How technology is changing the face of accounting
Accounting Software

How technology is changing the face of accounting

6y Beth McLoughlin

How technology is changing the face of accounting

Xero's Edward Berks talks to Accountancy Age about open banking, the changing role of the accountant and how best to keep up-to-date with the new tech...

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Xero is preparing for Making Tax Digital
Making Tax Digital

Xero is preparing for Making Tax Digital

6y Beth McLoughlin

Xero is preparing for Making Tax Digital

The cloud accounting platform announced a raft of measures ahead of the Making Tax Digital April deadline Read More...

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Developing MTD service plans and building a subscription model
MTD

Developing MTD service plans and building a subscription model

7y Sage | Sponsored

Developing MTD service plans and building a subscr...

According to research from the ICAEW, over 40% of businesses that will be affected by Making Tax Digital (MTD) for VAT are not yet aware of this, desp...

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Digital dilemma: to tarry or transform under MTD?
MTD

Digital dilemma: to tarry or transform under MTD?

7y Jane Malkin

Digital dilemma: to tarry or transform under MTD?

European head of tax development for Tax Systems, Jane Malkin, provides an outline of MTD compliance Read More...

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MTD for VAT to change accountancy landscape?
MTD

MTD for VAT to change accountancy landscape?

7y Emanuela Hawker , Reporter

MTD for VAT to change accountancy landscape?

Director of partner and product at Xero UK, Damon Anderson, provides some insights into how technological change in accountancy can better the industr...

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HMRC buckling under Brexit and MTD?
HMRC

HMRC buckling under Brexit and MTD?

7y Richard Asquith

HMRC buckling under Brexit and MTD?

Richard Asquith, VP of global indirect tax at Avalara, considers the monumental pressure HMRC faces in the face of the likes of MTD and Brexit Read Mo...

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HMRC pilot for MTD now public
MTD

HMRC pilot for MTD now public

7y Emanuela Hawker , Reporter

HMRC pilot for MTD now public

According to AAT, around 500,000 businesses are now eligible to join HMRC’s live pilot for MTD for VAT Read More...

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Dealing with new software mandates
MTD

Dealing with new software mandates

7y Christiaan Van Der Valk

Dealing with new software mandates

Christiaan Van Der Valk, vice president of strategy at Sovos, summarises MTD in relation to the rest of the world Read More...

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How unprepared are businesses for Making Tax Digital?
Making Tax Digital

How unprepared are businesses for Making Tax Digital?

7y Accountancy Age

How unprepared are businesses for Making Tax Digit...

New research suggests a third of VAT-registered businesses are not prepared for Making Tax Digital in six months' time Read More...

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AAT members on their way to becoming MTD compliant
MTD

AAT members on their way to becoming MTD compliant

7y Emanuela Hawker , Reporter

AAT members on their way to becoming MTD compliant

Although preparation for Making Tax Digital is slowly gaining traction, there are still a worrying amount of businesses that will be affected who are ...

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Knock knock – opening the door to the Agent Services Account
HMRC

Knock knock – opening the door to the Agent Services Account

7y Helen Thornley

Knock knock – opening the door to the Agent Servic...

As part of Making Tax Digital preparations, all agents will need to set up an Agent Services Account. How do you register, and how does it work? Read ...

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Businesses aren't ready for MTD, ICAEW report reveals
Making Tax Digital

Businesses aren't ready for MTD, ICAEW report reveals

7y Emanuela Hawker , Reporter

Businesses aren't ready for MTD, ICAEW report reve...

A concerningly low level of businesses have implemented, or are on their way to implementing, the accountancy software, according to ICAEW report Read...

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Watch: Monthly accountancy news round-up
Brexit & Economy

Watch: Monthly accountancy news round-up

7y Accountancy Age

Watch: Monthly accountancy news round-up

Accountancy Age's Lucy Skoulding provides a roundup of all the key new stories in the accountancy industry from the month of August. Read More...

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Making Tax Digital: be the experts
Making Tax Digital

Making Tax Digital: be the experts

7y Sage | Sponsored

Making Tax Digital: be the experts

Here's how you can become the trusted expert on MTD, a vital learning when 30% of businesses submit returns through accountants Read More...

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Making Tax Digital: A time of transition before transformation
Making Tax Digital

Making Tax Digital: A time of transition before transformation

7y Phil Thornton

Making Tax Digital: A time of transition before tr...

