Profile: ICAEW president William Brooks
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Profile: ICAEW president William Brooks

4y Sam Alberti

Profile: ICAEW president William Brooks

Accountancy Age spoke with Brooks, who talked us through future goals and challenges for the ICAEW Read More...

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AAT and ICAEW tussle over calls for compulsory membership
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AAT and ICAEW tussle over calls for compulsory membership

4y Sam Alberti

AAT and ICAEW tussle over calls for compulsory mem...

“It’s unduly harsh” Read More...

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Audit Q&A: You cannot serve two masters
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Audit Q&A: You cannot serve two masters

5y Shannon Moyer

Audit Q&A: You cannot serve two masters

We sat down with Remko Renes, an assistant professor of corporate governance at Nyenrode Business University, to discuss the future of audit in the UK...

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Coronavirus puts life insurers under threat due to ‘phantom capital’ exposure
Accounting Standards

Coronavirus puts life insurers under threat due to ‘phantom capital’ exposu...

5y Tom Lemmon

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...

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Podcast: Inside Accountancy episode 11 - IR35 has instilled a ‘fear culture’
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Podcast: Inside Accountancy episode 11 - IR35 has instilled a ‘fear culture...

5y Tom Lemmon

Podcast: Inside Accountancy episode 11 - IR35 has ...

In the latest episode of Inside Accountancy, Darren Fell CEO and Founder of Crunch Accounting discusses the government’s proposed changes to IR35 and ...

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Turning IR35 on its head: 5 key takeaways
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Turning IR35 on its head: 5 key takeaways

5y Tom Lemmon

Turning IR35 on its head: 5 key takeaways

Here are the five key takeaways from our recent webinar, Turning IR35 on its head. If you missed the webinar and want to learn more, click the link at...

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Brydon and the audit gap: Expectations, definitions and fraud
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Brydon and the audit gap: Expectations, definitions and fraud

6y Chris Jewers

Brydon and the audit gap: Expectations, definition...

Sir Donald Brydon’s report into the quality and effectiveness of audit was published at the end of 2019, and in it, Brydon tackles the issues of the a...

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Immediate action required to meet new AML legislation
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Immediate action required to meet new AML legislation

6y Chris Jewers

Immediate action required to meet new AML legislat...

Professional services firms need to take immediate action in order to meet requirements of amended AML regulation, that will come into force on the 10...

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Brydon review calls for ‘urgent reform’
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Brydon review calls for ‘urgent reform’

6y Chris Jewers

Brydon review calls for ‘urgent reform’

The long wait for the Brydon report is over, and in it Sir Donald Brydon makes a series of recommendations including the break-up of the auditing indu...

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FRC revises standards in bid to strengthen audit confidence
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FRC revises standards in bid to strengthen audit confidence

6y Chris Jewers

FRC revises standards in bid to strengthen audit c...

The FRC has issued revised ethical and auditing standards in an effort to strengthen auditor independence and ban conflicts of interest. Read More...

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IFRS to bring significant changes for lessee accounting
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IFRS to bring significant changes for lessee accounting

6y Dom Longley

IFRS to bring significant changes for lessee accou...

IFRS 16 is fully effective for accounting periods beginning on or after 1 January 2019 and brings about significant changes for lessee accounting - by...

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FRC audit inspection finds no improvement on last year
Accounting Firms

FRC audit inspection finds no improvement on last year

6y Chris Jewers

FRC audit inspection finds no improvement on last ...

75% of FTSE 350 audits assessed as good or requiring limited improvements, failing to meet the FRC's 90% target Read More...

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Sustainable cost accounting - The reality of the climate crisis requires nothing less
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Sustainable cost accounting - The reality of the climate crisis requires no...

6y Richard Murphy

Sustainable cost accounting - The reality of the c...

Professor Richard Murphy argues that IFRS accounting is inappropriate in the era when we are tackling the climate crisis and must be replaced Read Mor...

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Feedback led to change in FRS102 on Director’s Loans
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Feedback led to change in FRS102 on Director’s Loans

6y Tom Lemmon

Feedback led to change in FRS102 on Director’s Loa...

Comments and push-back from accountants led to the change in FRS102 which gives an exemption on director’s loans, according to Steve Collings. Read Mo...

