Football and accounting set to collide
Accounting Standards

Football and accounting set to collide

13y Kevin Reed , Writer

Football and accounting set to collide

ANY CHANCE I GET to write about football is gratefully received. Obviously, writing about accounting doesn’t give me too many options to do so. ...

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Auditors' role clarified by Pensions Regulator
Audit

Auditors' role clarified by Pensions Regulator

13y Kevin Reed , Writer

Auditors' role clarified by Pensions Regulator

Scheme trustees responsible for checking pensions data, not necessarily auditors Read More...

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UK audits must cover UK non-financial info
Audit

UK audits must cover UK non-financial info

13y Kevin Reed , Writer

UK audits must cover UK non-financial info

Description of UK audit scope expanded to cover non-financial information within annual reports Read More...

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New bank audit regime could learn from the Swiss
Audit

New bank audit regime could learn from the Swiss

13y Kevin Reed , Writer

New bank audit regime could learn from the Swiss

New ICAS report highlights specialist bank audit supervision Read More...

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FSA and BoE outline code to improve bank audit oversight
Audit

FSA and BoE outline code to improve bank audit oversight

13y Jaimie Kaffash , Writer

FSA and BoE outline code to improve bank audit ove...

The Financial Services Authority and the Bank of England publish proposals for a code of practice to improve communication between banks, auditors and...

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Big Four challengers join forces to call for audit change
Accounting Firms

Big Four challengers join forces to call for audit change

13y Kevin Reed , Writer

Big Four challengers join forces to call for audit...

Rivals to the Big Four call for an end to restrictive covenants, and new measures to aid international competition Read More...

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Corporate Finance Network launches small practice service
Accounting Firms

Corporate Finance Network launches small practice service

13y Kevin Reed , Writer

Corporate Finance Network launches small practice ...

Smaller firms will be able to use the Corporate Finance Netowrk to supply services to clients Read More...

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ICAEW relaunches practice-focused group
Accounting Firms

ICAEW relaunches practice-focused group

13y Kevin Reed , Writer

ICAEW relaunches practice-focused group

Practice Centre formed to replace the Practice Advisory Board Read More...

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Two sets of accounting standards for the price of three?
Accounting Standards

Two sets of accounting standards for the price of three?

13y Kevin Reed , Writer

Two sets of accounting standards for the price of ...

DOES THREE into two go? That was a question, among many, asked at the ASB’s Plans for the Future of UK GAAP debate, hosted by the ICAEW’s ...

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Minister has "serious concerns" over Big Four's audit dominance
Audit

Minister has "serious concerns" over Big Four's audit dominance

13y Nick Huber , Writer

Minister has "serious concerns" over Big Four's au...

Ed Davey says government regulation of audit market is not preferred option and urges big companies to consider using mid-tier accounting firms Read M...

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Accountancy suffers from 'restrictive practices' in Europe
Audit

Accountancy suffers from 'restrictive practices' in Europe

13y our parliamentary corresponden...

Accountancy suffers from 'restrictive practices' i...

Lord Brittan calls for EU to make "ruthless" drive to single market for professions Read More...

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Better late than never, BDO
People Business

Better late than never, BDO

13y Taking Stock

Better late than never, BDO

TS WAS HEARTENED to see the big six firms get together over coffee or some sort of beverage and agree to publicly agree that new arrangements for send...

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Handling tax fraud investigations
Practice Regulation

Handling tax fraud investigations

13y Accountancy Age

Handling tax fraud investigations

Jonathan Levy and Adam Craggs explain what to do if you are caught up in an HMRC criminal investigation Read More...

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Auditors say it's time for action
Audit

Auditors say it's time for action

13y Mario Christodoulou , Writer

Auditors say it's time for action

Audit profession says it's ready to deal with a new way of working, but is edgy at the lack of momentum Read More...

