Friday Afternoon Live: Firms' audit cost woes + Corbyn's tax strategy
Audit

Friday Afternoon Live: Firms' audit cost woes + Corbyn's tax strategy

9y Kevin Reed , Writer

Friday Afternoon Live: Firms' audit cost woes + Co...

Smaller firms bemoan the costs associated with providing audit services, and Jeremy Corbyn's tax strategy comes under scrutiny in the latest Friday Af...

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$10bn fee boost belies issues faced by international networks
Accounting Firms

$10bn fee boost belies issues faced by international networks

9y Philip Smith.

$10bn fee boost belies issues faced by internation...

Increasing regulation, member firm defections and a fragile global economy have failed to halt international growth, find Philip Smith Read More...

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Senior EY insolvency partner severely reprimanded over ethics breach
Business Recovery

Senior EY insolvency partner severely reprimanded over ethics breach

9y Beth Abel , Reporter

Senior EY insolvency partner severely reprimanded ...

Margaret Mills, an EY insolvency practitioner with global responsibilities, admits to ICAEW ethics breaches relating to conflicts and record-keeping R...

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Accounting threshold shifts risk lasting damage to audit profession
Accounting Firms

Accounting threshold shifts risk lasting damage to audit profession

9y Chris Warmoll , Writer

Accounting threshold shifts risk lasting damage to...

While regulations surrounding audit "have become more onerous", the number of companies requiring one is less Read More...

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SRA decides to cease regulation of insolvency profession
Business Recovery

SRA decides to cease regulation of insolvency profession

9y Richard Crump , Writer

SRA decides to cease regulation of insolvency prof...

The Solicitors Regulation Authority decides to cease regulating solicitors who act as insolvency practitioners Read More...

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ICAEW urges firms to modernise in Tomorrow’s Practice initiative
Accounting Software

ICAEW urges firms to modernise in Tomorrow’s Practice initiative

9y Calum Fuller , Reporter

ICAEW urges firms to modernise in Tomorrow’s Pract...

Institute to encourage firms to innovate and exploit new technologies in modernisation drive Read More...

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Opinion: Insolvency fee plan will help provide transparency and show value
Business Recovery

Opinion: Insolvency fee plan will help provide transparency and show value

9y Accountancy Age

Opinion: Insolvency fee plan will help provide tra...

Business minister Jo Swinson says a more structured, controlled, fee plan for the insolvency profession will provide transparency for creditors, and a...

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Government must address insolvency and employment law conflicts
Business Recovery

Government must address insolvency and employment law conflicts

9y Richard Crump , Writer

Government must address insolvency and employment ...

When a BIS commons select committee meets to discuss insolvency regulation, it could do much worse than to take a long, hard look at conflicts between...

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Proposals could see Bank of England fine firms for breaches
Audit

Proposals could see Bank of England fine firms for breaches

9y Calum Fuller , Reporter

Proposals could see Bank of England fine firms for...

Auditors will have to submit annual reports to central bank's Prudential Regulation Authority under proposals Read More...

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MoJ backs down over scrapping insolvency litigation exemption
Business Recovery

MoJ backs down over scrapping insolvency litigation exemption

9y Richard Crump , Writer

MoJ backs down over scrapping insolvency litigatio...

Government in climb down over controversial plans to scrap insolvency litigation exemption from no-win-no-fee legal reforms Read More...

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Analysis: PAC reignites tax 'code of conduct' debate
Administration

Analysis: PAC reignites tax 'code of conduct' debate

9y Andrew Goodall

Analysis: PAC reignites tax 'code of conduct' deba...

Andrew Goodall examines the Public Accounts Committee’s call for HMRC to introduce a new code of conduct for tax advisers Read More...

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EY goes multi-disciplinary as it gains legal services licence
Accounting Firms

EY goes multi-disciplinary as it gains legal services licence

9y Kevin Reed , Writer

EY goes multi-disciplinary as it gains legal servi...

EY aims for complex group service provision with legal licence Read More...

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US lawyers called in by PwC to investigate Phones 4U
Business Recovery

US lawyers called in by PwC to investigate Phones 4U

9y Kevin Reed , Writer

US lawyers called in by PwC to investigate Phones ...

Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan called in by Phones 4U administrators as part of the insolvency investigation Read More...

