As calls for a radical overhaul of the audit market heat up, Mark Kennedy, managing partner, Mazars Ireland, considers whether proposals to introduce joint audits would work in the UK
The Treasury has issued a consultation on plans to introduce the EU’s Fifth Money Laundering Directive into UK law, which will bring tax advice into the remit for the first time
Baker Tilly UK Audit, now part of RSM, has been reprimanded and fined £750,000 following the conclusion of a Financial Reporting Council (FRC) investigation into the audit of the financial statements of Tanfield Group and two of its subsidiaries for the year ended 31 December 2007
HMRC has cancelled another 2,600 of its controversial accelerated payment notices (APNs) during the last year, according to law firm RPC, which says over 10% of APNs issued since 2014 have been withdrawn, raising concerns the process is becoming ‘commoditised’
US lawmakers are planning to pass a bill to prevent the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) from developing a free electronic tax filing system to help US taxpayers file digitally
There are signs that the EU could be about to reconsider the VAT treatment of financial and insurance services, removing their exemption, partly because of recent changes to cost-sharing arrangements, and the challenges of taxing the digital economy
HMRC applied to shut down 4,160 businesses because they had fallen behind on their tax payments in 2018 with financial problems being exacerbated by a late payment culture
A former mechanic, who helped to build and modify specialist racing cars on the BBC1 television show Top Gear, has been jailed for providing assistance to father and son who fled to Spain before they could be sentenced for a £1m VAT fraud
Karina Brown, co-founder of employee growth company GroHappy discusses how careers are changing in accounting and how firms can prepare for the very different work world of the future where technology, robotics and flexible working will challenge traditional practice
Fast growing Baldwins accountancy group, a member of CogitalGroup, has made a further substantial investment in Wales by joining forces with MHA Broomfield Alexander, a leading independent professional firm in south Wales
The apprenticeship levy system remains deeply unpopular with professional services firms in the UK, who view it as an extra tax that complicates learning and development, and should be radically simplified, according to research by the Managing Partners’ Forum
MHA Carpenter Box, the accountancy, tax and wealth management practice has opened a new Brighton office, adding to the existing Gatwick and Worthing locations
In this week's career moves, Wilson Wright and KPMG announce partner promotions, Wright Hassall scoops tax consultant from HMRC, RSM names national head of accounting and FR, and Grant Thornton names five partners in audit and tax practices
The International Ethics Standards Board for Accountants (IESBA) has published details of its priorities for setting future-ready ethics standards for professional accountants, along with its five year strategy and work plan
Company boards are increasingly concerned about tax compliance and planning, partly because of initiatives such as Making Tax Digital for VAT and automatic exchange of tax information, driving a 20% hike in investment in tax technology
The Treasury is ploughing £9bn into the Office for National Statistics (ONS) to develop cutting-edge methodologies for measuring how the UK economy is performing to provide new ‘super-fast’ indicators to inform tax and spending plans, and economic decision-making
Salaries for payroll jobs are increasing by up to 6% a year as pressure on recruitment increases with competition for talent and the growing complexity of legislation making payroll an ever increasing technical and specialist role, according to the latest Portfolio Payroll Payroll Salary Survey 2018/19
In part two of our FRS 102 series, James Waller CA considers how the accounting treatment of investment properties will change with the triennial review amendments to FRS 102
When a business makes a profit it is not necessarily as rosy at year end as first thought. Jonathan Amponsah CTA FCCA of The Tax Guys shares some of the biggest mistakes facing owner managed businesses and looks at what can be done to avoid potential pitfalls from misjudging price rises to low margins and a lack of cashflow
A taxpayer who had always paid tax at source under PAYE and submitted unsolicited tax returns in an attempt to address overpayments, has lost an appeal at tax tribunal over HMRC’s refusal to accept the returns
In a bid to improve payroll reporting, HMRC is running a trial aimed at simplifying the process for reporting corrections by extending the use of the real time information (RTI) full payment submission (FPS)
A police accountant has been given a jail sentence for stealing over £44,000 from Police Sports Fund UK, where he held the post of treasurer, in order to support a gambling habit
Mid-tier audit firm Grant Thornton is the subject of a probe by the Financial Reporting Council (FRC) into its auditing of outsourcing specialist Interserve, which went into administration last month, with the regulator announcing an investigation into the firm’s work under its audit enforcement procedure
Accountancy Daily is rejigging the timings for its daily newsletters to ensure that all our readers receive breaking news and analysis on the day it happens and relaunching a dedicated morning technical e-alert service
The accountancy sector has come under fire for its approach to anti-money laundering (AML) supervision, with claims many professional body supervisors (PBSs) are failing to supervise standards robustly, partly for fear of upsetting members and because they believe money laundering is not an issue for firms
Governments need to do more to support struggling middle-class households, with help such as targeted grants, financial support for loans and tax relief for home buyers, according to a report from the OECD which says it has become more difficult for younger generations to make it to the middle class
With Easter 2019 just around the corner, business owners are being urged to plan ahead if they are to avoid missing payments to staff and suppliers over the long Easter bank holiday weekend, according to advice from Pay.UK, which acts as the single operator for all UK retail payments