In the second of our three-part series, Sarah Perrin considers theoptions available to newly qualifieds who choose to stay in practice. Read More...
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View articleA lack of knowledge among UK finance directors about the looming self-assessment regime could cost taxpayers millions of pounds, a survey by KPMG has ...
View articleSubsidiaries of foreign-owned companies may suffer under the Inland Revenue’s ‘thin capitalisation rules’ if the UK adopts the Inter...
View articleFrance and Germany have raised the issue of EU-wide tax unity. JonBunn asks if it is a safe bet or a non-starter. Read More...
View articleWith the disappointing take-up of Windows 95, Microsoft is settinggreat store by its new 32-bit operating system Windows NT. But is this anopportunity...
View articleKPMG’s head of management consulting has become president of the Management Consultancies Association (MCA). Alan Reid said that over the next 1...
View articleA recent report shows that many firms are sitting on their hands onEuropean Monetary Union. But, says Cosima Duggal, whether the UK joins ornot, EMU w...
View articleAlan Reid has added another responsibility to a busy portfolio with his recent appointment as chairman of KPMG’s international management consul...
View articlePrice Waterhouse’s UK net fee income for the year to 30 June 1996 is estimated to be #425m, up 11% on the previous year, writes Jon Bunn. The fi...
View articleAccountants figured prominently in this year’s New Year’s Honours list. Sir Anthony Battishill KCB, chairman of the Board of the Inland Re...
View articleThe year ahead promises a wealth of opportunity for the accountancy profession. Three areas in particular – tax, pensions and corporate finance ...
View articleDeloitte & Touche has staged a fierce attack on the profession’s plans for a new regulatory regime, branding it ‘totally illogicalR...
View articleFirst, the good news; then the bad. The first is that accountants in practice are standing on the brink of an extremely profitable 12 months – e...
View articlePublishing detailed financial results may have been unheard of among the top 20 firms two years ago, but by the end of this year it will have become t...
View articleSo how did the accountancy sages fare when it came to predicting last year’s developments? Despite a year of significant steps towards limited l...
View articleJANUARY Big Six firms Price Waterhouse and Ernst & Young seek to limit their liability by taking on limited liability partnerships in Jersey. This...
View articleSimon Rees and Andy Pollock's decision to quit Ernst & Young and setup shop for themselves has been amply vindicated. Their ability to spotgaps in...
View articleWhen the Queen addresses the nation about what a lovely year it hasbeen, which events will stick out in accountants' minds? We rewind to findout Read ...
View articleUK businesses are sharply divided on the merits of a single European currency, with opinion surveys throwing up contradictory signals. Worse, few busi...
View articleCustoms & Excise is planning ambitious legislation to outlaw all VAT avoidance measures. Customs’ director of VAT policy, Martin Brown, has ...
View articleThe Chancellor has provoked a furious response from so-called'ingenious' accountants. Read More...
View articleThe political furore surrounding the European single currency isobscuring the practical effects its introduction in 1999 will have on UKbusiness. Andr...
View articleKPMG's Ian Barlow looks at the Budget's implications for tax and theTreasury's plans for more widespread investigation. Read More...
View articleCompanies in the UK and on the Continent are ‘surprisingly unprepared’ for the introduction of the single European currency, according to ...
View articleErnst & Young this week unveiled a 12% increase in UK net fee income to #424m and became the second Big Six firm, following KPMG, to lay bare its ...
View articleThe drinks industry will continue to see imports flood into the country despite the Chancellor’s freeze in duties on beer and wine and 4% cut in...
View articleUncertainty over the Labour party’s plans for a windfall levy on privatised utilities has clouded UK companies’ tax planning procedures. T...
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