Colin: The Accountants Strike Back
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Colin: The Accountants Strike Back

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Colin: The Accountants Strike Back

Colin imagines how Star Wars is making waves in a tax office far, far away Read More...

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Colin: Welcome to Tinie Tempah's office
People In Practice

Colin: Welcome to Tinie Tempah's office

8y Taking Stock

Colin: Welcome to Tinie Tempah's office

Colin imagines what rapper Tinie Tempah's office will be like once he realises his dream to become an accountant Read More...

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Colin: Overseeing the Holy See
Audit

Colin: Overseeing the Holy See

8y Taking Stock

Colin: Overseeing the Holy See

Colin couldn't help but wonder what it's like keeping God's representatives on Earth in check Read More...

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Colin: Red box, red book
Politics

Colin: Red box, red book

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Colin: Red box, red book

Colin was as astonished as anyone after the shadow chancellor quoted Chairman Mao at the dispatch box Read More...

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Colin: Osborne's raw deal
Corporate Tax

Colin: Osborne's raw deal

8y Taking Stock

Colin: Osborne's raw deal

Colin enjoyed the irony in Autumn Statement and Black Friday coinciding Read More...

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Colin: A VAT-onic order
Corporate Tax

Colin: A VAT-onic order

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Colin: A VAT-onic order

Colin couldn't help himself when he heard that the tax tribunals had thrown out a Freemasons' Lodge's application for VAT exemption Read More...

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Colin: Rangers' EBT sees red
Corporate Tax

Colin: Rangers' EBT sees red

8y Taking Stock

Colin: Rangers' EBT sees red

Colin's mind was sent reeling with football analogies after Rangers' EBT structure was ruled illegal Read More...

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Colin: CIoT's greatest hits
Accounting Standards

Colin: CIoT's greatest hits

9y Taking Stock

Colin: CIoT's greatest hits

Colin was astonished by the CIoT's Abbey Road performance last week Read More...

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Colin: The Joy of Cameron
Politics

Colin: The Joy of Cameron

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Colin: The Joy of Cameron

Colin was rather amused by David Cameron's admission that he showed his wife Samantha Richard Murphy's book The Joy of Tax Read More...

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Colin: Non-dom life is hard
Personal Tax

Colin: Non-dom life is hard

9y Taking Stock

Colin: Non-dom life is hard

Colin spares a thought for the plight of non-doms Read More...

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Colin: Between the balance sheets
People In Practice

Colin: Between the balance sheets

9y Taking Stock

Colin: Between the balance sheets

Colin's pithy take on the news that seven out of ten accountants believe office relationships should be banned Read More...

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Colin: Auditing the audits
Accounting Standards

Colin: Auditing the audits

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Colin: Auditing the audits

Colin wonders at what point things can become a little too circular... Read More...

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Colin: FIFA audit chair bears all...
Audit

Colin: FIFA audit chair bears all...

9y Taking Stock

Colin: FIFA audit chair bears all...

Does FIFA need to make governance changes? Its audit committee chair certainly thinks so, Colin finds Read More...

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Colin: ACCA-AARGH!
Accounting Standards

Colin: ACCA-AARGH!

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Colin: ACCA-AARGH!

ACCA members expectantly await the institute's AGM - which contains a number of controversial and disputed resolutions Read More...

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Colin: Diction is the key to success
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Colin: Diction is the key to success

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Colin: Diction is the key to success

Colin has a pretty decent idea of how to get ahead in accounting Read More...

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Colin: You can take the boy out of accountancy, but...
People In Practice

Colin: You can take the boy out of accountancy, but...

9y Taking Stock

Colin: You can take the boy out of accountancy, bu...

Colin was rather tickled by news of the singing accountant this week Read More...

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Colin: Toshiba out of tune
Company News

Colin: Toshiba out of tune

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Colin: Toshiba out of tune

Colin couldn't help but think of Alexei Sayle's classic and Toshiba's take on it when news emerged of the tech giant's profit overstatement Read More...

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Colin: The quiet man goes loud
Politics

Colin: The quiet man goes loud

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Colin: The quiet man goes loud

Colin loves a fist-pump, particularly during politcal set-pieces Read More...

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Colin: Fantasy finance for Disney CFO
People Business

Colin: Fantasy finance for Disney CFO

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Colin: Fantasy finance for Disney CFO

Colin wonders whether Disney's first female CFO Christine McCarthy will find the job any different to other finance posts Read More...

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Colin: Working class zeroes
People In Practice

Colin: Working class zeroes

9y Taking Stock

Colin: Working class zeroes

When he heard about the City's 'posh test', Colin could picture it all too well... Read More...

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Colin: I'll have an RSM please....
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Colin: I'll have an RSM please....

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Colin: I'll have an RSM please....

Colin wonders if renaming Baker Tilly as RSM was more complicated than it needed to be Read More...

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Colin: Papal problem-finder appointed to fight numerical scourge
Audit

Colin: Papal problem-finder appointed to fight numerical scourge

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Colin: Papal problem-finder appointed to fight num...

Colin was very amused to hear of the Vatican's decision to appoint an auditor general Read More...

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Colin: Check out the audit merry-go-round
Audit

Colin: Check out the audit merry-go-round

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Colin: Check out the audit merry-go-round

Colin has been rather tickled by the recent horse trading in retail audits, with PwC on the receiving end of his humour Read More...

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Colin: FIFA's diversionary tactics
Audit

Colin: FIFA's diversionary tactics

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Colin: FIFA's diversionary tactics

Colin has been rather intrigued by the FIFA bribery scandal, and he thinks he knows how it worked Read More...

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Colin: FRC hopes that 'every little helps' in retail scrutiny
Audit

Colin: FRC hopes that 'every little helps' in retail scrutiny

9y Taking Stock

Colin: FRC hopes that 'every little helps' in reta...

Colin was tickled when he heard the FRC will scrutinise retail audits Read More...

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Colin: A little-known nuclear FACTA about church bell ringing
Corporate Tax

Colin: A little-known nuclear FACTA about church bell ringing

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Colin: A little-known nuclear FACTA about church b...

Colin is bewildered by the nuclear questions faced by a small group of church bell ringers Read More...

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Colin: Size isn't everything
Politics

Colin: Size isn't everything

9y Taking Stock

Colin: Size isn't everything

Colin ponders the workload for new small business minister Anna Soubry Read More...

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