Boost for small businesses as VAT threshold raised and business rates frozen
Economy

Boost for small businesses as VAT threshold raised and business rates froze...

3w Accountancy Age

Boost for small businesses as VAT threshold raised...

28,000 small businesses freed from paying VAT, encouraging them to invest and grow as the threshold is raised from £85,000 to £90,000 Read More...

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How to foster innovation and a performance culture
Skills

How to foster innovation and a performance culture

3w Peter Spence

How to foster innovation and a performance culture

Innovation is essential to survival in the modern marketplace. AICPA & CIMA’s Associate Technical Director Peter Spence discusses how to foster a cult...

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Overcoming financial hurdles: Innovative strategies for startup success in Accounting
Management

Overcoming financial hurdles: Innovative strategies for startup success in ...

1m Accountancy Age

Overcoming financial hurdles: Innovative strategie...

Startups face unique financial challenges, such as cash flow volatility and equity-based compensation complexities. Innovative strategies and technolo...

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Rebranding heritage: Saffery's pivot from tradition to innovation
Accounting Firms

Rebranding heritage: Saffery's pivot from tradition to innovation

2m Rachael Kennedy

Rebranding heritage: Saffery's pivot from traditio...

Saffery Champness's strategic rebrand to "Saffery" reflects a bold step towards aligning its historic values with a modern, innovative ethos, fosterin...

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Survey finds UK tax policies stifling business growth and innovation
Tax

Survey finds UK tax policies stifling business growth and innovation

2m Accountancy Age

Survey finds UK tax policies stifling business gro...

UK tax policies are restricting business growth and innovation, according to new research by UK top ten accountancy and advisory firm Azets. With just...

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75% of independent hospitality businesses say a VAT cut is vital to their survival
Tax

75% of independent hospitality businesses say a VAT cut is vital to their s...

2m Accountancy Age

75% of independent hospitality businesses say a VA...

The UK Treasury must act now to prevent the avoidable damage that is being done to small and micro businesses by acute inflationary pressures across t...

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EY's innovative use of AI in detecting audit frauds sparks debate
Audit

EY's innovative use of AI in detecting audit frauds sparks debate

5m Accountancy Age

EY's innovative use of AI in detecting audit fraud...

EY has implemented artificial intelligence (AI) in its audit processes, leading to the detection of fraudulent activities. Out of the first 10 compani...

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Talk the talk: Elevating accountants with communication skills
Skills

Talk the talk: Elevating accountants with communication skills

5m Accountancy Age

Talk the talk: Elevating accountants with communic...

Communication skills are relevant to most accountancy roles. Accountants need to know how to use their words, tone of voice and body language, to ensu...

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Veteran Conservative MP IR35 tenacity ‘welcomed’ by industry
Contracting

Veteran Conservative MP IR35 tenacity ‘welcomed’ by industry

6m Greg Noble

Veteran Conservative MP IR35 tenacity ‘welcomed’ b...

Sir John Redwood is advocating for Jeremy Hunt to include a series of “economical” tax reductions in his November 22 Autumn Statement Read More...

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Elevate your digital practice: The journey to complete digitalisation
Accounting Firms

Elevate your digital practice: The journey to complete digitalisation

6m

Elevate your digital practice: The journey to comp...

In a world where technology is constantly evolving, it’s more important than ever for accounting practices to be digitally transformed. But what...

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EU VAT changes could still impact UK firms, experts warn
Regulation

EU VAT changes could still impact UK firms, experts warn

8m Rob Griffin

EU VAT changes could still impact UK firms, expert...

Businesses urged to prepare for next year’s regulatory overhaul. Read More...

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Labour’s private equity tax raid would ‘substantially weaken’ UK PLC, experts say
Politics

Labour’s private equity tax raid would ‘substantially weaken’ UK PLC, exper...

10m Sam Alberti

Labour’s private equity tax raid would ‘substantia...

Fresh analysis suggests that HMRC is missing out on around £600m per year due to the carried interest loophole Read More...

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Don't Get Left Behind: How to Prepare Your Tax Department for the Future of VAT in the Digital Age
Webinar

Don't Get Left Behind: How to Prepare Your Tax Department for the Future of VAT in the Digital Age

25 May 2023
1y

Don't Get Left Behind: How to Prepare Your Tax Dep...

Overview Title: Don’t Get Left Behind: How to Prepare Your Tax Department for the Future of VAT in the Digital Age Date: Thursday May 25th Time:...

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Mazars’ private client partner, Hina Desai: advisors now a client ‘sounding board’
Accounting Firms

Mazars’ private client partner, Hina Desai: advisors now a client ‘sounding...

