Finance Bill 2017: Corporate tax reporting requirements 'a burden'
Business Regulation

Finance Bill 2017: Corporate tax reporting requirements 'a burden'

7y Stephanie Wix , Writer

Finance Bill 2017: Corporate tax reporting require...

Companies must report on their complex financial structures including offshore accounts and notify HMRC Read More...

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Xero links accountants to potential clients through Facebook Messenger service
Accounting Software

Xero links accountants to potential clients through Facebook Messenger serv...

7y Stephanie Wix , Writer

Xero links accountants to potential clients throug...

Clients and business advisers can now connect to small businesses through a Facebook Messenger chatbot service, provided by Xero Read More...

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Nine steps for managing an accountancy disciplinary investigation
Accounting Firms

Nine steps for managing an accountancy disciplinary investigation

7y Idris Nagri

Nine steps for managing an accountancy disciplinar...

Do you have an investigation looming large over you? Kingsley Napley's Julie Matheson goes through the best strategies to manage the process Read More...

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Watchdog launches audit investigation into Sports Direct
Accounting Firms

Watchdog launches audit investigation into Sports Direct

7y Stephanie Wix , Writer

Watchdog launches audit investigation into Sports ...

FRC investigates why an arrangement between Sports Direct and Barlin Delivery was not disclosed in the company’s financial statements as a related par...

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Autumn Statement: Hammond's "missed opportunity", say advisers
Business Regulation

Autumn Statement: Hammond's "missed opportunity", say advisers

7y Stephanie Wix , Writer

Autumn Statement: Hammond's "missed opportunity", ...

The chancellor has “missed an opportunity” to restore business confidence and encourage UK investment, said Mazars Read More...

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Autumn Statement 2016: What the papers say
Business Regulation

Autumn Statement 2016: What the papers say

7y Stephanie Wix , Writer

Autumn Statement 2016: What the papers say

Hammond “builds for Brexit” with a £27bn “shock absorber”, but the papers raise concerns about the higher borrowing Read More...

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Autumn Statement: Hammond must tackle tax simplification to make business ‘match fit’
Business Regulation

Autumn Statement: Hammond must tackle tax simplification to make business ‘...

7y Idris Nagri

Autumn Statement: Hammond must tackle tax simplifi...

Chancellor Philip Hammond delivered a pro-business speech aimed at reassuring businesses that the economy is “match fit”, should turbulence hit our sh...

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SFP sells off Pixel Projects and saves all staff
Business Recovery

SFP sells off Pixel Projects and saves all staff

7y Stephanie Wix , Writer

SFP sells off Pixel Projects and saves all staff

Pixel Projects Limited (Pixel) has been sold by SFP, which has saved the positions of all 34 employees Read More...

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The Practitioner: Buy-to-let 'experts' trying to nick my clients
Accounting Firms

The Practitioner: Buy-to-let 'experts' trying to nick my clients

7y Idris Nagri

The Practitioner: Buy-to-let 'experts' trying to n...

Ambulance-chasing, or seizing an opportunity? The Practitioner is seeing lots of clients on the receiving end of marketing guff from self-styled 'buy-...

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Friday Afternoon Live: HMRC complaints rise; Deloitte scoops big audits; and corporate reporting woes
Audit

Friday Afternoon Live: HMRC complaints rise; Deloitte scoops big audits; an...

7y Kevin Reed , Writer

Friday Afternoon Live: HMRC complaints rise; Deloi...

HMRC receives highest number of complaints in seven years; Deloitte scoops BP and Centrica audits; and corporate reporting under the microscope in our...

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MP calls for co-op accounting red tape removal
Accounting Standards

MP calls for co-op accounting red tape removal

7y Kevin Reed , Writer

MP calls for co-op accounting red tape removal

MP calls for accounting and auditing red tape to be removed, putting them on par with other organisations Read More...

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Colin: Tell them about the money, mummy
Business Regulation

Colin: Tell them about the money, mummy

7y Taking Stock

Colin: Tell them about the money, mummy

As advisers prepare for another Autumn Statement, they and their clients hope to avoid the grip of more red tape Read More...

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Five key tax and business burdens the chancellor must ease in Autumn Statement
Business Regulation

Five key tax and business burdens the chancellor must ease in Autumn Statem...

7y Kevin Reed , Writer

Five key tax and business burdens the chancellor m...

Alleviating tax red tape, and stronger investment incentives, are key requests for the chancellor Philip Hammond to consider from the ACCA Read More...