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SRA refines 'accountants report' exemption plans
Audit

SRA refines 'accountants report' exemption plans

10y Chris Warmoll , Writer

SRA refines 'accountants report' exemption plans

Solicitors regulator reveals phased approach to creating exemptions for lawyers from the accountants report Read More...

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RSM's Dohrer to join audit standards body IAASB
Audit

RSM's Dohrer to join audit standards body IAASB

10y Kevin Reed , Writer

RSM's Dohrer to join audit standards body IAASB

Bob Dohrer to hold three-year term at the audit standards body Read More...

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Newsham excluded from ICAEW after Worthington Nicholls hearing
Audit

Newsham excluded from ICAEW after Worthington Nicholls hearing

10y Kevin Reed , Writer

Newsham excluded from ICAEW after Worthington Nich...

Paul Newsham excluded from ICAEW membership following tribunal into his work on the audits of Worthington Nicholls Read More...

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Date set for Deloitte MG Rover appeal
Business Recovery

Date set for Deloitte MG Rover appeal

10y Chris Warmoll , Writer

Date set for Deloitte MG Rover appeal

Five day hearing outlined for Deloitte appeal against fines for its MG Rover work Read More...

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Firms worried about UK's ‘illogical’ audit interpretation
Audit

Firms worried about UK's ‘illogical’ audit interpretation

10y Richard Crump , Writer

Firms worried about UK's ‘illogical’ audit interpr...

Competition and Markets Authority's interpretation of EU audit rules could result in 'illogical' outcomes, accounting firms warn Read More...

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Taking Stock: No humble pie after anti-PwC newspaper ad
Accounting Firms

Taking Stock: No humble pie after anti-PwC newspaper ad

10y Taking Stock

Taking Stock: No humble pie after anti-PwC newspap...

PwC US and PwC Gibraltar namechecked in what TS can only describe as a 'cryptic' newspaper advert Read More...

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Kahn ‘steps down' from ICAEW's special industry group
Business Recovery

Kahn ‘steps down' from ICAEW's special industry group

10y Chris Warmoll , Writer

Kahn ‘steps down' from ICAEW's special industry gr...

Neville Kahn, of whom Vince Cable called on the ICAEW to investigate, quits the institute's special interest insolvency group Read More...

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Voluntary pre-pack reforms ‘unworkable’, say AA readers
Business Recovery

Voluntary pre-pack reforms ‘unworkable’, say AA readers

10y Richard Crump , Writer

Voluntary pre-pack reforms ‘unworkable’, say AA re...

Poll of Accountancy Age readers finds opposition to Teresa Graham's pre-pack reforms Read More...

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Cable calls for ICAEW probe into Comet administrators
Business Recovery

Cable calls for ICAEW probe into Comet administrators

10y Kevin Reed , Writer

Cable calls for ICAEW probe into Comet administrat...

Business secretary Vince Cable refers senior Deloitte IPs for potential disciplinary action, over Comet administration concerns Read More...

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Top 40 Networks 2014: Brand awareness
Accounting Firms

Top 40 Networks 2014: Brand awareness

10y Jane Howard

Top 40 Networks 2014: Brand awareness

A big push on international referrals, branding issues and network swapping are a all a big part of practice life in 2014, writes Jane Howard Read Mor...

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Key pre-pack measures are unworkable
Business Regulation

Key pre-pack measures are unworkable

10y Richard Crump , Writer

Key pre-pack measures are unworkable

Teresa Graham’s pre-pack recommendations are in the right spirit but are unworkable, insolvency practitioners tell Accountancy Age Read More...

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IASB forms working group ahead of IFRS loss model launch
Accounting Standards

IASB forms working group ahead of IFRS loss model launch

10y Naomi Rainey , Writer

IASB forms working group ahead of IFRS loss model ...

Group will focus on requirements for impairment of financial instruments under IFRS 9 Read More...

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FRC proposes joint tribunals for accountants and actuaries
Accounting Firms

FRC proposes joint tribunals for accountants and actuaries

10y Naomi Rainey , Writer

FRC proposes joint tribunals for accountants and a...

Watchdog says changes will make disciplinary proceedings more efficient Read More...

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Pre-pack administrations to face voluntary scrutiny
Business Regulation

Pre-pack administrations to face voluntary scrutiny

10y Richard Crump , Writer

Pre-pack administrations to face voluntary scrutin...

Review into pre-pack administrations supports voluntary scrutiny, but legislation could follow if measures fail to have 'desired impact' Read More...

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