Friday Afternoon Live: Graduate applications & corporate culture
Accounting Firms

Friday Afternoon Live: Graduate applications & corporate culture

9y Richard Crump , Writer

Friday Afternoon Live: Graduate applications & cor...

Can practitioners assess corporate culture, plus changes in 'elite' firms' application processes Read More...

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Mid-tier firms avoid listed audits as high regulatory fees bite
Audit

Mid-tier firms avoid listed audits as high regulatory fees bite

9y Chris Warmoll , Writer

Mid-tier firms avoid listed audits as high regulat...

Mid-tier firms cite perfect storm of high fees, burdensome regulation and difficulty of building critical mass quickly, as audit becomes more trouble ...

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ICAEW fellow charged over crime family probe
Accounting Standards

ICAEW fellow charged over crime family probe

9y Chris Warmoll , Writer

ICAEW fellow charged over crime family probe

Ekaireb is the father of multi-millionaire Robert Ekaireb who was jailed for life in 2014 for the murder of his Chinese-born pregnant wife in 2006 Rea...

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Price Bailey launches corporate finance subsidiary
Accounting Firms

Price Bailey launches corporate finance subsidiary

9y Calum Fuller , Reporter

Price Bailey launches corporate finance subsidiary

New 17-strong team is brings together the company's established business strategy and corporate finance teams into a single unified unit Read More...

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Breaking the tax triple lock may be no bad thing
Personal Tax

Breaking the tax triple lock may be no bad thing

9y Accountancy Age

Breaking the tax triple lock may be no bad thing

Even if the triple lock has the desired effect of encouraging households to spend, it may well not be UK business that's in a position to respond Read...

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Colin: You can take the boy out of accountancy, but...
People In Practice

Colin: You can take the boy out of accountancy, but...

9y Taking Stock

Colin: You can take the boy out of accountancy, bu...

Colin was rather tickled by news of the singing accountant this week Read More...

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Aggressive audit recruitment tactics symptomatic of market revolution
Audit

Aggressive audit recruitment tactics symptomatic of market revolution

9y Richard Crump , Writer

Aggressive audit recruitment tactics symptomatic o...

Competition for the best audit contracts is spilling into headhunting tactics among largest market players Read More...

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PwC receives record number of applications to student programmes
People In Practice

PwC receives record number of applications to student programmes

9y Calum Fuller , Reporter

PwC receives record number of applications to stud...

PwC receives 41,000 applications for 2,000 roles Read More...

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Taking Stock: The singing accountant
People In Practice

Taking Stock: The singing accountant

9y Taking Stock

Taking Stock: The singing accountant

Former FD and EY man leaves accountancy behind for theatre Read More...

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KPMG outlines tax disclosure framework
Corporate Tax

KPMG outlines tax disclosure framework

9y Chris Warmoll , Writer

KPMG outlines tax disclosure framework

British companies should engage in an open and constructive debate on tax transparency, says Big Four Read More...

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Xero appoints Wow Company’s Bulpitt for newly-created role
Accounting Software

Xero appoints Wow Company’s Bulpitt for newly-created role

9y Calum Fuller , Reporter

Xero appoints Wow Company’s Bulpitt for newly-crea...

The Wow Company co-founder Paul Bulpitt takes newly-created role at Xero as head of accounting Read More...

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Earnings manipulation key to accounting success
People Business

Earnings manipulation key to accounting success

9y Richard Crump , Writer

Earnings manipulation key to accounting success

The most successful corporate accountants are those most willing to manage earnings, study finds Read More...

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IASB proposes delay to accounting changes for associates and joint ventures
Business Regulation

IASB proposes delay to accounting changes for associates and joint ventures

9y Chris Warmoll , Writer

IASB proposes delay to accounting changes for asso...

The changes do not affect other aspects of how entities account for investments in associates and joint ventures Read More...

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IHT relief prompts investment in SMEs
Personal Tax

IHT relief prompts investment in SMEs

9y Calum Fuller , Reporter

IHT relief prompts investment in SMEs

Investing in unlisted companies could drive down inheritance tax bills by more than £500m Read More...

