HMRC and Ingenious both claim victory in long-running tax avoidance dispute
Personal Tax

HMRC and Ingenious both claim victory in long-running tax avoidance dispute

9y Richard Crump , Writer

HMRC and Ingenious both claim victory in long-runn...

Ingenious Film Partners and HMRC have both claimed to have won a victory in their long-running tax dispute in a ruling which could leave many investor...

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Companies House data wiping plans will harm fight against tax avoidance, MP claims
Business Regulation

Companies House data wiping plans will harm fight against tax avoidance, MP...

9y Richard Crump , Writer

Companies House data wiping plans will harm fight ...

Companies House is considering proposals to reduce the amount of time the records of dissolved companies are retained on its database, according to re...

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HMRC outlines basic tax standard for accountants
Tax Bodies

HMRC outlines basic tax standard for accountants

9y Richard Crump , Writer

HMRC outlines basic tax standard for accountants

HMRC has published a basic set of standards it expects agents and accountants to follow in order to meet the levels of tax compliance the UK tax autho...

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Prosecutors call for tougher Luxleaks sentences
Accounting Firms

Prosecutors call for tougher Luxleaks sentences

9y Richard Crump , Writer

Prosecutors call for tougher Luxleaks sentences

Prosecutors in Luxembourg have called for tougher sentences for two former PwC employees found guilty in the Luxleaks tax scandal Read More...

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The growth and challenges of digital sales taxes globally
Corporate Tax

The growth and challenges of digital sales taxes globally

9y Accountancy Age

The growth and challenges of digital sales taxes g...

The application of sales taxes on digital goods and services is growing. John McCarthy, CEO of Taxamo, highlights the developments and challenges with...

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New global tax rules are 'just a sticking plaster'
Tax Avoidance

New global tax rules are 'just a sticking plaster'

9y Richard Crump , Writer

New global tax rules are 'just a sticking plaster'

New international rules to tackle global tax avoidance will not work properly until tax secrecy is swept away, a report released by the All Party Parl...

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Web Seminar - Offering value-added services to clients: Why, and how to?
Accounting Firms

Web Seminar - Offering value-added services to clients: Why, and how to?

9y Kevin Reed , Writer

Web Seminar - Offering value-added services to cli...

Accountancy Age is hosting a LIVE web seminar on a major issue for modern practices: how to develop value-added services coherently, sensibly and stra...

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HMRC's chief digital officer to leave
Tax Bodies

HMRC's chief digital officer to leave

9y Richard Crump , Writer

HMRC's chief digital officer to leave

Mark Dearnley, the man responsible for delivering HMRC's digital transformation plans, is to leave Read More...

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Top ten firms revealed in the 2016 Best Employer Survey
Accounting Firms

Top ten firms revealed in the 2016 Best Employer Survey

9y Kevin Reed , Writer

Top ten firms revealed in the 2016 Best Employer S...

Accountancy Age reveals the firms that have reached our Best Employer grade for 2016 - and have made the shortlist for the overall Best Employer Award...

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Partnerships to be caught be country-by-country reporting
Tax Avoidance

Partnerships to be caught be country-by-country reporting

9y Richard Crump , Writer

Partnerships to be caught be country-by-country re...

Partnerships are to be included as reporting entities under new country-by-country reporting adopted by the European Commission, HMRC has confirmed Re...

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IR35 reforms set to decimate public sector
Personal Tax

IR35 reforms set to decimate public sector

9y Richard Crump , Writer

IR35 reforms set to decimate public sector

Government services will be decimated if proposed reforms to IR35 in the public sector go ahead, a study has warned Read More...

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Colin: The Graduate II
Accounting Firms

Colin: The Graduate II

9y Richard Crump , Writer

Colin: The Graduate II

Colin imagines how KPMG's graduate recruitment process will change in light of the Big Four firm's latest announcement Read More...

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Margot James handed accountancy brief as small business minister
Politics

Margot James handed accountancy brief as small business minister

9y Richard Crump , Writer

Margot James handed accountancy brief as small bus...

MARGOT JAMES MP has been handed responsibility for overseeing the accountancy profession as part of her brief as the new minister for small business, ...

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Company director jailed over £147,000 tax fraud
People Business

Company director jailed over £147,000 tax fraud

9y Richard Crump , Writer

Company director jailed over £147,000 tax fraud

The director of a Scunthorpe electrical contracting company, who faked invoices to help steal more than £147,000 in tax, has been jailed Read More...

