Budget predictions
Consulting

Budget predictions

27y newmedia newmedia

Budget predictions

Deloitte & Touche has forecast a Budget hike in the standard rate of VAT to 20% , raising an extra u5bn in revenue. The firm also predicts that in...

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TAXATION - Landfill tax rubbished by Coopers survey
Personal Tax

TAXATION - Landfill tax rubbished by Coopers survey

27y newmedia newmedia

TAXATION - Landfill tax rubbished by Coopers surve...

Landfill tax has created a fly-tipping epidemic and higher council tax bills, a Coopers & Lybrand survey claims. The UK’s first eco-tax has ...

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Crest change urged
Management

Crest change urged

27y newmedia newmedia

Crest change urged

Auditors demand that stock market settlement system is changed. Read More...

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Flying buys
Management

Flying buys

27y newmedia newmedia

Flying buys

Which factors lie behind the Midlands' sky-high MBO/MBI record? Read More...

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PUBLIC SECTOR - Treasury battles with accounting revamp
Management

PUBLIC SECTOR - Treasury battles with accounting revamp

27y John Stylianou

PUBLIC SECTOR - Treasury battles with accounting r...

The government’s plan to overhaul Whitehall accounting rules could be blown off course because the Treasury has underestimated the scale of the ...

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FRAUD - Law boosts asset hunt
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FRAUD - Law boosts asset hunt

27y John Stylianou

FRAUD - Law boosts asset hunt

The government provided a significant boost to international fraud investigations last month. It cleared the path for insolvency practitioners to seiz...

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OPINION - Increasing the value of audit committees.
Management

OPINION - Increasing the value of audit committees.

27y newmedia newmedia

OPINION - Increasing the value of audit committees...

The English ICA's submission to the Hampel committee on corporategovernance broadly favours the status quo although, as Martyn Jones says,the institut...

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INSOLVENCY - UK spending boom keeps retailers out of receivership
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INSOLVENCY - UK spending boom keeps retailers out of receivership

27y John Stylianou

INSOLVENCY - UK spending boom keeps retailers out ...

The consumer-led boom in the UK caused a significant drop in the number of retailers put into receivership or administration last month, according to ...

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Soft options?
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Soft options?

27y John Stylianou

Soft options?

Can firms take on audits and computer consultancy? John Stokdyk askswhether moves towards software reselling have implications forobjectivity. Read Mo...

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Platinum is awarded gold star by network specialist Vanco
Management

Platinum is awarded gold star by network specialist Vanco

27y John Stokdyk

Platinum is awarded gold star by network specialis...

Vanco Euronet, which runs wide-area computer networks for corporate clients, has pushed its newly installed Platinum accounting software system to the...

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RPBs fear loss of status
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RPBs fear loss of status

27y John Stylianou

RPBs fear loss of status

New super-regulator leaves accountants in the dark over regulatorypowers.Hooman Bassirian Read More...

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FRAUD - Euro swindles
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FRAUD - Euro swindles

27y John Stokdyk

FRAUD - Euro swindles

A Deloitte & Touche report claims the EU loses u42bn in fraud eachyear. Jon Bunn looks at what can be done to stop the cheats. Read More...

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SPORT - City kickers
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SPORT - City kickers

27y John Stokdyk

SPORT - City kickers

Dreams of Cup glory are being matched by stock market ambitions.Hamish Champ makes it Fans 0, City 1. Read More...

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On the trail of Gokal
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On the trail of Gokal

27y John Stylianou

On the trail of Gokal

A team of lawyers, accountants and police spent five years trackingthe man behind BCCI's missing millions. Rik Workman reports on an SFOsuccess. Read ...

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FRAUD - Big Six cash in on LME tax investigation
Personal Tax

FRAUD - Big Six cash in on LME tax investigation

27y John Stylianou

FRAUD - Big Six cash in on LME tax investigation

Big Six tax experts are queuing up to advise London Metal Exchange traders following a wide-ranging Inland Revenue probe into the market. Phil Davis, ...

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News briefs ? From Russia with $400K
Accounting Software

News briefs ? From Russia with $400K

27y Accountancy Age

News briefs ? From Russia with $400K

Corporate Solutions Consulting has beaten off competition from Coopers & Lybrand and Deloitte & Touche to win a contract with the Russian Pr...

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Book review
Accounting Software

Book review

27y Accountancy Age

Book review

The Stakeholder Corporation By: David Wheeler and Maria Sillanpaa Price: #19.99 Publisher: Pitman Publishing I welcome the publication of this work. I...

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TAXATION - Long day's journey into tax relief
Personal Tax

TAXATION - Long day's journey into tax relief

27y John Stylianou

TAXATION - Long day's journey into tax relief

Maurice Parry-Wingfield asks if you are ready for new tax rules onbusiness travel. Read More...

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ICA benchmarks audit committees
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ICA benchmarks audit committees

27y John Stokdyk

ICA benchmarks audit committees

The English ICA this week published ‘a vital guide for audit committees’. The report’s author, Deloitte & Touche technical partn...

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Careers - Spreading your wings
Accounting Software

Careers - Spreading your wings

27y Accountancy Age

Careers - Spreading your wings

Leaving the flock to go it alone can be fraught with difficulties,says Cosima Duggal, but it can also bring huge benefits for those who takethe plunge...

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Working abroad: How to leave the country
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Working abroad: How to leave the country

27y John Stokdyk

Working abroad: How to leave the country

All the Big Six firms offer opportunities to work abroad. Harriot LaneFox chooses where and why. Read More...

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Swindlers net as much as u42bn from EU
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Swindlers net as much as u42bn from EU

27y John Stylianou

Swindlers net as much as u42bn from EU

The fight against international fraud is being hampered by differences in national laws, the existence of financial safe-havens, and a failure on the ...

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Andersens to investigate engineering accounts
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Andersens to investigate engineering accounts

27y John Stylianou

Andersens to investigate engineering accounts

Hertfordshire electronic engineering group Symonds has called in Arthur Andersen to investigate ‘breaches of internal controls’, believed ...

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Big Six exploit internal audit boom
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Big Six exploit internal audit boom

27y John Stylianou

Big Six exploit internal audit boom

A bonanza of outsourcing and partnering deals saw Big Six firms more than double their income from internal audit work last year. Price Waterhouse sai...

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Careers - Women at work
Accounting Software

Careers - Women at work

27y Accountancy Age

Careers - Women at work

Although consultancy is attracting increasing numbers of women, thenumber of female partners remains fairly static. Cosima Duggalinvestigates Read Mor...

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FRSSE must be 'self-contained' says ACCA
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FRSSE must be 'self-contained' says ACCA

27y michael laydon

FRSSE must be 'self-contained' says ACCA

ACCA has accused the Accounting Standards Board of undermining its own Financial Reporting Standard for Small Entities (FRSSE) by requiring ‘exp...

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Merrill Lynch looks into London 'irregularities'
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Merrill Lynch looks into London 'irregularities'

27y michael laydon

Merrill Lynch looks into London 'irregularities'

US investment bank Merrill Lynch, which employs Deloitte & Touche as auditor for its worldwide operations, is investigating accounting irregulari...

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Stretching the audit
Management

Stretching the audit

27y John Stylianou

Stretching the audit

Auditing is changing. From Big Six to small practitioner, new ways ofsatisfying clients are emerging. We report on the problems andopportunities for m...

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