How to spot deepfakes in finance and accountancy
Accounting Firms

How to spot deepfakes in finance and accountancy

20h Marina Mouka

How to spot deepfakes in finance and accountancy

In recent years, deepfakes—hyper-realistic images, videos, and audio recordings generated using artificial intelligence (AI)—have emerged as one of th...

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How to make accountancy cool again
Accounting Firms

How to make accountancy cool again

2d Marina Mouka

How to make accountancy cool again

If you’ve ever watched the film The Accountant, starring Ben Affleck, you know that accountancy isn’t exactly the most glamorous job in the world. Yet...

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Making Tax Digital: What UK accountants must focus on now
Accounting Software

Making Tax Digital: What UK accountants must focus on now

3d Fer Amendo, Principal Product Manager for MTD at Intuit QuickBooks

Making Tax Digital: What UK accountants must focus...

With the countdown to Making Tax Digital for Income Tax officially underway, UK accountants face both challenge and opportunity. Find out what firms m...

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AI, automation, and the new accountant: Trends shaping 2026
Accounting Firms

AI, automation, and the new accountant: Trends shaping 2026

4d Accountancy Age

AI, automation, and the new accountant: Trends sha...

AI and automation are revolutionising the accounting profession in 2025 and beyond. With over 79% of accountants expecting growth in strategic advisor...

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Embracing AI: The overachieving intern we can’t ignore
AI in Accounting

Embracing AI: The overachieving intern we can’t ignore

5d Irena Teneva, AICPA and CIMA

Embracing AI: The overachieving intern we can’t ig...

AI is the brilliant intern of the digital age - efficient, tireless, flawed – but it’s our human insight that keeps it grounded, ethical, and actually...

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The importance of year-round tax planning for small business owners
Accounting Software

The importance of year-round tax planning for small business owners

1w Accountancy Age

The importance of year-round tax planning for smal...

Tax season is often a stressful period for small business owners, filled with long hours spent reviewing financial records, reconciling accounts, and ...

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From plot to profit: Strategic tax planning for landowners
Corporate Tax

From plot to profit: Strategic tax planning for landowners

1w Naomi Stewart, Head of Tax at Shaw Gibbs

From plot to profit: Strategic tax planning for la...

UK landowners face both opportunity and risk when shifting land from agriculture to development. In this article, Naomi Stewart, Head of Tax at Shaw G...

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Is carbon accounting lost in translation?
Accounting Standards

Is carbon accounting lost in translation?

1w Accountancy Age

Is carbon accounting lost in translation?

A global study has called for urgent action to create consistent accounting guidance for carbon-related instruments, highlighting the diversity in how...

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HMRC uses AI to spot tax fraud on social media
AI in Accounting

HMRC uses AI to spot tax fraud on social media

2w Editorial team

HMRC uses AI to spot tax fraud on social media

HMRC's revelation that it is using AI to monitor taxpayers’ social media posts in criminal investigations has sparked a heated debate on data privacy,...

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AI isn’t going to take accountant’s jobs, but it can fill the talent gaps
AI in Accounting

AI isn’t going to take accountant’s jobs, but it can fill the talent gaps

2w Sunil Padiyar, CTO at Trintech

AI isn’t going to take accountant’s jobs, but it c...

With the accounting industry facing talent shortages, Sunil Padiyar, CTO at Trintech explores the role AI plays in the future to support finance and a...

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The accountancy shake-up: From talent tides to operational optimisation
Accounting Firms

The accountancy shake-up: From talent tides to operational optimisation

2w Dayshape

The accountancy shake-up: From talent tides to ope...

Old ways of planning, operating, and growing? They’re transforming. Explore the changes making waves. Read More...

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Bishop Fleming raises over £500,000 for charity in first year
Accounting Firms

Bishop Fleming raises over £500,000 for charity in first year

2w Accountancy Age

Bishop Fleming raises over £500,000 for charity in...

Bishop Fleming has announced that it has met its goal of giving back 1% of its turnover to charity through its 1% for Communities initiative. The firm...

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Revolut taps EY for 2026 audit after BDO revenue concerns
Accounting Firms

Revolut taps EY for 2026 audit after BDO revenue concerns

2w Accountancy Age

Revolut taps EY for 2026 audit after BDO revenue c...

Revolut has appointed Ernst & Young (EY) as its new global auditor, following a competitive tender process for the financial year ending 31 Decemb...

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The tax gap widens with middle earners left to fill the void
Economy

The tax gap widens with middle earners left to fill the void

2w Accountancy Age

The tax gap widens with middle earners left to fil...

