Taking Stock: Accountants awaken to new Star Wars film
Accounting Firms

Taking Stock: Accountants awaken to new Star Wars film

8y Idris Nagri

Taking Stock: Accountants awaken to new Star Wars ...

The inevitable has come to pass, as firms begin to parody Star Wars: the Force Awakens' promotional posters Read More...

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Taking Stock: Tinie ambition
People In Practice

Taking Stock: Tinie ambition

8y Idris Nagri

Taking Stock: Tinie ambition

Rapper Tinie Tempah this week revealed his ambition to become an accountant (and he actually meant it) Read More...

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Taking Stock: Spotting accounting flaws is child’s play
Audit

Taking Stock: Spotting accounting flaws is child’s play

8y Idris Nagri

Taking Stock: Spotting accounting flaws is child’s...

A secondary school student in Barcelona, spotted discrepancies in Abengoa accounts - apparently overlooked by auditors Deloitte Read More...

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Colin: Overseeing the Holy See
Audit

Colin: Overseeing the Holy See

8y Idris Nagri

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

8y Idris Nagri

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 Idris Nagri

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

8y Idris Nagri

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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Taking Stock: Welsh town offshores to make tax avoidance point
Corporate Tax

Taking Stock: Welsh town offshores to make tax avoidance point

8y Idris Nagri

Taking Stock: Welsh town offshores to make tax avo...

A Powys town, Crickhowell, has registered a huge portion of its resident businesses offshore in order to highlight the problem of corporate tax avoida...

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Colin: Rangers' EBT sees red
Corporate Tax

Colin: Rangers' EBT sees red

8y Idris Nagri

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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Taking Stock: Tax status could cut Power to Swindon Town FC
Personal Tax

Taking Stock: Tax status could cut Power to Swindon Town FC

9y Idris Nagri

Taking Stock: Tax status could cut Power to Swindo...

Swindon Town chairman Lee Power sacks manager and puts himself in charge of team despite non-dom status Read More...

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Colin: CIoT's greatest hits
Accounting Standards

Colin: CIoT's greatest hits

9y Idris Nagri

Colin: CIoT's greatest hits

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

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Taking Stock: CIoT – The Abbey Road Sessions
Accounting Standards

Taking Stock: CIoT – The Abbey Road Sessions

9y Idris Nagri

Taking Stock: CIoT – The Abbey Road Sessions

TS went to the CIoT's President's Reception at Abbey Road Studios and bore witness to musical history Read More...

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Colin: The Joy of Cameron
Politics

Colin: The Joy of Cameron

9y Idris Nagri

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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Taking Stock: David Cameron and the Joy of Tax
Politics

Taking Stock: David Cameron and the Joy of Tax

9y Idris Nagri

Taking Stock: David Cameron and the Joy of Tax

David Cameron somehow managed to turn a reference to Richard Murphy into a sex joke. Yes, really Read More...

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Taking Stock: Sicario actor Blunt over US citizenship
Personal Tax

Taking Stock: Sicario actor Blunt over US citizenship

9y Idris Nagri

Taking Stock: Sicario actor Blunt over US citizens...

Emily Blunt claims tax considerations swayed her to take on US citizenship Read More...

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Colin: Between the balance sheets
People In Practice

Colin: Between the balance sheets

9y Idris Nagri

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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Taking Stock: Accountants in 'sex ban' shock
People In Practice

Taking Stock: Accountants in 'sex ban' shock

9y Idris Nagri

Taking Stock: Accountants in 'sex ban' shock

Love in the office labeled 'abhorrent' as research reveals most accountants want to ban office relationships Read More...

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Taking Stock: Steaming down the Thames with ICAS prez
Accounting Standards

Taking Stock: Steaming down the Thames with ICAS prez

9y Idris Nagri

Taking Stock: Steaming down the Thames with ICAS p...

Taking Stock takes a trip down the Thames with the ICAS gang, with president Jim Pettigrew on top form Read More...

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Colin: Auditing the audits
Accounting Standards

Colin: Auditing the audits

9y Idris Nagri

Colin: Auditing the audits

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

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Taking Stock: Accounting goes to pot
Administration

Taking Stock: Accounting goes to pot

9y Idris Nagri

Taking Stock: Accounting goes to pot

An accounting error in Colorado's 2014 total tax collections automatically triggered the suspension of the majority of taxes on recreational cannabis ...

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Colin: FIFA audit chair bears all...
Audit

Colin: FIFA audit chair bears all...

9y Idris Nagri

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!

9y Idris Nagri

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
Accounting Firms

Colin: Diction is the key to success

9y Idris Nagri

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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Taking Stock: Research finds research is flawed
People In Practice

Taking Stock: Research finds research is flawed

9y Idris Nagri

Taking Stock: Research finds research is flawed

InsightBee research provides some...interesting findings Read More...

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Taking Stock: Bad Blood over VAT rules
Corporate Tax

Taking Stock: Bad Blood over VAT rules

9y Idris Nagri

Taking Stock: Bad Blood over VAT rules

TS still isn't sure what is more 'essential' about crocodile meat than sanitary products 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 Idris Nagri

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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Taking Stock: The singing accountant
People In Practice

Taking Stock: The singing accountant

9y Idris Nagri

Taking Stock: The singing accountant

Former FD and EY man leaves accountancy behind for theatre Read More...

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