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Former UK chancellor: Don’t expect tax rises until 2024
Former UK chancellor: Don’t expect tax rises until...
Ex-chancellor Philip Hammond believes the current Government is unlikely to make “significant” tax rises until after the next general election Read Mo...
View articleDeloitte partners face £19m insolvency lawsuit
Deloitte partners face £19m insolvency lawsuit
Relationship between insolvency practitioners and banks under spotlight again Read More...
View articleSpike in cyber attacks increases focus on data security
Spike in cyber attacks increases focus on data sec...
Culture change from remote working creates new challenges for firms to keep data secure Read More...
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Sign upAuditors must “stop pretending” it’s not their job to catch fraud
Auditors must “stop pretending” it’s not their job...
President and founder of audit tech company Confirmation calls on auditors to get serious about catching fraud Read More...
View articleTwo-thirds of SMEs still don’t have a business plan
Two-thirds of SMEs still don’t have a business pla...
Latest SME Recovery Tracker by ACCA UK and the CFN shows worrying disparity between corporates and SMEs in fight against pandemic Read More...
View articleAccountancy practices must move fast to weather pandemic storm
Accountancy practices must move fast to weather pa...
Accountancy Age Live Discussion on Friday, September 4 with speakers form RSM and Calligo to discuss how accountancy firms move out of the pandemic Re...
View articleIFS director says OBR’s economic forecasts are ‘extraordinarily optimistic’
IFS director says OBR’s economic forecasts are ‘ex...
UK set to wait years before GDP returns to pre-pandemic levels Read More...
View articleInsolvency panel arrangements risk creating conflict of interest, says lawy...
Insolvency panel arrangements risk creating confli...
Panel arrangements between banks and insolvency practitioners (IPs) run the risk of creating a conflict of interest, according to Joanna Ford, partner...
View articleBEIS committee MP calls for patience over audit reform
BEIS committee MP calls for patience over audit re...
Conservative MP “wouldn’t read into” failure of government to bring legislation forward since the Brydon report was published Read More...
View articleMP calls for new insolvency regulator over ‘massive’ conflict of interests
MP calls for new insolvency regulator over ‘massiv...
Conservative MP calls for outlaw of panel agreements and an insolvency tribunal to prevent “egregious” behaviour Read More...
View articleFRC urges government to implement audit reform
FRC urges government to implement audit reform
Principles for operational separation of audit were released yesterday by the FRC, but new legislation is needed for next steps Read More...
View articleAudit shake-up a good 'first step'
FRC has announced plans for the ‘operational separation’ of audit practices Read More...
View articleBaldwins regional CEO: All firms must become ‘digital-first’
Baldwins regional CEO: All firms must become ‘digi...
Pandemic has rapidly accelerated the need for tech Read More...
View articleBDO sued for £250m: Partner admits to ‘serious dereliction of duty’
BDO sued for £250m: Partner admits to ‘serious der...
BDO partner mistakenly described the administration of One Blackfriars Limited as objective two, not objective three Read More...
View articleThe unused resource: How Microsoft Office can assist accountants
The unused resource: How Microsoft Office can assi...
Key takeaways from our recent webinar, in association with Calligo Read More...
View articleBDO sued for £250m: Selling agent accused of conflict of interest
BDO sued for £250m: Selling agent accused of confl...
The claimants in the case against BDO over their administration of One Blackfriars Limited have accused BDO of inappropriately using real estate firm,...
View articleBDO partner admits she didn’t challenge ‘shockingly low’ valuation
BDO partner admits she didn’t challenge ‘shockingl...
Witness in £250m insolvency negligence lawsuit said she didn’t challenge low valuation of One Blackfriars site Read More...
View articleBDO sued for £250m over ‘light-touch’ administration
BDO sued for £250m over ‘light-touch’ administrati...
A £250m insolvency negligence lawsuit, thought to be the largest of its kind, began this week against BDO in the UK’s High Court. The claimants in the...
View articleLack of dividends income support a ‘blatant snub’ for self-employed
Lack of dividends income support a ‘blatant snub’ ...
UK self-employed and micro-businesses are being left behind as the government support through the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (CJRS) doesn’t acco...
View article38% of SMEs won’t survive into June, poll says
38% of SMEs won’t survive into June, poll says
SMEs are continuing to suffer in lockdown as the UK economy grinds to a halt Read More...
View articleInside Accountancy podcast: Coronavirus and accountancy
Inside Accountancy podcast: Coronavirus and accoun...
In the latest edition of Inside Accountancy, reporter Tom Lemmon speaks to Donna Bulmer, managing partner of Haines Watts to discuss how coronavirus h...
View articleLords committee chair blasts government’s “nonsense” over IR35
Lords committee chair blasts government’s “nonsens...
The House of Lords Economic Affairs Finance Bill Sub-Committee report, published today, took aim at the government and HMRC for considering the issue ...
View articleIndustry at odds over potential insolvencies
Industry at odds over potential insolvencies
Predictions of 800,000 UK insolvencies requires “sense-checking” says RSM, but leading insolvency body say it depends on the length of the crisis Read...
View articleFRC fines KPMG £700,000 for poor audit
The FRC has fined KPMG UK £700,000 and reprimanded KPMG UK’s former senior partner for Manchester, Nicola Quayle for a “failure to apply sufficient pr...
View articleCoronavirus puts life insurers under threat due to ‘phantom capital’ exposu...
Coronavirus puts life insurers under threat due to...
Corporate defaults caused by the impacts of coronavirus could lead to a collapse of the life insurance market, as matching adjustment leaves many expo...
View article“An immensely testing time for accountants”
Here are the key takeaways from our recent webinar, in association with Receipt Bank, where we discussed how coronavirus, the budget and the added sup...
View articleHMRC updates self-assessment deferral to include all self-assessment taxpay...
HMRC updates self-assessment deferral to include a...
HMRC has updated its guidance on the July payments on account deferral to include all self-assessment taxpayers, not just the self-employed Read More...
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