The UK’s income tax landscape is shifting, with the wealthiest earners contributing less while middle-income groups see their tax burden rise. Accordi...

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FreeAgent gets a CIS upgrade to help contractors with MTD
Accounting Software

FreeAgent gets a CIS upgrade to help contractors with MTD

2w Accountancy Age

FreeAgent gets a CIS upgrade to help contractors w...

FreeAgent has introduced a significant update to its platform, aimed at simplifying the management of the Construction Industry Scheme (CIS) for contr...

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FCA fines Woodford and his company £46M
Corporate Finance

FCA fines Woodford and his company £46M

2w Accountancy Age

FCA fines Woodford and his company £46M

Neil Woodford and Woodford Investment Management have been fined £46 million by the FCA for failures in managing the Woodford Equity Income Fund, whic...

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Big Four lag behind smaller firms in AI adoption, says ex-EY chair
AI in Accounting

Big Four lag behind smaller firms in AI adoption, says ex-EY chair

2w Accountancy Age

Big Four lag behind smaller firms in AI adoption, ...

Former EY UK chair Hywel Ball highlights the challenges the Big Four face in adopting AI, suggesting that smaller, more agile firms are leading the wa...

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EY and ACCA urge stronger AI checks to bridge trust gaps
Accounting Standards

EY and ACCA urge stronger AI checks to bridge trust gaps

3w Accountancy Age

EY and ACCA urge stronger AI checks to bridge trus...

EY and ACCA have issued joint guidance urging business leaders and policymakers to adopt robust AI assessments to strengthen trust in artificial intel...

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Menzies and Beever and Struthers merge to form £110m national firm
Accounting Firms

Menzies and Beever and Struthers merge to form £110m national firm

3w Accountancy Age

Menzies and Beever and Struthers merge to form £11...

Menzies LLP and Beever and Struthers have merged to form a national accountancy and business advisory firm with combined fee income of £110 million an...

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Cooper Parry grows deals team with Fellwood Advisory
Accounting Firms

Cooper Parry grows deals team with Fellwood Advisory

3w Accountancy Age

Cooper Parry grows deals team with Fellwood Adviso...

Cooper Parry has strengthened its deals advisory capabilities with the acquisition of Fellwood Advisory, a mid-market debt advisory firm, marking its ...

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MTD for Income Tax: The 2026 readiness guide
Accounting Software

MTD for Income Tax: The 2026 readiness guide

3w Accountancy Age

MTD for Income Tax: The 2026 readiness guide

Making Tax Digital for Income Tax will reshape reporting from April 2026. Here’s what accountants need to know: thresholds, deadlines, and preparation...

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HaysMac strengthens private client team with new director hire
Accounting Firms

HaysMac strengthens private client team with new director hire

3w Accountancy Age

HaysMac strengthens private client team with new d...

HaysMac has appointed Tim Walford-Fitzgerald as Private Client Director, strengthening the firm’s tax advisory offering to high-net-worth individuals ...

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Moore Kingston Smith expands with CBW Recovery acquisition
Accounting Firms

Moore Kingston Smith expands with CBW Recovery acquisition

3w Accountancy Age

Moore Kingston Smith expands with CBW Recovery acq...

Moore Kingston Smith has expanded its restructuring and insolvency capabilities with the acquisition of CBW Recovery, a London-based insolvency partne...

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HMRC to send 1.4 million letters over unpaid tax
Administration

HMRC to send 1.4 million letters over unpaid tax

3w Accountancy Age

HMRC to send 1.4 million letters over unpaid tax

HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) will send 1.4 million letters in the coming months to alert UK taxpayers about unpaid income tax as part of its annual c...

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EY summer forecast: early sunshine, weaker growth later
Business

EY summer forecast: early sunshine, weaker growth later

3w Accountancy Age

EY summer forecast: early sunshine, weaker growth ...

The EY ITEM Club’s Summer Forecast has upgraded UK GDP growth for 2025 to 1%, up from 0.8% predicted in April. While the revision reflects a stronger-...

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Nearly 50,000 UK firms in critical distress
Business

Nearly 50,000 UK firms in critical distress

3w Accountancy Age

Nearly 50,000 UK firms in critical distress

Critical financial distress among UK businesses rose sharply in the second quarter of 2025, with nearly 50,000 companies now struggling to stay afloat...

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Can automation make accounting less of a grind? Intuit thinks so
Accounting Software

Can automation make accounting less of a grind? Intuit thinks so

4w Accountancy Age

Can automation make accounting less of a grind? In...

Intuit has launched a series of new QuickBooks features designed to automate routine accounting tasks and simplify financial workflows for businesses ...

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