In the light of the English ICA's recent report, Mark Spofforth looksat the what the new millennium holds in store for the smaller firm. Read More...
View articleMonths of unrelenting pressure from accountants and industry finally forced the Chancellor to introduce equal claim periods for Customs & Excise a...
View articleIn theory, it would be a far more sensible solution to see theEuropean industry rationalised with a bout of takeovers, mergers andprivatisations. Read...
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View articleCustoms & Excise has settled a key case against the three-year rule on VAT repayments after a tribunal chairman ruled partially against the Govern...
View articleA trial at the Old Bailey is prizing open the mysterious and murky world of Inland Revenue tax investigations. The prostitute girlfriend of the senior...
View articlePrice Waterhouse gets first mainline flotation, as Guinness Mahonboosts its track record, writes Andrew Sawers. Read More...
View articleHere is what appears to be the draft of a letter from the Big Sixaccountancy firms to the Secretary of State for Trade & Industry, whetherthe pres...
View articleA confidential report by Coopers & Lybrand could hold the key to a string of fraud charges surrounding the troubled Jersey bank Cantrade. Retired ...
View articleThe strong performance of stock markets worldwide has created newopportunities for portfolio managers, but as John Wright explains, therisks remain hi...
View articleOnce the political decision to proceed with privatising the nuclearindustry had been taken, it fell on accountants to prepare a business planand ensur...
View articleAndrew Sawers examines the threat of a further attack on dividendtaxation. Read More...
View articleWhen it comes to firms making a splash in the corporate finance pond,even the Big Six find themselves considered minnows. The launch of AIMlast year, ...
View articleNissan UK founder Octav Botnar has agreed to pay #59m to the Inland Revenue in an out-of-court settlement to end civil proceedings against the company...
View articleRichard Watson is VAT practice head at Price Waterhouse. His open letter sent this week to Customs & Excise VAT policy chief Martin. Brown has foc...
View articleAccountants must be extra careful to meet Inland Revenue standardswhen preparing reports under the Hansard Policy. According to BarryDraper, the new o...
View articleDirectors' pay is still a sore subject, despite the intervention ofthe Greenbury Report. Simon Garrett looks at the balancing act betweencorporate rew...
View articleReuters may have to start lobbying for the abolition of advance corporation tax or even move its tax domicile, according to City analysts, who say tha...
View articleThe Inland Revenue has dispatched self-assessment information packs to more than 70,000 registered tax agents. But while advisers have welcomed the bo...
View articleMore tax relief to encourage people to make pensions provisions should be introduced in November’s Budget, claims ACCA. The certifieds’ as...
View articleNew technology means that the office is changing rapidly. AlisonClasse looks at the implications for professional accountants Read More...
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