Accounting irregularities have forced Armitage Brothers to strike £200,000 from the annual profits of its Aitchisons wholesaling division. The Notting...
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View articleThe Limited Liability Partnership Bill is expected to include major concessions on merger accounting rules when it finally surfaces later this year, w...
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View articleAccountancy Age provides its annual insight into the financial performance of the UK's leading firms. Research by Liz Loxton, analysis by staff writer...
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View articleThe future of reforms to insolvency law and the limited liability status of firms looked uncertain this week after ministers looked unable to find a p...
View articleWildly varying figures were cited during the 'homes-for-votes' probe at Westminster city council. It's time accountants got their sums right, says Dam...
View articleTaxsoft, the tax software house recently acquired by Sage, last week dropped the threat of legal action against a client, ending a two-year dispute. T...
View articleCustoms & Excise has denied that its climbdown from a legal battle with credit card company FDR over imposing tax on its services to banks will le...
View articleMicrosoft's launch of its self-assessment package points towards online tax filing. Read More...
View articleIn the second of our articles on the shortage of high-quality accountants, Lucinda Kemeny looks at the problems firms are having filling top posts. Re...
View articleBrian Ing, IMC's vice president professional, responds to the recent MC survey as top practices seek IMC validation of their training and IBM becomes ...
View articleLaw reforms will slice expert-witness revenue, encourage litigation and open door to 'no win, no fee' code. Read More...
View articleAccountants challenge Revenue crackdown on #475m consultancy tax loophole. Read More...
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View articleWith PwC announcing 80 job cuts in its insolvency department last week, Lucinda Kemeny asks is this a sign of things to come in the corporate recovery...
View articleNot all Group A firms are the same. Some have ambitions, says Lucinda Kemeny. Read More...
View articleThe merger of Robson Rhodes and Pannell Kerr Forster has been dubbed ‘inevitable’ given the falling performance of the two firms in recent...
View articleUK software companies Tetra and Taxsoft join giant's 1999 shopping trolley. Read More...
View articleControversial payment policy to remain, but compromise offer of higher interest rates as compensation for late invoices. Read More...
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