1y Greg Noble

Mazars’ private client partner, Hina Desai: adviso...

The importance of the advisory role has increased substantially after the turbulent last few years Read More...

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HMRC’s new VAT penalties: A fairer system?
HMRC

HMRC’s new VAT penalties: A fairer system?

1y Lauren Harvey , Assistant accountants manager, The Accountancy Partnership

HMRC’s new VAT penalties: A fairer system?

At the beginning of the year, HMRC implemented a new penalties system for late VAT submissions and payments. The new points-based penalty system is ar...

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New year, new VAT penalties
Tax

New year, new VAT penalties

1y Emma Rawson

New year, new VAT penalties

Emma Rawson, ATT technical officer, takes a look at the new VAT late payment and filing penalties which will apply from January 1, 2023 Read More...

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COP27: Private sector net-zero transition guidance launched
ESG

COP27: Private sector net-zero transition guidance launched

1y Sam Alberti

COP27: Private sector net-zero transition guidance...

The TPT has described the new guidance as the ‘gold standard’ for climate transition plans Read More...

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Non-compliance risk for “laggards” as MTD for VAT lands
MTD

Non-compliance risk for “laggards” as MTD for VAT lands

2y Sam Alberti

Non-compliance risk for “laggards” as MTD for VAT ...

Scepticism among the smallest businesses poses a key challenge for advisers Read More...

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Addressing the challenges of MTD for VAT
MTD

Addressing the challenges of MTD for VAT

2y Prashant Ganti

Addressing the challenges of MTD for VAT

With Making Tax Digital for VAT changes due in April, Zoho’s Prashant Ganti discusses and addresses the challenges with these new measures Read More...

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How the new One-Stop Shop EU VAT rules affect e-commerce
Accounting Firms

How the new One-Stop Shop EU VAT rules affect e-commerce

2y Accountancy Age

How the new One-Stop Shop EU VAT rules affect e-co...

The impacts on tax compliance, sales channels, and the bottom line The European Union’s new value-added tax (VAT) regulations, and its creation of the...

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Marketplace eGuide: Practical implications of EU e-commerce VAT rules
HMRC

Marketplace eGuide: Practical implications of EU e-commerce VAT rules

3y

Marketplace eGuide: Practical implications of EU e...

As of July 1st, 2021 cross-border e-commerce VAT rules have been modernised in the EU. The new legislation introduces substantial new VAT liabilities ...

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Construction Domestic Reverse Charge: Completing a VAT Return
HMRC

Construction Domestic Reverse Charge: Completing a VAT Return

3y

Construction Domestic Reverse Charge: Completing a...

The way HMRC collects VAT from construction firms has changed. On 1 March 2021, the VAT reverse charge for building and construction services came int...

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The future of audit: Industry-wide commitment to innovation required to save profession’s reputation
Audit

The future of audit: Industry-wide commitment to innovation required to sav...

3y Becky Shields

The future of audit: Industry-wide commitment to i...

Auditors must harness innovation and develop analytics skills to save the profession’s reputation, says Becky Shields, head of digital transformation ...

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Deferred VAT deadlines looming
VAT

Deferred VAT deadlines looming

3y Emma Rawson

Deferred VAT deadlines looming

Businesses that deferred VAT payments during the early stages of the pandemic which remain outstanding need to act by the end of June in order to avoi...

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Support required as MTD for VAT enters next phase
Making Tax Digital

Support required as MTD for VAT enters next phase

3y Alexander Garrett

Support required as MTD for VAT enters next phase

Representatives of small businesses and the accountancy profession say a report on Making Tax Digital for VAT shows that HMRC should provide additiona...

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One million businesses re-brace for MTD for VAT – 1 April 2021
Making Tax Digital

One million businesses re-brace for MTD for VAT – 1 April 2021

3y Richard Asquith

One million businesses re-brace for MTD for VAT – ...

By Richard Asquith, VP global indirect tax at Avalara Read More...

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Businesses facing Brexit VAT pressures
Brexit & Economy

Businesses facing Brexit VAT pressures

3y Leanna Reeves

Businesses facing Brexit VAT pressures

New VAT rule on imports could affect the UK’s competitiveness due to cash flow disadvantage Read More...

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Buying guide: innovation safeguards the auditing industry against coronavirus
Audit

Buying guide: innovation safeguards the auditing industry against coronavir...

4y Aaran Fronda

Buying guide: innovation safeguards the auditing i...

Increasingly firms are leveraging both in-house and external auditing solutions, but implementation risks remain Read More...

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