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Audit quality indicators: now you see it?
Audit

Audit quality indicators: now you see it?

9y Accountancy Age

Audit quality indicators: now you see it?

Faced with something that many people can’t completely define and most cannot see, organisations have drawn up a measures to indicate the presence or ...

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What a 'progressive' tax system will mean for clients
Tax Bodies

What a 'progressive' tax system will mean for clients

9y Accountancy Age

What a 'progressive' tax system will mean for clie...

The OECD released a new report advising taxation policy makers worldwide on how to promote sustainable growth by sensitively designing tax systems Rea...

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KPMG scraps multi stage interview process
Accounting Firms

KPMG scraps multi stage interview process

9y Richard Crump , Writer

KPMG scraps multi stage interview process

KPMG has scrapped its multi stage interview process in response to feedback from graduates Read More...

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Number of winding up petitions filed by HMRC rises by 13%
Business Recovery

Number of winding up petitions filed by HMRC rises by 13%

9y Richard Crump , Writer

Number of winding up petitions filed by HMRC rises...

HMRC filed 3,484 winding up petitions in 2015, up from the 3,074 applications filed the previous year Read More...

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HMRC defeats £30m EY tax avoidance scheme
Accounting Firms

HMRC defeats £30m EY tax avoidance scheme

9y Richard Crump , Writer

HMRC defeats £30m EY tax avoidance scheme

HMRC has defeated a tax avoidance scheme used by Greene King and marketed by EY, protecting around £30m in tax Read More...

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EQ Accountants appoints new partner
Accounting Firms

EQ Accountants appoints new partner

9y Richard Crump , Writer

EQ Accountants appoints new partner

Angela Haig, who specialises in personal and business taxation, takes up her position within the Forfar office of accountancy firm EQ Accountants Read...

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MHA MacIntyre Hudson appoints Justin Moss as partner
Accounting Firms

MHA MacIntyre Hudson appoints Justin Moss as partner

9y Richard Crump , Writer

MHA MacIntyre Hudson appoints Justin Moss as partn...

Top 20 accountancy firm MHA MacIntyre Hudson has appointed Justin Moss as partner in its High Wycombe office Read More...

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Last chance to enter the British Accountancy Awards
Accounting Firms

Last chance to enter the British Accountancy Awards

9y Richard Crump , Writer

Last chance to enter the British Accountancy Award...

The deadline for entries into the profession’s awards expires tomorrow, 29 July. Read More...

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MPs want power to veto appointment or dismissal of OTS chair
Politics

MPs want power to veto appointment or dismissal of OTS chair

9y Richard Crump , Writer

MPs want power to veto appointment or dismissal of...

MPs should be given the right to veto the appointment or dismissal of the senior leadership of the Office of Tax Simplification, the influential Treas...

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Accountancy network PKF UK and Ireland posts 53% increase in fees
Accounting Firms

Accountancy network PKF UK and Ireland posts 53% increase in fees

9y Richard Crump , Writer

Accountancy network PKF UK and Ireland posts 53% i...

PKF UKI, which is made up of seven member firms in the UK and Ireland, today announced a total fee income of £128.9m for the year ending 31 May 2016 R...

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UHY Hacker Young appoints new partner in London Office
Accounting Firms

UHY Hacker Young appoints new partner in London Office

9y Richard Crump , Writer

UHY Hacker Young appoints new partner in London Of...

UHY Hacker Young, the national accountancy group, has named Chris Smith as a new partner in its London office Read More...

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Colin: Curiosity killed the cat, but not the watchdog
Accounting Firms

Colin: Curiosity killed the cat, but not the watchdog

9y Richard Crump , Writer

Colin: Curiosity killed the cat, but not the watch...

Curiosity killed the cat, but doesn't appear to afflict accounting watchdog the FRC, muses Colin Read More...

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Jeffreys Henry promotes Sachin Ramaiya to partner
Accounting Firms

Jeffreys Henry promotes Sachin Ramaiya to partner

9y Richard Crump , Writer

Jeffreys Henry promotes Sachin Ramaiya to partner

Sachin Ramaiya joined Jeffreys Henry as audit supervisor in 2007 having previously worked at PwC Read More...

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