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Opinion

Wave

Tide of insolvencies still to envelop UK

Insolvency statistics don’t always paint an accurate picture, explains R3 president Lee Manning

04 May 2012

Pyramid

HMRC needs top-to-bottom improvement

HMRC is struggling to bring in leadership at the top - while being forced to shed good staff at the bottom, says Mike Straughan

04 May 2012

On the ropes

UK Plc - bruised, battered, but still worth investing in

The UK is still an attractive place for investment from overseas despite the tough economic conditions, argues Michael Davis

26 Apr 2012

The Practitioner: Wherever I lay my hat...

The Practitioner is unconvinced the firm needs an office anymore

26 Apr 2012

Missing the VAT boat

Failing to pay attention to in-direct taxes could see businesses losing out explains Gary Harley

24 Apr 2012

Audit: The Next Frontier

How can auditors and regulators work together to restore trust in the financial systems, asks Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu’s global director Roger Dassen

23 Apr 2012

Invoicing the European way

UK businesses are working closer than ever with Europe, but Steve Carter asks how many companies are aware of different attitudes to payment processes across the continent?

18 Apr 2012

Sole Survivor: Cash accounting - the hidden burden

In an ongoing series of articles aimed at smaller practices, Elaine Clark questions the morality, and complexity, issues that rise from cash accounting

11 Apr 2012

Editorial: Osborne's synthetic shock

If Osborne manages to plug one hole, accountants will be ingenious enough to find another one

11 Apr 2012

Consulting: the changers need to change

Consultants seem good at telling clients to adapt - but their lack of ability to do so themselves is holding them back, argues Edward Haigh

03 Apr 2012

Muir’ll fix it

RSM Tenon is in Donald Muir’s safe hands, but just how qualified is he?

30 Mar 2012

The Practitioner: It's not all work work work...

Is there such a thing as a free lunch? The Practitioner ponders over dessert

26 Mar 2012

Editorial: Boost HMRC to make the Budget exciting

The taxman should the the focus of the Budget, not the 50p rate

21 Mar 2012

The Apprentice

As an apprentice himself Matt Smith explains that firms could miss out if they only focus on graduates

20 Mar 2012

No such thing as a simple administration

Shane Gleghorn explains why a recent Supreme Court Lehman Brothers judgment could mean for administrators appointed to a financial instituion

16 Mar 2012

CGMA: Much ado about?

CIMA staff could have found better ways to spend their time, rather than introduce a new designation, syas former president Peter Layhe

16 Mar 2012

Tax avoiders are obeying the law

It's not up to taxpayers to decide what's the 'right' amount of tax to pay - that's up to goverment

13 Mar 2012

The Germans are not coming

Frank Tschentscher explains why this month’s changes to German insolvency law could see fewer examples of the UK 'exporting' its insolvency services

12 Mar 2012

HMRC focuses on tackling high earners

Liesl Fichardt explains why City bosses are so concerned about the outcome of the latest tax row over remuneration

09 Mar 2012

Keep calm and carry on

Sudden snow storms, and icy conditions should not deter business as usual explains Phill Robinson

07 Mar 2012

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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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