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Finance | Deloitte HR manager heads for Invictus Games

Stephen Rice, HR learning manager at Deloitte, was picked for Team UK at the Invictus Games 2020

1 Nov 2019

Charities

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Business | Audit firms champion LGBT+ role models

Leaders from Deloitte, EY and PwC have been named on this year’s annual role model lists published by Involve, a membership organisation championing diversity and inclusion in business

1 Nov 2019

Accountancy Firms

Finance | Audit updates: November 2019

In this month’s audit updates, FRC fines leap 44%, MPs grill auditors over Thomas Cook, PwC in $7.9m independence fine, Kingman warns of reform drift while Brydon hits out at ‘shotgun’ approach, BDO predicts 25% audit fee hike, public demands ‘more teeth’ at regulator as new team take over and going concern audit standard is ‘toughened’

1 Nov 2019

Auditing

Corporate Governance

Audit Regulations

Tax | VAT updates: November 2019

In this month’s VAT updates, Graham Elliott, director at City & Cambridge Consultancy, considers whether direct patient contact is necessary for medical services, how waiting for a single document lost a self-builder’s tax claim, and whether a husband and wife’s businesses were one or two businesses

1 Nov 2019

Tax

VAT

Business | Called to account: November 2019

This month’s named and shamed consists of a Deloitte audit partner who was fined £120k by the FRC, directors banned over failing to put creditors first, a land engineering boss banned for 11 years over tax offences and money launderers jailed for role in £1m ‘rare earth’ metal scam

1 Nov 2019

Called to Account

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Finance | Regulator finds misconduct and mismanagement at charity

Three trustees of a Hereford and Worcester-based charity have resigned after a regulatory inquiry uncovered a string of failures in its governance, finances and safeguarding

1 Nov 2019

Charities

Called to Account

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Tax | Tax data: CGT data, HMRC rates of interest - Nov 2019

Download the current HMRC CGT indexation allowance unchanged since December 2017, RPI index for September 2019, HMRC rates of interest, and property tax rates including SDLT, Scottish LBTT and Welsh LTT

1 Nov 2019

Tax

Tax Compliance

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HR | Government considers mandatory employee references

The government is considering changing the rules on work references to force employers to provide a basic reference for former employees

1 Nov 2019

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Tax | HMRC discovery assessments - NEW CPD module

This month's exclusive Accountancy Daily CPD module focuses on HMRC discovery assessments, particularly focusing on when they can be issued and how to challenge them, taking into account the rules applying for income tax, capital gains tax and corporation tax.

1 Nov 2019

Finance | Legal updates: November 2019

In this month’s legal updates, Sophie Brookes, partner at law firm Gateley plc, considers whether an automatic email signature can act as a real signature, whether the actions of a company’s members were vexatious, and whether legal professional privilege can be lost when a company dissolves

1 Nov 2019

Finance

Law and Regulation

31 Oct 2019

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Business | Grant Thornton partner pay drops £20k

Mid-tier firm Grant Thornton has shifted its accounting period by six months, from June to December, and has released an interim transparency report showing a drop in partner profit for the past 12 months

31 Oct 2019

Accountancy Firms

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Finance | Football charity Kick It Out faces bullying claims

The staff at football charity Kick It Out (KIO) have been let down by their management and trustees over a failure to deal with sexual harassment, bullying and safeguarding

31 Oct 2019