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IFRS 17 is an “opportunity” for accountants
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IFRS 17 is an “opportunity” for accountants

6y Tom Lemmon

IFRS 17 is an “opportunity” for accountants

The incoming IFRS 17 insurance accounting standard is an “opportunity” for accountants to highlight their value to their companies, according to Moody...

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Moody’s Analytics enhances accounting and reinsurance capabilities of RiskIntegrity IFRS 17 solution
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Moody’s Analytics enhances accounting and reinsurance capabilities of RiskI...

6y Tom Lemmon

Moody’s Analytics enhances accounting and reinsura...

Moody’s Analytics has added new accounting and reinsurance capabilities to their RiskIntegrity IFRS 17 solution. These new features are intended to he...

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What will IFRS 16 mean for 2019’s reporting season?
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What will IFRS 16 mean for 2019’s reporting season?

6y John Kuett

What will IFRS 16 mean for 2019’s reporting season...

John Kuett, vice president of European Lease Accounting at Lease Accelerator provides an essential update on IFRS 16 Read More...

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Top 10 lessons learnt on the road to FASB/IASB lease accounting compliance
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Top 10 lessons learnt on the road to FASB/IASB lease accounting compliance

6y Sponsored | Trimble

Top 10 lessons learnt on the road to FASB/IASB lea...

Trimble Real Estate & Workplace Solutions report on what has been learned so far on the road to FASB/IASB lease accounting compliance Read More...

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How to Manage FASB & IFRS Lease Accounting in a Sea of Changing Standards
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How to Manage FASB & IFRS Lease Accounting in a Sea of Changing Standar...

6y Craig Gillespie

How to Manage FASB & IFRS Lease Accounting in ...

Craig Gillespie, business area director, Trimble Real Estate & Workplace Solutions, helps you navigate the latest changes Read More...

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Kingman has missed the point
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Kingman has missed the point

7y Richard Murphy

Kingman has missed the point

Richard Murphy, chartered accountant and founder and director of Tax Research UK, says the Kingman report into the FRC failed to address much-needed r...

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Take action now to help clients protect SME payable R&D tax credit
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Take action now to help clients protect SME payable R&D tax credit

7y Jenny Tragner

Take action now to help clients protect SME payabl...

Jenny Tragner, director at ForrestBrown, reveals how accountants can provide extra value to their clients by getting them to prepare now to protect th...

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New IASB/FASB lease accounting standards: what happens after the dust settles?
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New IASB/FASB lease accounting standards: what happens after the dust settl...

7y Craig Gillespie

New IASB/FASB lease accounting standards: what hap...

Craig Gillespie, Business Area Director for Real Estate at Trimble details the implications of the new rules Read More...

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Five reasons why your IFRS 9 project may have already failed
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Five reasons why your IFRS 9 project may have already failed

7y Nitin Iyer

Five reasons why your IFRS 9 project may have alre...

Life is full of surprises – some good, and some not so good. From an accounting point of view, surprises are generally best avoided. This is not...

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Is it time for moratorium on board room positions for former partners?
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Is it time for moratorium on board room positions for former partners?

7y Gary Dixon

Is it time for moratorium on board room positions ...

The recent £4m fine issued to Grant Thornton is a wake-up call to aspiring independent non-executive board members, who must be demonstrably independe...

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Lease accounting standards: are multinationals sitting on a ‘leaseberg’ of huge proportions?
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Lease accounting standards: are multinationals sitting on a ‘leaseberg’ of ...

7y Ross Chapman

Lease accounting standards: are multinationals sit...

New lease accounting standards come into force at the start of next year which will fundamentally change how companies can report off-balance sheet fi...

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Demystifying GDPR for accountants
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Demystifying GDPR for accountants

8y Ellen Temperton

Demystifying GDPR for accountants

GDPR introduces more stringent rules and responsibilities and carries hefty fines for non-compliance. How will the regulation affect accountants? Read...

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EY fined £1.8m over Tech Data audit
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EY fined £1.8m over Tech Data audit

8y Accountancy Age

EY fined £1.8m over Tech Data audit

The firm admitted misconduct in three areas in relation to the audit of the financial statements of Tech Data Limited for financial year ending 31 Jan...

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