Fuller , Reporter

Four KPMG partners arrested in tax evasion investi...

Four of KPMG's most senior partners in Northern Ireland arrested as part of a tax evasion investigation Read More...

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ICAS chief urges accountants take 'personal responsibility' on ethics
Corporate Governance

ICAS chief urges accountants take 'personal responsibility' on ethics

8y Kevin Reed , Writer

ICAS chief urges accountants take 'personal respon...

Anton Colella calls on ICAS members to mentor less experienced accountants, as the institute launches a major drive on ethics Read More...

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Has the value of audit to investors improved post-HBOS?
Audit

Has the value of audit to investors improved post-HBOS?

8y Richard Crump , Writer

Has the value of audit to investors improved post-...

Audit is no longer described as a 'black box' by investors but, post HBOS, the value it delivers still requires greater clarity, writes Richard Crump ...

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Leader: Huge pressure on a digital taxman to fill Budget holes
Corporate Tax

Leader: Huge pressure on a digital taxman to fill Budget holes

8y Kevin Reed , Writer

Leader: Huge pressure on a digital taxman to fill ...

With a virtual windfall finding its way to George Osborne, a soon-to-be virtual tax department will need to really up its game to increase tax receipt...

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IASB told to reconsider proposed changes to its conceptual framework
Accounting Standards

IASB told to reconsider proposed changes to its conceptual framework

8y Richard Crump , Writer

IASB told to reconsider proposed changes to its co...

FRC and ICAEW critical of IASB's efforts to reinstate prudence into its conceptual framework Read More...

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Autumn Statement: OTS work continues despite wider tax agenda
Corporate Tax

Autumn Statement: OTS work continues despite wider tax agenda

8y Accountancy Age

Autumn Statement: OTS work continues despite wider...

John Whiting looks at what the Autumn Statement had to say on tax simplification Read More...

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Autumn Statement: What the papers say
Corporate Tax

Autumn Statement: What the papers say

8y Calum Fuller , Reporter

Autumn Statement: What the papers say

A round-up of the papers' reactions to this week's Autumn Statement Read More...

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Autumn Statement: Apprenticeship tax could catch out SMEs
Corporate Tax

Autumn Statement: Apprenticeship tax could catch out SMEs

8y Richard Crump , Writer

Autumn Statement: Apprenticeship tax could catch o...

Major concern raised among business groups that SMEs will be caught out by the apprenticeship levy Read More...

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Autumn Statement: Moore Stephens’ welcomes review of business investment reliefs
Personal Tax

Autumn Statement: Moore Stephens’ welcomes review of business investment re...

8y Richard Crump , Writer

Autumn Statement: Moore Stephens’ welcomes review ...

Relief for tax resident non UK domiciled individuals to be reviewed Read More...

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Autumn Statement: Billions lined up for the Treasury, but no tax giveaways
Corporate Tax

Autumn Statement: Billions lined up for the Treasury, but no tax giveaways

8y Kevin Reed , Writer

Autumn Statement: Billions lined up for the Treasu...

Spending Review and policy decisions mean tens of billions of pounds should be in the Treasury's coffers based on Osborne's plans - but there's little...

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