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View articleCIPFA has rejected the Nolan committee’s call for the creation of a standards committee to deal with impropriety within councils. The standards ...
View articleA VAT tribunal ruling on a case made by a leading animal protection group has found that Customs & Excise was not bound by law to exercise ‘...
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View articleThe English ICA has punished the following members. *Neville Eckley of Brighton Road, South Croydon, was reprimanded and fined #1,500 with #500 costs ...
View articleUK technology companies and their auditors are having to reconsider their procedures for recognising IT revenues, following the publication of new gui...
View articleThe new MD of Midland Software is chartered accountant and ex-engineer, Michael Marrison. He joined the Ancaster Group as financial director of both M...
View articleAfter a year as applications director for Oracle, Adrian Reynolds has defected to PeopleSoft. As UK general manager, Reynolds will be responsible for ...
View articleAustin Mitchell’s latest rant against accountants (View from the House, 13 November) was so biased and misleading that one can only be grateful ...
View articleFollowing a dispute over the terms and conditions of its standard contract, software supplier Access Accounts has decided not to complete the sale of ...
View articleThe prospect of an economic downturn is encouraging top insolvency firms to merge, writes Hooman Bassirian Read More...
View articleI hope that Malcolm Howard (Letters, 13 November), a lecturer in financial management at the University of Surrey, is better at financial management t...
View articleRival accountancy training firms are trading insults and accusations as competition in the market hots up, writes Jon Bunn Read More...
View articleIt’s been almost two years since the English ICA promised an expectant world that it would tackle fraud. In January 1996, the institute’s ...
View articleHow can you fairly judge whether or not to invest in something unless you know its current and potential value? Peter Williams laments the lack of inf...
View articleTurnaround is the in-thing for businesses in trouble, writes Howard Morris. Read More...
View articleTax advisers and the man in the street focus on the opportunity to discuss the chancellor's green budget next Tuesday, writes Jonah Bloom Read More...
View articleDeloitte & Touche has launched a ferocious attack on the English ICA’s plans to overhaul its internal organisation. The move comes in the s...
View articleAccountants and software developers working on different specifications for EMU-ready programs, reports John Stokdyk Read More...
View articleNick Gibb (View from the House, 6 November) appears hostile to the concept of European tax harmonisation. It is worth examining this issue in more det...
View articleAfter 12 years of wrangling, the Labour government's settling of the DeLorean dispute with Andersens has come as a surprise, writes Phillip Inman Read...
View articleUnlike in the rest of the economy, extra demand in the NHS spells trouble. Tim Weekes looks at how health sector FDs are improving their accounting pr...
View articleThe announcement by the English ICA that it needs more time for consultation before its Fraud Advisory Panel starts up has been greeted with scepticis...
View articleFirm fights to clear name Former partners of defunct accountants McGurran Solkhon are in the High Court this week fighting a negligence and misreprese...
View articleThe UK economy would benefit if income tax rules changed, says Richard Baron Read More...
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