Bankers' bonuses deferred to benefit from tax rate cut
Personal Tax

Bankers' bonuses deferred to benefit from tax rate cut

12y Kevin Reed , Writer

Bankers' bonuses deferred to benefit from tax rate...

Bonuses held back to April, when the higher rate of income tax was cut to 45% Read More...

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PCAOB highlights worrying number of “deficient” audits
Audit

PCAOB highlights worrying number of “deficient” audits

12y Richard Crump , Writer

PCAOB highlights worrying number of “deficient” au...

Firms auditing brokers and dealers found wanting by PCAOB inspections Read More...

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The Practitioner: The birth of the Urban Accountant.
Accounting Firms

The Practitioner: The birth of the Urban Accountant.

12y The Practitioner

The Practitioner: The birth of the Urban Accountan...

The Practitioner ponders the pros and cons of in-house vs external accountants Read More...

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PwC & Deloitte receive ICAEW sanctions over audit work
Accounting Firms

PwC & Deloitte receive ICAEW sanctions over audit work

12y Rachael Singh

PwC & Deloitte receive ICAEW sanctions over audit ...

ICAEW disciplinary papers show both firms have been sanctioned over audit reports Read More...

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The Practitioner: Summer working
Accounting Firms

The Practitioner: Summer working

12y The Practitioner

The Practitioner: Summer working

Summer time fun and frolicks Read More

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Colin: Football FDs stripped
Company News

Colin: Football FDs stripped

12y Taking Stock

Colin: Football FDs stripped

Football FDs band together in concerns about compliance Read More...

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Montpelier directors charged over alleged £1m tax fraud
Accounting Firms

Montpelier directors charged over alleged £1m tax fraud

12y Kevin Reed , Writer

Montpelier directors charged over alleged £1m tax ...

CEO Watkin Gittins and former Montpelier Tax Consultants director Martin Calcutt charged over alleged charity relief fraud Read More...

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RSM Tenon 2014?
Accounting Firms

RSM Tenon 2014?

12y Rachael Singh

RSM Tenon 2014?

The options on the future of RSM Tenon are endless but what lessons have we learnt from listed firms? Read More...

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Accountants missing a revenue growth trick with RTI
Accounting Firms

Accountants missing a revenue growth trick with RTI

12y Rachael Singh

Accountants missing a revenue growth trick with RT...

Accountants failing to increase advisory revenue with introduction of RTI, says Sage research Read More...

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Vodafone in multi-million pound tax deal with HMRC
Administration

Vodafone in multi-million pound tax deal with HMRC

12y Richard Crump , Writer

Vodafone in multi-million pound tax deal with HMRC

Telecoms giant paid millions of pounds to HMRC to settle dispute over the tax paid by an Irish subsidiary, according to reports Read More...

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Government allays fears of online sales tax
Corporate Tax

Government allays fears of online sales tax

12y Kevin Reed , Writer

Government allays fears of online sales tax

Letter from David Gauke to online retailers suggests that a separate online sales tax is unlikely Read More...

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Colin: Take your pick on auditor
Audit

Colin: Take your pick on auditor

12y Taking Stock

Colin: Take your pick on auditor

Colin simplifies incoming five year audit tendering Read More...

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Five-year audit tender costs disproportionate
Audit

Five-year audit tender costs disproportionate

12y Richard Crump , Writer

Five-year audit tender costs disproportionate

Forcing companies to tender audit work every five years could prove costly, finds Richard Crump Read More...

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Tendering changes will cost audit market £100m a year
Audit

Tendering changes will cost audit market £100m a year

12y Richard Crump , Writer

Tendering changes will cost audit market £100m a y...

Taken together, FRC and Competition Commission audit proposals will cost accountants and businesses £100m a year Read More...

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KPMG recruit lawyers to help with London office switch
Accounting Firms

KPMG recruit lawyers to help with London office switch

12y Accountancy Age

KPMG recruit lawyers to help with London office sw...

KPMG's planned London relocation has seen the firm recruit Eversheds and Travers Smith Read More...

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Investors likely to receive scraps or nothing in RSM Tenon deal
Accounting Firms

Investors likely to receive scraps or nothing in RSM Tenon deal

12y Rachael Singh

Investors likely to receive scraps or nothing in R...

RSM Tenon says Baker Tilly deal will return minimal, if any, value to investors Read More...

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Big Four student applications on the up
People In Practice

Big Four student applications on the up

12y Richard Crump , Writer

Big Four student applications on the up

Student applications for places at the Big Four booming latest numbers show Read More...

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Public scrutiny making football FDs cautious on compliance
Business Regulation

Public scrutiny making football FDs cautious on compliance

12y Rachael Singh

Public scrutiny making football FDs cautious on co...

FDs in football clubs more focused on management of corporate governance than if they were in a similar sized business outside of the industry Read Mo...

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BW Medical Accountants strengthens tax team
Accounting Firms

BW Medical Accountants strengthens tax team

12y Richard Crump , Writer

BW Medical Accountants strengthens tax team

BW Medical Accountants strengthens tax team with the appointment of two specialists Read More...

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Integrated reporting nudges closer with new FRC guidance
Company News

Integrated reporting nudges closer with new FRC guidance

12y Rachael Singh

Integrated reporting nudges closer with new FRC gu...

FRC publishes guidance on new strategic review which is due to replace the business review in annual reports this year Read More...

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Former Kazakhmys CFO joins African Minerals
Company News

Former Kazakhmys CFO joins African Minerals

12y Richard Crump , Writer

Former Kazakhmys CFO joins African Minerals

Matthew Hird replaces outgoing CFO Miguel Perry from 1 October Read More...

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Changes to partnership taxation - the next chapter
Business Regulation

Changes to partnership taxation - the next chapter

12y Accountancy Age

Changes to partnership taxation - the next chapter

Practices must be up to speed with proposals to deal with LLP taxation: not just for their clients, but for themselves, warns David Webster Read More...

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Avoidance warnings are backfiring
Corporate Governance

Avoidance warnings are backfiring

12y Accountancy Age

Avoidance warnings are backfiring

Political pressure on big companies' tax avoidance tactics risk such indignation that others follow suit, warns Andy White Read More...

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Chef's special
Accounting Firms

Chef's special

12y Richard Crump , Writer

Chef's special

Colin sees a small change in Little Chef's logo with its sale to Kuwati buyers Kout Food Read More...

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Praxity Alliance receives boost with German & Icelandic firms
Accounting Firms

Praxity Alliance receives boost with German & Icelandic firms

12y Rachael Singh

Praxity Alliance receives boost with German & Icel...

Second-largest alliance recruits two new member firms; HWS from Germany and ENOR from Iceland Read More...

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PCAOB proposes biggest shake-up to US audit reports since 1940s
Audit

PCAOB proposes biggest shake-up to US audit reports since 1940s

12y Richard Crump , Writer

PCAOB proposes biggest shake-up to US audit report...

America's accountancy watchdog wants auditors to reveal more information about the listed companies they audit Read More...

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HMRC wins £68m stamp duty land tax case
Administration

HMRC wins £68m stamp duty land tax case

12y Accountancy Age

HMRC wins £68m stamp duty land tax case

Taxman successfully challenges SDLT avoidance scheme in judgment affecting 87 follower cases Read More...

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