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Record fine for Deloitte and audit partner over Aero misconduct
Accounting Standards

Record fine for Deloitte and audit partner over Aero misconduct

7y Stephanie Wix , Writer

Record fine for Deloitte and audit partner over Ae...

Deloitte has been fined a record £4m and its partner John Clennett fined £150,000 for misconduct regarding Aero Inventory Read More...

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Trumped: The three key concerns of UK accountants post-US Election
Business Regulation

Trumped: The three key concerns of UK accountants post-US Election

7y Stephanie Wix , Writer

Trumped: The three key concerns of UK accountants ...

Brexit complications, tax, and tech trade, are key concerns among the UK finance profession post-US Election Read More...

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Tech as important as accountancy ... for accountants
Accounting Software

Tech as important as accountancy ... for accountants

7y Stephanie Wix , Writer

Tech as important as accountancy ... for accountan...

Accountants - and their clients - view the future of accountancy as digital - which brings both opportunities and risks to the adviser community Read ...

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Analysis: Q3 statistics show Brexit insolvency rise and 'shadowy' behaviour
Business Regulation

Analysis: Q3 statistics show Brexit insolvency rise and 'shadowy' behaviour

7y Stephanie Wix , Writer

Analysis: Q3 statistics show Brexit insolvency ris...

Brexit, and some directors looking to shut down their companies without further recourse, have contributed to the current insolvency landscape, invest...

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Former Co-operative Bank CFO admits misconduct
Business Regulation

Former Co-operative Bank CFO admits misconduct

7y Stephanie Wix , Writer

Former Co-operative Bank CFO admits misconduct

Barry Tootell, a former chief financial officer and chief executive of the Co-operative Bank, has admitted misconduct in a settlement agreement Read M...

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MTD - yes please, but with major caveats
Accounting Software

MTD - yes please, but with major caveats

8y Idris Nagri

MTD - yes please, but with major caveats

The drive towards a fully digital tax regime is an admirable one, but mandation is simply wrong, according to one of the UK's most senior tax technolo...

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Professional services sentiment improves as 'Brexit means work'
Accounting Firms

Professional services sentiment improves as 'Brexit means work'

8y Stephanie Wix , Writer

Professional services sentiment improves as 'Brexi...

The second largest improvement in ‘significant’ levels of financial distress since the EU Referendum was in professional services, found research from...

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Colin: Start-ups want less taxing times...
Business Regulation

Colin: Start-ups want less taxing times...

8y Stephanie Wix , Writer

Colin: Start-ups want less taxing times...

Does Darwin's theory apply to taxation? Colin ponders... Read More...

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Cashflow statement improvements targeted by watchdog
Accounting Standards

Cashflow statement improvements targeted by watchdog

8y Stephanie Wix , Writer

Cashflow statement improvements targeted by watchd...

Improvements to cashflow statements are being targeted in a consultation launched by the Financial Reporting Council (FRC) Read More...

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Colin: KPMG providing new partners with right Brexit tools
Accounting Firms

Colin: KPMG providing new partners with right Brexit tools

8y Stephanie Wix , Writer

Colin: KPMG providing new partners with right Brex...

Colin comments on the effect of Brexit on the influx of partners at KPMG Read More...

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European Commission told to draft financial transaction tax by year-end
Business Regulation

European Commission told to draft financial transaction tax by year-end

8y Keith Nuthall

European Commission told to draft financial transa...

The EC has been instructed to draft a European Union (EU) directive authorising an EU financial transaction tax, which would apply to ten of the EU’s ...

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Practices struggling to cope with 'significant cost' of tackling auto enrolment
Accounting Firms

Practices struggling to cope with 'significant cost' of tackling auto enrol...

8y Kevin Reed , Writer

Practices struggling to cope with 'significant cos...

Just one half of UK practices have implemented a pricing structure around auto enrolment implementation and advice - with many suffering increased cos...

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MTD a 'multi-billion pound cost' to SMEs, warns senior practitioner
Accounting Firms

MTD a 'multi-billion pound cost' to SMEs, warns senior practitioner

8y Kevin Reed , Writer

MTD a 'multi-billion pound cost' to SMEs, warns se...

Government's estimate of a £400m admin saving from Making Tax Digital is way off - and is instead a huge cost burden, warns Lamont Pridmore chief exec...

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BDO's 'agility' makes it well placed to succeed - Eagland
Accounting Firms

BDO's 'agility' makes it well placed to succeed - Eagland

8y Kevin Reed , Writer

BDO's 'agility' makes it well placed to succeed - ...

BDO’s investments in digital, its international network and culture meant it was “perfectly placed” to succeed, according to new managing partner Paul...

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