Changes to CJRS could present risks for employers if calculations are mistaken
Pensions

Changes to CJRS could present risks for employers if calculations are mista...

4y Leanna Reeves

Changes to CJRS could present risks for employers ...

RSM partner warns businesses to keep close eye on pension calculations Read More...

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Are you building your pension pot?
Pensions

Are you building your pension pot?

5y Emanuela Hawker , Reporter

Are you building your pension pot?

Data shared by Nixon Williams shows that an increasing number of contractors and freelancers are shunning defined pension schemes Read More...

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Practices struggling to cope with 'significant cost' of tackling auto enrolment
Accounting Firms

Practices struggling to cope with 'significant cost' of tackling auto enrol...

8y Kevin Reed , Writer

Practices struggling to cope with 'significant cos...

Just one half of UK practices have implemented a pricing structure around auto enrolment implementation and advice - with many suffering increased cos...

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Eric Clapton calls for new perspective on auto-enrolment
Consulting

Eric Clapton calls for new perspective on auto-enrolment

8y Richard Crump , Writer

Eric Clapton calls for new perspective on auto-enr...

Accountants should alter their perspective on auto-enrolment to maximise business opportunities, according to Eric Clapton. Read More...

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Queen's Speech: Millions of pension savings protected by new legislation
Administration

Queen's Speech: Millions of pension savings protected by new legislation

8y Fraser Simpson , Reporter

Queen's Speech: Millions of pension savings protec...

Queen's Speech legislation aims to crackdown on financial crime and protect those who have money in some auto enrolment schemes Read More...

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‘Gaps in pension regulation’ could disrupt auto enrolment success, MPs caution
Personal Tax

‘Gaps in pension regulation’ could disrupt auto enrolment success, MPs caut...

8y Fraser Simpson , Reporter

‘Gaps in pension regulation’ could disrupt auto en...

Report by the work and pensions select committee fears taxpayers losing retirement savings because of ‘unstable master trusts’ Read More...

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Brexit and auto-enrolment pensions top list of business concerns
Politics

Brexit and auto-enrolment pensions top list of business concerns

8y Fraser Simpson , Reporter

Brexit and auto-enrolment pensions top list of bus...

Nearly a quarter of UK firms fear Brexit will have a significant financial impact on their business Read More...

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2020 Vision: Harsh lesson after auto enrolment provider letdown
People In Practice

2020 Vision: Harsh lesson after auto enrolment provider letdown

8y Idris Nagri

2020 Vision: Harsh lesson after auto enrolment pro...

An attempt to help clients through the auto enrolment process has caused Carl Reader's practice a whole host of problems. He wants you to learn from t...

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DWP faces “real test” over SME auto-enrolment
Politics

DWP faces “real test” over SME auto-enrolment

8y Idris Nagri

DWP faces “real test” over SME auto-enrolment

The Department for Work & Pensions has effectively implemented auto-enrolment for large firms, but will struggle to do the same for SMEs Read More...

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Firm launches to help other accountants provide financial advice
People In Practice

Firm launches to help other accountants provide financial advice

9y Kevin Reed , Writer

Firm launches to help other accountants provide fi...

Clapton Consultants launches, with a specialism in helping other accountants work better with IFAs to provide pensions and financial advice to clients...

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Gearing up for auto-enrolment: an opportunity to add value
Business Regulation

Gearing up for auto-enrolment: an opportunity to add value

9y Idris Nagri

Gearing up for auto-enrolment: an opportunity to a...

Pensions auto-enrolment is not simply about pensions. The real issue here is payroll processes Read More...

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Top 50+50: Two-speed approach to auto enrolment by practices
Accounting Firms

Top 50+50: Two-speed approach to auto enrolment by practices

9y Kevin Reed , Writer

Top 50+50: Two-speed approach to auto enrolment by...

Many smaller practices have ramped up to deal with auto enrolment for clients, while others are taking a more tentative approach, Accountancy Age rese...

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Auto-enrolment ‘triple capacity crunch' threat looms, hints research
Company News

Auto-enrolment ‘triple capacity crunch' threat looms, hints research

9y Chris Warmoll , Writer

Auto-enrolment ‘triple capacity crunch' threat loo...

Staging dates - which trigger a company's automatic enrolment duties - have now begun to kick in and will continue to draw in more companies until Feb...

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#SummerBudget: Government eyes scrapping tax relief on pension contributions
Personal Tax

#SummerBudget: Government eyes scrapping tax relief on pension contribution...

