Tax experts get first specific speech recognition software
Management

Tax experts get first specific speech recognition software

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Tax experts get first specific speech recognition ...

The first speech recognition software vocabulary built specifically for tax professionals has been launched by the London-based Speech Recognition Com...

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New finance director installed at Regus Business Centres
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New finance director installed at Regus Business Centres

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New finance director installed at Regus Business C...

Stephen Stamp has joined serviced office provider Regus Business Centres as group finance director, following the resignation of Peter Jenkins who lef...

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Navision Software and IBM form strategic alliance
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Navision Software and IBM form strategic alliance

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Navision Software and IBM form strategic alliance

Navision Software and IBM in Europe, the Middle-East and Africa have announced the creation of a new strategic alliance to give mid-market organisatio...

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Sage acquires Hartley International
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Sage acquires Hartley International

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Sage acquires Hartley International

Leading software giant Sage has acquired Bristol-based final accounts production software manufacturer Hartley International in a £2.55m deal. Read Mo...

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Byers pledges to promote UK SMEs on India visit
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Byers pledges to promote UK SMEs on India visit

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Byers pledges to promote UK SMEs on India visit

Improving trade between small and medium-sized enterprises in the UK and India will be a key priority for trade secretary Stephen Byers during his New...

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Aston IT Group acquires leading UK Navision Solution Centre
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Aston IT Group acquires leading UK Navision Solution Centre

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Aston IT Group acquires leading UK Navision Soluti...

Danish IT consultancy house Aston IT Group has acquired the UK's number one Navision Solution Centre Dit for an undisclosed seven figure sum. Read Mor...

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Pegasus welcomes more than 300 new advice group members
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Pegasus welcomes more than 300 new advice group members

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Pegasus welcomes more than 300 new advice group me...

Pegasus Software has accepted 350 new members into its Pegasus Advisers Programme. Read More...

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Company Reporting reveals problems with research and development accounting
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Company Reporting reveals problems with research and development accounting

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Company Reporting reveals problems with research a...

The use of SSAP13 Accounting for Research and Development to capitalise development costs is increasing but it brings its own problems, according to E...

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Taxpayers money escapes scrutiny
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Taxpayers money escapes scrutiny

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Taxpayers money escapes scrutiny

£12 billion is being spent each year without being subject to parliamentary scrutiny, according to the Commons Public Accounts Committee. Read More...

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Takeover of KPMG's Norwich office may set national trend for Big Five exodus
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Takeover of KPMG's Norwich office may set national trend for Big Five exodu...

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Takeover of KPMG's Norwich office may set national...

The takeover of KPMG's Norwich office by Grant Thornton may be the start of a trend seeing the Big Five giving up regional outposts, according to Gran...

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Unwary sports clubs face millennium VAT pitfall
Personal Tax

Unwary sports clubs face millennium VAT pitfall

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Unwary sports clubs face millennium VAT pitfall

Local sports clubs around the UK could find they have suddenly become liable for VAT payments this week, ACCA has warned. Read More...

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E&Y agrees massive payout to settle Cendant audit dispute
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E&Y agrees massive payout to settle Cendant audit dispute

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E&Y agrees massive payout to settle Cendant au...

Ernst & Young in the US is to pay $335m to shareholders of the Cendant Corporation in one of the largest ever payouts by an accountancy firm over ...

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Revenue move to focus on biggest tax payers
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Revenue move to focus on biggest tax payers

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Revenue move to focus on biggest tax payers

Corporate tax managers are to join an new Inland Revenue initiative aimed at improving the service it provides to large companies. Read More...

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Big players given tax boost for investment in risky business
Personal Tax

Big players given tax boost for investment in risky business

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Big players given tax boost for investment in risk...

More details have emerged of a new tax incentive designed to encourage larger companies to invest in small high-risk ventures, first announced by Gord...