While Making Tax Digital is encouraging firms to transcend into being a fully digital practice, it’s essential that businesses walk before they run Re...

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What does technology mean for the future of accountants?
Technology

What does technology mean for the future of accountants?

7y SJD Accountancy | Sponsored

What does technology mean for the future of accoun...

Technology is changing the accounting industry at an alarming rate, but what do these advancements mean for the role of accountants? Read More...

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Fourth Industrial Revolution: will accountancy survive the rise of artificial intelligence?
Technology

Fourth Industrial Revolution: will accountancy survive the rise of artifici...

7y Accountancy Age

Fourth Industrial Revolution: will accountancy sur...

Will the increasing prominence of machine learning and artificial intelligence in the accountancy industry threaten the survival of the profession? Re...

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Everything you need to know about Making Tax Digital for VAT
Making Tax Digital

Everything you need to know about Making Tax Digital for VAT

7y Sage | Sponsored

Everything you need to know about Making Tax Digit...

As the VAT deadline approaches, accountants must become MTD experts, ready to help their clients comply with the new tax system and stay abreast of up...

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Making Tax Digital: challenges and timescales
Making Tax Digital

Making Tax Digital: challenges and timescales

7y Fiona Campbell

Making Tax Digital: challenges and timescales

EY associate partner Fiona Campbell discusses the MTD challenges currently faced by businesses, and calls on HMRC to provide more information for orga...

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Making Tax Digital: a simpler system or muddying the waters?
Making Tax Digital

Making Tax Digital: a simpler system or muddying the waters?

7y Brian Palmer

Making Tax Digital: a simpler system or muddying t...

Many across the accountancy industry still have doubts about the benefits of Making Tax Digital. Brian Palmer considers whether the initiative remains...

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Viewpoint: Making Tax Digital and the wider digitalisation of tax offer ‘once in a lifetime’ opportunities for the modern day tax function
Making Tax Digital

Viewpoint: Making Tax Digital and the wider digitalisation of tax offer ‘on...

7y AJ Chambers Recruitment | Sponsored

Viewpoint: Making Tax Digital and the wider digita...

Making Tax Digital is the call to arms that tax functions have been waiting for. It's time to make it happen! Read More...

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Webinar: Be ready for Making Tax Digital
Making Tax Digital

Webinar: Be ready for Making Tax Digital

7y Accountancy Age

Webinar: Be ready for Making Tax Digital

Find out how you can best prepare for Making Tax Digital with an Accountancy Age webinar on 27 July Read More...

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Calls to delay Making Tax Digital – is the accountancy industry in agreement?
Making Tax Digital

Calls to delay Making Tax Digital – is the accountancy industry in agreemen...

7y Accountancy Age

Calls to delay Making Tax Digital – is the account...

The British Chambers of Commerce has called for the MTD initiative to be delayed. What are the body's concerns, and is everybody in agreement? Read Mo...

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Does technology lead to success in accountancy?
Technology

Does technology lead to success in accountancy?

7y AJ Chambers Recruitment | Sponsored

Does technology lead to success in accountancy?

Jason Reynolds, director of AJ Chambers, speaks to Riki Gangola, partner at RDP Newmans, to find out how the firm is embracing technology and providin...

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Four things we learned from AAT Annual Conference
Making Tax Digital

Four things we learned from AAT Annual Conference

7y Accountancy Age

Four things we learned from AAT Annual Conference

The AAT Annual Conference took place last week, bringing together 300 accounting professionals from across the UK to discuss the critical issues facin...

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Making Tax Digital webinar: It’s time to prepare
Making Tax Digital

Making Tax Digital webinar: It’s time to prepare

7y Accountancy Age

Making Tax Digital webinar: It’s time to prepare

With only nine months to go until Making Tax Digital takes effect, UK accountants are on a final countdown to the digital tax initiative. But are you ...

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Making Tax Digital: a great and much-needed step towards digitsation
Making Tax Digital

Making Tax Digital: a great and much-needed step towards digitsation

7y Accountancy Age

Making Tax Digital: a great and much-needed step t...

Avalara’s Richard Asquith talks about the benefits of Making Tax Digital, where businesses are now, and predictions for the VAT go-live next April Rea...

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