Boom time for Irish profession
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Boom time for Irish profession

26y John Stokdyk

Boom time for Irish profession

Ireland’s economy, the fastest growing in Europe, has brought a spin-off boom for the accountancy profession, with firms reporting that business...

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Stoys: Astra fine largest ever
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Stoys: Astra fine largest ever

26y John Stokdyk

Stoys: Astra fine largest ever

JDS issues biggest penalty after catalogue of errors by auditor. Lawrie Holmes reports Read More...

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ICAS Results - Test of Professional Competence Part II, June 1998.
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ICAS Results - Test of Professional Competence Part II, June 1998.

26y John Stokdyk

ICAS Results - Test of Professional Competence Par...

Abel, Andrew, MA(Hons), of Scottish & Newcastle plc, Edinburgh Allan, Stephanie Yardley, BA, of Kidsons Impey, Glasgow Alston, Carolyn Meikle, BAc...

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Firms split over survey
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Firms split over survey

26y John Stokdyk

Firms split over survey

Group A firms most loath to reveal performance breakdowns in Accountancy Age's Top 50, reports Jon Bunn Read More...

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Top 50 - Mid-tier refuseniks
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Top 50 - Mid-tier refuseniks

26y John Stokdyk

Top 50 - Mid-tier refuseniks

The number of firms refusing to publish their figures is increasing but silence is proving a damaging option. Read More...

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Top 50 - Premier division
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Top 50 - Premier division

26y John Stokdyk

Top 50 - Premier division

Accountancy Age's authoritative and independent review of the performance of the top 50 UK accountancy firms. Research by Liz Loxton, with analysis by...

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E&Y loses its seats as ticket firms fail
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E&Y loses its seats as ticket firms fail

26y John Stokdyk

E&Y loses its seats as ticket firms fail

Unlike the French national team (pictured above), Ernst & Young turned out to be a loser during the World Cup. Several of its top executives and ...

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New CGT causes software dissent
Management

New CGT causes software dissent

26y John Stokdyk

New CGT causes software dissent

Tax specialists are at loggerheads over whether recent capital gains tax changes are too complex for software suppliers, Nick Huber reports. Read More...

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Client hits Stoys with #350,000 writ
Personal Tax

Client hits Stoys with #350,000 writ

26y John Stokdyk

Client hits Stoys with #350,000 writ

BDO Stoy Hayward is facing a demand for up to #350,000 in damages after being accused of negligence in the accounting advice it provided to an investm...

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Insolvency - Stoys concede Polly Peck claim
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Insolvency - Stoys concede Polly Peck claim

26y John Stokdyk

Insolvency - Stoys concede Polly Peck claim

BDO Stoy Hayward last week paid #26m to settle negligence claims brought by Polly Peck International’s joint administrator Deloitte & Touch...

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Institutes - Six of the best
Management

Institutes - Six of the best

26y John Stokdyk

Institutes - Six of the best

As the institutes' new presidents take office, Accountancy Age asks each of them what they intend to do with their year of power. Read More...

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Paul Eagland - SA rears its corporate head
Personal Tax

Paul Eagland - SA rears its corporate head

26y John Stokdyk

Paul Eagland - SA rears its corporate head

As if planning for the euro and overcoming the millennium bug were not enough, companies now have corporation tax changes to contend with. Chancellor ...

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Letters - 25 June
Management

Letters - 25 June

26y John Stokdyk

Letters - 25 June

‘Old bangers’ not so cheap I don’t want to disappoint Mike Carney (‘Taking Stock’) when he thinks that his Ford transit ...

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Stoys wins #170,000 tender to audit Ernst & Young's books, reports Jon Bunn.
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Stoys wins #170,000 tender to audit Ernst & Young's books, reports Jon ...

26y John Stokdyk

Stoys wins #170,000 tender to audit Ernst & Yo...

BDO Stoy Hayward has beaten off three Group A rivals to land a #170,000 contract to audit Ernst & Young’s books. Stoys, led by partners Mike...