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Top six firms welcome US and UK audit co-operation
Audit

Top six firms welcome US and UK audit co-operation

13y Kevin Reed , Writer

Top six firms welcome US and UK audit co-operation

The biggest global firms issue joint statement saying co-operation between the US and UK audit regulators will benefit the profession and global marke...

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Buying business travel on a budget
Management

Buying business travel on a budget

13y David Chapple

Buying business travel on a budget

David Chapple explores how accounting firms can effectively manage their business travel costs, without courting disaster Read More...

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Happy Hallidays - running an award winner
People In Practice

Happy Hallidays - running an award winner

13y Gavin Hinks , Writer

Happy Hallidays - running an award winner

With an Accountancy Age Award in the bag, there is plenty for the managing partner of Stockport's Hallidays to be cheery about Read More...

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The Practitioner: Beware rampant favouritism
People In Practice

The Practitioner: Beware rampant favouritism

13y The Practitioner

The Practitioner: Beware rampant favouritism

The Practitioner mulls the pitfalls of developing favourites at the cost of under-performance Read More...

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Madoff accountants sued for $900m
Practice Regulation

Madoff accountants sued for $900m

13y Accountancy Age , Reporters

Madoff accountants sued for $900m

US trustee claim accountants were enablers in $20bn fraud Read More...

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China in your hands, BDO?
Accounting Firms

China in your hands, BDO?

13y Kevin Reed , Writer

China in your hands, BDO?

BDO INTERNATIONAL produced solid growth figures for its international network today – but some its regional members are more equal than others. ...

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Insolvent accountants must pay costs to the ICAEW
Accounting Firms

Insolvent accountants must pay costs to the ICAEW

13y Kevin Reed , Writer

Insolvent accountants must pay costs to the ICAEW

WHY OH WHY must the ICAEW kick members when they are down? In the last month the institute has agreed with three of its members that they PAY COSTS of...

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Is Xero's real-time banking technology revolutionary for practices?
Accounting Firms

Is Xero's real-time banking technology revolutionary for practices?

13y Kevin Reed , Writer

Is Xero's real-time banking technology revolutiona...

ONLINE ACCOUNTING provider Xero has certainly created a bit of a stir with the launch of technology that enables its clients to receive real-time bank...

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SEC charges Deloitte US partner and wife with insider trading
Corporate Governance

SEC charges Deloitte US partner and wife with insider trading

13y Kevin Reed , Writer

SEC charges Deloitte US partner and wife with insi...

Deloitte's Arnold McClellan and wife charged with insider trading. His wife's sister and brother-in-law in the UK charged by the FSA after they receei...

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Twitter ye not...why accountants can't ignore social media
Accounting Firms

Twitter ye not...why accountants can't ignore social media

13y Kevin Reed , Writer

Twitter ye not...why accountants can't ignore soci...

SOCIAL MEDIA has always been something, for me, to approach logically and calmly. Do I need to be on Facebook? No, if I really want to speak to my fri...

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Is MacIntyre Hudson's association a brave new world?
People In Practice

Is MacIntyre Hudson's association a brave new world?

13y Kevin Reed , Writer

Is MacIntyre Hudson's association a brave new worl...

Is the banding together of six practices really a ‘new concept’, asks Accountancy Age Read More...

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Does another round of professional privilege in the courts do more harm than good?
Corporate Tax

Does another round of professional privilege in the courts do more harm tha...

13y Kevin Reed , Writer

Does another round of professional privilege in th...

Just when it seemed the battle for legal professional privilege was to be handed over to the accounting institutes, the Pru has applied to the Supreme...

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Will ICAEW prove it has SME practice interests at heart?
Accounting Standards

Will ICAEW prove it has SME practice interests at heart?

13y Kevin Reed , Writer

Will ICAEW prove it has SME practice interests at ...

THE BIG FOUR can look after themselves, let’s face it. The question is, does the ICAEW know that? A meeting takes place today at institute HQ Mo...

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