This week’s people appointments include: a chief financial officer and head of operations appointment at KPMG, three partners leave KPMG to join FTI Consulting, Moore Thompson regains a former employee as a tax partner

Less than one in five UK taxpayers have set up a personal tax account with HMRC since the launch of the online digital accounts in the UK, leaving 25 million outside the system

Hans Hoogervost, chair of the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) is the latest high profile executive to come under fire over the size of his remuneration package, with a leading member of the European parliament’s economic affairs committee (ECON) calling for him to take a pay cut

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has seen a doubling of the number of proceedings brought against accountants in the past two years, up from 37 cases in fiscal year 2013 to 76 instances in 2015, and the upwards trend continues, according to the head of enforcement at the US regulator

Auditing jobs pay more on average than jobs within the accounting sector, particularly at entry level with the salary for a trainee auditor being up to £36,000, according to research from Emolument.com

A large number (86%) of chief financial officers (CFOs) in the UK have their sights on reaching the top and becoming CEOs at their current organisations, research has highlighted

The introduction of gender pay reporting rules for companies with more than 250 employees has been delayed and the new regulations are not expected to come into force until next April at the earliest with the first reporting period unlikely to be before April 2018. Kathy Daniels, employment law author, considers the key implementation issues