9y Natasha Browne

#SummerBudget: Government eyes scrapping tax relie...

Pensions tax relief, Chancellor George Osborne has announced Read More...

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Friday Afternoon Live: Firms' websites not up to scratch & micro-biz pension struggles
Accounting Firms

Friday Afternoon Live: Firms' websites not up to scratch & micro-biz pensio...

9y Kevin Reed , Writer

Friday Afternoon Live: Firms' websites not up to s...

Three of the Top Ten accountancy firms' websites are not mobile-friendly; while micro-businesses are struggling to cope with their accounting and auto...

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Micro-businesses struggle to prepare for auto-enrolment
Company News

Micro-businesses struggle to prepare for auto-enrolment

9y Calum Fuller , Reporter

Micro-businesses struggle to prepare for auto-enro...

UK micro-businesses are tempted to cut corners as auto-enrolment staging dates loom, Intuit Quickbooks research reveals Read More...

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IASB opens consultation on changes to pension accounting
Accounting Standards

IASB opens consultation on changes to pension accounting

9y Professional Pensions

IASB opens consultation on changes to pension acco...

IASB consults on proposed narrow-scope amendments to its pension accounting requirements Read More...

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The Practitioner: Post-holiday blues as email inbox bulges
Accounting Firms

The Practitioner: Post-holiday blues as email inbox bulges

9y Idris Nagri

The Practitioner: Post-holiday blues as email inbo...

Auto enrolment, the taxman, a potential client going elsewhere, the email inbox...all fun things for The Practitioner to handle after a week on hols R...

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UK200 Group accountant slams government over auto enrolment
People Business

UK200 Group accountant slams government over auto enrolment

9y Chris Warmoll , Writer

UK200 Group accountant slams government over auto ...

Under the Government's auto-enrolment legislation which kicked in on 01 June, more than 1.2m employers with less than 30 staff have yet to begin compl...

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The Practitioner: Auto enrolment skills gap looks costly to fill
Consulting

The Practitioner: Auto enrolment skills gap looks costly to fill

9y Idris Nagri

The Practitioner: Auto enrolment skills gap looks ...

With The Practitioner's staff seemingly ignorant of how to deal with auto enrolment, the problem is exacerbated by a void in training to get up to spe...

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The Practitioner: Cat-alitic converter sends client into rage
Accounting Firms

The Practitioner: Cat-alitic converter sends client into rage

9y Idris Nagri

The Practitioner: Cat-alitic converter sends clien...

Taxman's feline focus is unwelcome for the Practitioner - who is struggling to deal with scary auto-enrolment correspondence Read More...

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The Practitioner: Auto-enrolment is a right pain in the pension
Accounting Firms

The Practitioner: Auto-enrolment is a right pain in the pension

9y Idris Nagri

The Practitioner: Auto-enrolment is a right pain i...

Struggling to bill clients...outsourcer woes...auto enrolment is proving resource-intensive with little to show for it, The Practitioner bemoans Read ...

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Struggling SMEs turn to accountants for auto-enrolment help
Accounting Firms

Struggling SMEs turn to accountants for auto-enrolment help

9y Richard Crump , Writer

Struggling SMEs turn to accountants for auto-enrol...

A quarter of small businesses look set to miss their preparations, research finds Read More...

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The Financial Power List 2015
Accounting Firms

The Financial Power List 2015

9y Idris Nagri

The Financial Power List 2015

Accountancy Age reveals the most influential and powerful hitters in accounting and finance for the coming year Read More...

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Small biz lines up accountants for auto-enrolment help, says Nest
Accounting Firms

Small biz lines up accountants for auto-enrolment help, says Nest

9y Kevin Reed , Writer

Small biz lines up accountants for auto-enrolment ...

Accountants must prepare to offer auto-enrolment advice Read More...

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Advisers should prepare for auto-enrolment boom
Accounting Firms

Advisers should prepare for auto-enrolment boom

9y Calum Fuller , Reporter

Advisers should prepare for auto-enrolment boom

Small businesses facing imminent auto-enrolment deadlines are likely to turn to accountancy firms to help comply, says Lighthouse's Malcolm Streatfiel...

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Auto-enrolment: Know the workforce - assessing workers
Business Regulation

Auto-enrolment: Know the workforce - assessing workers

10y Idris Nagri

Auto-enrolment: Know the workforce - assessing wor...

Who 'works' for a business? A simple question, but one that requires careful consideration as far as meeting auto-enrolment requirements are concerned...

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