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Partners face 44% effective tax rate
Personal Tax

Partners face 44% effective tax rate

26y John Stokdyk

Partners face 44% effective tax rate

Government's 'catch-up' charge on partnership taxation will lump 10% on top rate, reports John Stokdyk. Read More...

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Finance Bill - AIM 'tax trap' warning
Personal Tax

Finance Bill - AIM 'tax trap' warning

26y John Stokdyk

Finance Bill - AIM 'tax trap' warning

The government has hinted that the level for tax relief on high-risk investments on AIM could be raised to #30m. Financial secretary Helen Liddell pro...

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Venture Captial - Spread a little wealth
Personal Tax

Venture Captial - Spread a little wealth

26y John Stokdyk

Venture Captial - Spread a little wealth

Buyouts and investment activities are on the up and accountancy firms are reaping the benefits, says Joanna Offer. Read More...

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News in Brief - 28 May
Management

News in Brief - 28 May

26y John Stokdyk

News in Brief - 28 May

No way out on accruals Opposition anger over the government’s refusal to reverse the move from a cash to an accruals basis for taxing profession...

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Tax credit rethink
Personal Tax

Tax credit rethink

26y John Stokdyk

Tax credit rethink

Chartered accountant MP wins review of Budget rules on dividend tax credits, reports Kathy Greene. Read More...

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Budget reaps some poor pickings for IT business
Management

Budget reaps some poor pickings for IT business

26y John Stokdyk

Budget reaps some poor pickings for IT business

Concessions to the high-tech sector were among the 'dogs that didn't bark' during Gordon Brown's Budget last week. But, as John Stokdyk reports, the g...

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Councils unmoved
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Councils unmoved

26y John Stokdyk

Councils unmoved

FDs dismiss government local finance proposals as neither radical nor flexible, reports Kathy Greene. Read More...

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'Faster working' SA scheme attracts industry scepticism
Personal Tax

'Faster working' SA scheme attracts industry scepticism

26y John Stokdyk

'Faster working' SA scheme attracts industry scept...

Inland Revenue plans for ‘faster working’ on self-assessment this week met with scepticism from accountants who fear the Revenue is alread...

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Corporate Banking - Banking on success
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Corporate Banking - Banking on success

26y John Stokdyk

Corporate Banking - Banking on success

Banks are still rebuilding their reputations with business after the disaster of the last recession. Robert Outram looks at how they are doing it. Rea...

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Occupational Pensions - OPRA hits the high Cs
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Occupational Pensions - OPRA hits the high Cs

26y John Stokdyk

Occupational Pensions - OPRA hits the high Cs

In the occupational pensions arena, nothing has had greater effect than the setting up of OPRA. Theresa Sweeney finds out how the industry thinks it h...

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E&Y stops work for Audit Commission
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E&Y stops work for Audit Commission

26y John Stokdyk

E&Y stops work for Audit Commission

Second Big Six firm turns down Audit Commission work warning that low fees risk compromising quality, prompting fears other Big Sixers will follow the...

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Practice - Defections hit Moores Rowland
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Practice - Defections hit Moores Rowland

26y John Stokdyk

Practice - Defections hit Moores Rowland

Moores Rowland denied this week that a series of defections from its Edinburgh office to local firm Scott Oswald would seriously hit profits in its Sc...

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Taxation - Budget 'threat to AIM shares'
Personal Tax

Taxation - Budget 'threat to AIM shares'

26y John Stokdyk

Taxation - Budget 'threat to AIM shares'

Business advisers and stock market officials are campaigning to make the government reconsider Budget measures which could cause a decrease in the liq...

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IT Focus - All systems go
Management

IT Focus - All systems go

26y John Stokdyk

IT Focus - All systems go

Outsourcers promise to save money and help you innovate. But contracts can be full of traps for the unwary. Not a lot of people know that, reports Joh...

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