In this month’s audit updates, KPMG is hit with £3.5m BNY Mellon fine, FRC fines hit record levels, firms required to report staff misconduct, BEIS clarifies Sports Direct auditor position, PwC quits Staffline audit but wins IHG audit, IESBA aims to strengthen scepticism, FRC consults on client assets while NAO revises Code of Practice

In this month’s VAT updates, Graham Elliott, director at City & Cambridge Consultancy, considers whether the provision of nursery education is non-business, the case of a DIY housebuilder who took HMRC to tribunal after the failure of an Alternative Dispute Resolution process, a new angle on the provision of management services to overseas subsidiaries and the end of the road for the Smart case on input tax for farm subsidies