The Practitioner: There has to be a better way to recruit
Recruitment

The Practitioner: There has to be a better way to recruit

9y Accountancy Age

The Practitioner: There has to be a better way to ...

The old fashioned method of placing recruitment adverts in the local rag is dead Read More...

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Colin: The APN Squad
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Colin: The APN Squad

9y Richard Crump , Writer

Colin: The APN Squad

Colin ruminates on the approach taken by HMRC over Accelerated Payments Notices Read More...

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FTSE 350 annual reports show minor improvements
Governance

FTSE 350 annual reports show minor improvements

9y Stephanie Wix , Writer

FTSE 350 annual reports show minor improvements

EY analysed 100 annual reports from FTSE 350 companies and found only ‘fractional’ improvements have been made in the quality of some key disclosures ...

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Johnston Carmichael appointed as joint administrators for Axon Well
Accounting Firms

Johnston Carmichael appointed as joint administrators for Axon Well

9y Stephanie Wix , Writer

Johnston Carmichael appointed as joint administrat...

Partners from Johnston Carmichael have been appointed as joint administrators to Axon Well Interventions Products UK Read More...

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Deloitte appoints executive remuneration partner
Accounting Firms

Deloitte appoints executive remuneration partner

9y Stephanie Wix , Writer

Deloitte appoints executive remuneration partner

Deloitte has appointed Robert Miller as a new executive remuneration partner in its global employer services practice Read More...

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New partner announced at Smith & Williamson
Accounting Firms

New partner announced at Smith & Williamson

9y Stephanie Wix , Writer

New partner announced at Smith & Williamson

Peter Ball, a private client tax specialist from EY has joined top ten accountancy firm Smith & Williamson as a partner Read More...

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3 key questions about cloud accounting
Accounting Software

3 key questions about cloud accounting

9y Stephanie Wix , Writer

3 key questions about cloud accounting

Accountant practices have been trying to gain more clients and higher reputations through the use of cloud accounting software. But what does this mea...

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FRC calls for concerted effort to improve the integrity of business
Governance

FRC calls for concerted effort to improve the integrity of business

9y Richard Crump , Writer

FRC calls for concerted effort to improve the inte...

Companies face a wake-up call to review their cultures before they can win back broad support from society, business leaders will be told at a confere...

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Deloitte announces 623 new partners globally
Accounting Firms

Deloitte announces 623 new partners globally

9y Richard Crump , Writer

Deloitte announces 623 new partners globally

Deloitte has promoted 623 professionals to partner, an increase of 4% from 2015 Read More...

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Moore Stephens reports 14% growth
Accounting Firms

Moore Stephens reports 14% growth

9y Richard Crump , Writer

Moore Stephens reports 14% growth

Moore Stephens, the top ten accountancy firm, has announced revenues of £105.5m, representing 14% growth on the previous combined year’s figures and o...

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HMRC widens APN applications
Tax Bodies

HMRC widens APN applications

9y Stephanie Wix , Writer

HMRC widens APN applications

HMRC is now targeting over 1000 different types of tax planning schemes for the issuing of Accelerated Payment Notices (APN’s). HMRC has recently adde...

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Mercer and Hole merges with Rickmansworth office of Day, Smith and Hunter
Accounting Firms

Mercer and Hole merges with Rickmansworth office of Day, Smith and Hunter

9y Richard Crump , Writer

Mercer and Hole merges with Rickmansworth office o...

Mercer & Hole has merged with the Rickmansworth office of Day, Smith & Hunter Read More...

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FIFA appoints PwC as new auditors
Accounting Firms

FIFA appoints PwC as new auditors

9y Richard Crump , Writer

FIFA appoints PwC as new auditors

PWC SWITZERLAND has been appointed as the new statutory auditors of FIFA. FIFA said the appointment of PwC was the result of a thorough, transparent a...

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BIS committee launches corporate governance inquiry
Governance

BIS committee launches corporate governance inquiry

9y Richard Crump , Writer

BIS committee launches corporate governance inquir...

MPs have launched an inquiry on corporate governance, focusing on executive pay, directors’ duties, and the composition of boardrooms, including worke...