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Pensions penalty for Grant Thornton over deadline failures
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Pensions penalty for Grant Thornton over deadline failures

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Pensions penalty for Grant Thornton over deadline ...

Grant Thornton has been fined £2,000 by the English ICA for failure to meet deadlines relating to pensions reviews. Read More...

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Just what the hell is wrong with the UK tax system? Maybe Ernst & Young has the answer
Personal Tax

Just what the hell is wrong with the UK tax system? Maybe Ernst & Young...

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Just what the hell is wrong with the UK tax system...

Ernst & Young thinks it has got to the heart of the problem with the UK tax system. Borrowing heavily from CS Lewis - and with a nod to panto seas...

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Happy Christmas from AccountancyAge.com
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Happy Christmas from AccountancyAge.com

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Happy Christmas from AccountancyAge.com

AccountancyAge.com would like to wish all its readers a Happy Christmas and a prosperous new millennium. We will continue to post stories between Chri...

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Revenue warned it is risking erosion of tax base becuase it is failing to tackle e-commerce
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Revenue warned it is risking erosion of tax base becuase it is failing to t...

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Revenue warned it is risking erosion of tax base b...

The Government must devote further 'significant resources' to assess the impact of e-commerce across the the UK tax system or risk major erosion of th...

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Most UK e-businesses risk losing customer trust because they ignore launch trials
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Most UK e-businesses risk losing customer trust because they ignore launch ...

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Most UK e-businesses risk losing customer trust be...

Almost seven out of 10 UK businesses with an e-business offering are failing to trial their service before launch, according to research from Pricewat...

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Revenue announces tonnage tax boost for shipping industry
Personal Tax

Revenue announces tonnage tax boost for shipping industry

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Revenue announces tonnage tax boost for shipping i...

The government today announced the measures that will govern the tonnage tax when it is introduced for the UK shipping industry next year. Read More...

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Aussie software giant moves to rein in Pegasus
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Aussie software giant moves to rein in Pegasus

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Aussie software giant moves to rein in Pegasus

SOLUTION 6, an Australian accounting services and software house, has made a £30m bid for UK software house Pegasus - which would be its ninth acquisi...

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Deloittes pushes on with debt recovery after court victory over BCCI
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Deloittes pushes on with debt recovery after court victory over BCCI

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Deloittes pushes on with debt recovery after court...

Deloitte & Touche, liquidators of BCCI, said they intended to pursue 'virorously' a judgement freezing the assets of Mustafa and Murtaza Gokal, the br...

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More than 5m accounts opened as savers get into the ISA habit
Personal Tax

More than 5m accounts opened as savers get into the ISA habit

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More than 5m accounts opened as savers get into th...

Almost £12.7bn has been invested in Individual Savings Accounts in the first six months of their existence, according to Inland Revenue figures releas...

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Software house battle looms as Sage considers joining in takeover bidding for Pegasus
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Software house battle looms as Sage considers joining in takeover bidding f...

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Software house battle looms as Sage considers join...

A takeover battle is looming for software house Pegasus as Sage considers a rival bid to the £30m offer from Australia's Solution 6, according to repo...

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Essex company director jailed after £600,000 tax fraud involving offshore accounts
Personal Tax

Essex company director jailed after £600,000 tax fraud involving offshore a...

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Essex company director jailed after £600,000 tax f...

A director of a company specialising in personalised car registration plates has been jailed for two years for evading tax on rental income which he p...

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Revenue gets festive as it announces details of holiday opening times
Personal Tax

Revenue gets festive as it announces details of holiday opening times

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Revenue gets festive as it announces details of ho...

The Inland Revenue has announced its opening times over the Christmas and millennium holiday period and passed on seasonal greetings to its customers....

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Frenzied wife-stabber accounting student expelled by ACCA
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Frenzied wife-stabber accounting student expelled by ACCA

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Frenzied wife-stabber accounting student expelled ...

ACCA has removed a murderer who stabbed his wife more than 60 times from its student register. Read More...

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