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PCAOB chairman James Doty

E&Y and partners fined more than $2m for audit errors

The PCAOB fines E&Y and three audit partners for failings related to audits of Medicis Pharmaceutical's financial statements

09 Feb 2012

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Taxman: 'No regrets' over failed £8m case against Redknapp and Mandaric

Acquittal of Harry Redknapp and Milan Mandaric marks ignominious end to five-year police and HMRC investigation into alleged football corruption that faiiled to secure a single conviction

09 Feb 2012

Lords Lawson MacGregor and Lipsey

Lawson urges tougher audit reforms from Brussels

Former chancellor urges European Commission to create rules for auditors

08 Feb 2012

Accountant fleeced £250,000 from clients

Darren Upton lavished the money on secret mistress and a box at Leeds United

09 Feb 2012

Taxman to target builders and home delivery tax cheats

Builders join doctors and tutors in the taxman's sights

08 Feb 2012

Leonard Curtis administrators sell jeweller in pre-pack

Administrators John Titley and Andrew Poxon from Leonard Curtis were appointed to the international jeweller Abbeycrest

09 Feb 2012

Ex-Vantis tax director jailed for shares fraud

David Perrin has been jailed for 18 months for charity tax fraud

08 Feb 2012

Kingston Smith administrators called to Shoon

Ian Robert, insolvency partner at Kingston Smith is named administrator

09 Feb 2012

Redknapp and Mandaric cleared of tax evasion

The Tottenham Hotspur manager was cleared by a jury at Southwark Crown Court of evading taxes on payments totalling £189,000

08 Feb 2012

UK government extends Liechtenstein tax disclosure agreement

British taxpayers will have one more year to come clean about tax liabilities

08 Feb 2012

KPMG announces apprentice scheme for fraud investigators

Big Four accountant annnounces three-year apprentice scheme in its risk-consulting division

09 Feb 2012

Baker Tilly partner named as BIS red tape champion

Danielle Stewart appointed as champion of the BIS Red Tape Challenge

08 Feb 2012

Former Pets at Home FD joins Dunelm board

Dunelm has appointed Matt Davies as a non-executive director with immediate effect

08 Feb 2012

Ex-Kingston Smith partner takes MHA MacIntyre role

Former Kingston tax partner Alan Craddock takes similar role in MHA MacIntyre's London office

09 Feb 2012

ICAEW vice president elected

Arthur Bailey beat competition to be named the next vice-president

08 Feb 2012

Hearts FC faces HMRC court action over unpaid tax

Heart of Midlothian Football Club is facing fresh court action over unpaid tax

08 Feb 2012

RSM Tenon appoints corporate finance head

Accounting company which recently made a profit warning appoints Peter Vandervelde as corporate finance head

07 Feb 2012

OTS: Treasury should consider scrapping marriage allowance

Treasury-commissioned report expected to say that married couple's allowance and 10% tax rate on savings are not widely used and complicate people's tax affairs

07 Feb 2012

Exclusive: KPMG refuses to release controversial green energy report

Consultancy will not publish full findings of report, after leaked press release criticising green energy costs sparked media storm

07 Feb 2012

Treasury unaware of tax write off

Treasury "surprised" to learn that £10.9bn of unpaid tax had been written off by HM Revenue and Customs in one year, according committee of MPs

07 Feb 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"

ABI wants cover for insurance accounting

With insurance accounting up in the air, the ABI wants the right balance between consistency of application while avoiding the burden of new rules

Permanently check out of business record-keeping scheme

Taxman should find a better use of its 120 Business Record Checks staff, says Kevin Reed

Bankruptcy tourism - it's not a holiday

Foreign nationals may think it is an easy ride to bankrupt themselves here, but Neil Smyth warns it is just as tough

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The benefits and pitfalls of partnership status

Solicitor Tim Marshall explains the issues to bear in mind when thinking about your firm's structure

Who’s not Who?

IT SEEMS Deloitte's CEO David Sproul has been left in the shadows by colleague Louise Brittain.

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