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HMRC to bring services under direct control in IT shake-up
Technology

HMRC to bring services under direct control in IT shake-up

9y Calum Fuller , Reporter

HMRC to bring services under direct control in IT ...

HMRC confirms further changes to its IT systems as its Aspire contract approaches its end Read More...

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RBS hires PwC to investigate GRG division
Accounting Firms

RBS hires PwC to investigate GRG division

9y Richard Crump , Writer

RBS hires PwC to investigate GRG division

PwC hired to investigate whether RBS restructuring division forced viable businesses to fail Read More...

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OECD releases three automatic information exchange reports
Corporate Tax

OECD releases three automatic information exchange reports

9y Calum Fuller , Reporter

OECD releases three automatic information exchange...

OECD releases guidance framework for automatic exchange of financial information as it continues crackdown on tax avoidance and evasion Read More...

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IFRS expert Teixeira joins Deloitte
Accounting Standards

IFRS expert Teixeira joins Deloitte

9y Richard Crump , Writer

IFRS expert Teixeira joins Deloitte

Alan Teixeira, a leading technical expert in developing global accounting standards, will lead a new Deloitte IFRS research initiative Read More...

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Friday Afternoon Live: Quindell and human rights v tax avoidance
Audit

Friday Afternoon Live: Quindell and human rights v tax avoidance

9y Richard Crump , Writer

Friday Afternoon Live: Quindell and human rights v...

Accountancy Age deputy editor Richard Crump sums of the week's big stories Read More...

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No Human Rights breach in Stamp Duty tax avoidance challenge
Corporate Tax

No Human Rights breach in Stamp Duty tax avoidance challenge

9y Calum Fuller , Reporter

No Human Rights breach in Stamp Duty tax avoidance...

Court of Appeal throws out attempt to see SDLT anti-avoidance measures declared unlawful Read More...

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Book-keeping boss jailed for £250k NICS and VAT fraud
Personal Tax

Book-keeping boss jailed for £250k NICS and VAT fraud

9y Chris Warmoll , Writer

Book-keeping boss jailed for £250k NICS and VAT fr...

Andrew Bettis "shamelessly" used his employees Tax and National Insurance to fund his businesses Read More...

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Fine balance must be struck in compelling business to publish tax strategies
Corporate Tax

Fine balance must be struck in compelling business to publish tax strategie...

9y Calum Fuller , Reporter

Fine balance must be struck in compelling business...

Compelling businesses to publish their tax strategies could prove potent in stopping corporate tax abuse, but it's important the information released ...

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Chantrey Vellacott recovery team completes MBO to form new firm
Accounting Firms

Chantrey Vellacott recovery team completes MBO to form new firm

9y Richard Crump , Writer

Chantrey Vellacott recovery team completes MBO to ...

Partners in business recovery division of Chantrey Vellacott complete MBO to form new firm Read More...

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HMRC protects £45m in second Abbey National avoidance case
Corporate Tax

HMRC protects £45m in second Abbey National avoidance case

9y Calum Fuller , Reporter

HMRC protects £45m in second Abbey National avoida...

A further £40m also protected in a second case decided by tribunal ruling Read More...

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KPMG facing probe as Quindell restates accounts
Accounting Firms

KPMG facing probe as Quindell restates accounts

9y Richard Crump , Writer

KPMG facing probe as Quindell restates accounts

KPMG's work as auditors of Quindell to be probed by FRC as troubled insurer's accounts reveal series of accounting errors Read More...

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HMRC launches settlement schemes for those in dispute over sideways loss relief
Corporate Tax

HMRC launches settlement schemes for those in dispute over sideways loss re...

9y Calum Fuller , Reporter

HMRC launches settlement schemes for those in disp...

Corporates, partnerships and sole traders all offered chance to settle if they have abused sideways loss relief Read More...

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HMRC details move to cloud IT system
Technology

HMRC details move to cloud IT system

9y Calum Fuller , Reporter

HMRC details move to cloud IT system

HMRC hopes switch to cloud will allow the department to easily build and deploy web-based applications Read More...

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