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Chancellor warned over implementation of HMRC’s digital tax reforms
Tax Bodies

Chancellor warned over implementation of HMRC’s digital tax reforms

9y Richard Crump , Writer

Chancellor warned over implementation of HMRC’s di...

Andrew Tyrie, chairman of the Treasury Committee, has written to chancellor Philip Hammond to urge caution over the implementation of HMRC’s Making Ta...

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Three things for HMRC to consider during its internal restructure
Tax Bodies

Three things for HMRC to consider during its internal restructure

9y Stephanie Wix , Writer

Three things for HMRC to consider during its inter...

Accountancy Age looks at the key considerations about how HMRC should be resourced and how the taxman should be reorganised Read More...

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Friday Afternoon Live: Micro-biz's RTI problems; and value-added services
British Accountancy Awards

Friday Afternoon Live: Micro-biz's RTI problems; and value-added services

9y Kevin Reed , Writer

Friday Afternoon Live: Micro-biz's RTI problems; a...

Kevin Reed discusses the worrying findings from HMRC on micro-businesses' problems handling Real-Time Information, and the latest thoughts on how acco...

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European Commission to draw up list of non-cooperative tax jurisdictions
Tax Avoidance

European Commission to draw up list of non-cooperative tax jurisdictions

9y Richard Crump , Writer

European Commission to draw up list of non-coopera...

The European Commission is to draw up a first common EU list of non-cooperative tax jurisdictions based on a scoreboard Read More...

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Government mulls changes to bonding arrangements for insolvency practitioners
Practice Regulation

Government mulls changes to bonding arrangements for insolvency practitione...

9y Richard Crump , Writer

Government mulls changes to bonding arrangements f...

The government is considering whether it should propose changes to the legislation governing bonding arrangements for insolvency practitioners Read Mo...

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Micro employers struggling with RTI payroll reporting
Tax Bodies

Micro employers struggling with RTI payroll reporting

9y Richard Crump , Writer

Micro employers struggling with RTI payroll report...

Micro employers are finding payroll reporting Real Time Information (RTI) challenging, a study by HMRC has found Read More...

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IIRC and CIPFA launch integrated reporting guide
Institutes

IIRC and CIPFA launch integrated reporting guide

9y Richard Crump , Writer

IIRC and CIPFA launch integrated reporting guide

The International Integrated Reporting Council (IIRC) and the CIPFA have launched an introductory guide for leaders on integrated thinking and reporti...

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Patent Box claims reach £343m in first year
Corporate Tax

Patent Box claims reach £343m in first year

9y Stephanie Wix , Writer

Patent Box claims reach £343m in first year

Claims for UK Patent Box tax reliefs reached £342.9m in the first year of its existence, official statistics show Read More...

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PwC acquires data technology firm Selera Labs
Accounting Firms

PwC acquires data technology firm Selera Labs

9y Richard Crump , Writer

PwC acquires data technology firm Selera Labs

PwC has strengthened its tax reporting practice with the acquisition of Selera Labs, a data technology firm Read More...

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Colin: No more dirty money
Corporate Finance

Colin: No more dirty money

9y Richard Crump , Writer

Colin: No more dirty money

Colin reacts to the news that a the Bank of England is releasing 440 million new £5 polymer notes Read More...

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EU competition head Vestager defends Apple tax ruling
Corporate Tax

EU competition head Vestager defends Apple tax ruling

9y Richard Crump , Writer

EU competition head Vestager defends Apple tax rul...

EU competition commissioner Margrethe Vestager has defended the decision to order technology giant Apple to pay €13bn (£11bn) in back taxes to the Iri...

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HMRC reports increase in R&D tax relief uptake
Corporate Tax

HMRC reports increase in R&D tax relief uptake

9y Accountancy Age

HMRC reports increase in R&D tax relief uptake

Companies received £2.45bn in tax relief for research and development last year, with claims rising to 22,445, an increase of £675m or 38% on the prev...

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Building company director banned for 7 years for VAT under-declaration
Corporate Tax

Building company director banned for 7 years for VAT under-declaration

9y Richard Crump , Writer

Building company director banned for 7 years for V...

The director of a building firm in West Wales has been disqualified from acting as a director for under-declaring sales on VAT returns. Read More...

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