The International Ethics Standards Board for Accountants (IESBA) has released a three-art consultation on the final plans to restructure the Code of Ethics for Professional Accountants, setting out more robust ethics requirements for accountants with a view to finalising the Code by the end of the year

The accounting profession is facing a crossroads and 2017 marks a year of unbundling and testing accounting models as succession and merger pressures escalate for firms. Keith Underwood, MD of Foulger Underwood considers survival techniques for accounting practices

HMRC has launched an online registration service for annual tax on enveloped dwellings (ATED) for companies, partnerships with a company member and collective investment schemes

The UK economy continued to perform well in the final three months of last year, confounding concerns that the Brexit vote would result in an economic slowdown, according to latest data from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) which also shows the UK was the fastest growing major advanced economy last year

Ian Robert and Brian Baker, partners at Kingston Smith & Partners, have been appointed joint administrators of the innovative drone pilot training and industry standards business, European UAV Systems Centre Ltd

The number of penalties imposed by HMRC against those deliberately understating income has jumped substantially over the last year, up almost six fold, according to figures obtained by RSM under the Freedom of Information Act

Manchester’s pre-eminence in the sport of speedway has been dealt a blow with liquidator Nick Hancock of UHY Hacker Young confirming that the local club, Belle Vue Speedway Ltd, which previously owned and managed the Belle Vue Aces team, has formally entered liquidation, as has the company running the sport’s new national stadium

The Institute of Management Accountants (IMA) is officially launching its new UK chapter at an inauguration conference to be held in London next week which will outline the institute’s future strategy in the UK and provide an opportunity to meet the founding board

The OECD is seeking feedback on a draft toolkit designed to assist developing countries in work on transfer pricing, which specifically addresses the ways developing countries can overcome a lack of data on ‘comparables’, or the market prices for goods and services transferred between members of multinational corporations

Leonard Curtis Business Solutions has opened its first Scottish office in Glasgow, headed up by new appointment Stuart Robb, who joins the firm from KPMG