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Business | Ex Big Four staff chair majority of audit committees

Six out of 10 FTSE 100 audit committees are chaired by former Big Four audit firm alumni, according to exclusive research by Accountancy Daily

6 Jan 2020

Leadership & Management

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Tax | Accounting causes stress to micro businesses

Micro businesses spend 10 weeks a year trying to sort out their finances and accounting compliance is one of the most stressful tasks

6 Jan 2020

Business | FTSE 100 CEOs earn average £900 an hour

Heads of the UK’s biggest companies only need to work until the end of today in order to make the same amount of money that the typical full-time employee will in the entire year

6 Jan 2020

Leadership & Management

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Tax | HMRC warns 90k tax returns need clerical review

With the self assessment deadline looming, HMRC has issued a special agent update on the topic to help with last minute technical questions to avoid falling foul of over complex tax code

3 Jan 2020

Business | Called to account: best of 2019

Accountancy Daily brings you a selection of cases involving members of the accounting profession – and a few others – who did not escape the long arm of the law during 2019

3 Jan 2020

Called to Account

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| Finance Mole: getting off the train at the wrong station

Finance Mole takes a break from analysing year ends and succumbs to the Christmas malaise pervading the finance department

3 Jan 2020

Tax | 5.4m yet to submit tax returns

The clock is ticking on 5.4m taxpayers who have less than a month to complete their self assessment tax returns by 31 January, with risks of tough penalties for anyone who has breached the high income child benefit charge (HICBC) £50k limit

3 Jan 2020

Business | Small business confidence plunges to eight-year low

The Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) Small Business Index (SBI) measure has hit the lowest point since the last recession

3 Jan 2020

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HR | People in the news: Watson Buckle, Raffingers, RSM

In this week’s accountancy career moves, new directors at Watson Buckle, hires at Mazars, Raffingers and RSM, and BDO set to recruit 600 trainees

3 Jan 2020

Careers

Leadership & Management

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Business | Nissan ex-chief Ghosn has escaped Japan

Ex-Nissan boss Carlos Ghosn, who is facing trial in Japan for alleged financial misconduct, fled the country on a private jet to Lebanon

3 Jan 2020

Law & Guidance

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Tax | IR35 rules for intermediaries - CPD module

This month's exclusive Accountancy Daily CPD module focuses on the IR35 rules for intermediaries which control the tax status of contractors for both the public and private sector

3 Jan 2020

Finance | Pension scammers hide behind QROPS verification

Pension savers are calling for HMRC to clamp down on scammers that are using recognition under HMRC’s Qualifying Recognised Overseas Pension Scheme (QROPS) to target nest eggs

2 Jan 2020

Pensions

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Business | 2020: what’s in store for accountants in the year ahead?

With Brexit unresolved and a majority government, accountants can expect a turbulent year ahead with IR35 rules for the private sector, loan charge concerns and the extension of Making Tax Digital, while auditors faces cataclysmic changes which could reshape the profession. Sara White gauges the views of industry experts

2 Jan 2020

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Finance | SEC plans overhaul of audit independence rules

The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is planning to update and strengthen certain aspects of the auditor independence framework

2 Jan 2020

Auditing

Corporate Governance

Accounting Consultations

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Tax | Tax rules on company mobile phones clarified

HMRC has issued guidance on the tax rules for company mobile phones for employers

2 Jan 2020

Business | National Living Wage set to increase from April

The National Living Wage (NLW) is set to increase by 6.2% to £8.72 in 2020

2 Jan 2020

Careers

Tax | VAT updates: January 2020

In this month’s VAT updates, Graham Elliott considers whether dating services are consultancy, a volunteer running a bar for charity and if HMRC’s enquiries service left a club in no man’s land

2 Jan 2020

Tax

VAT

HMRC

Business | Legal updates: January 2020

In this month’s legal updates, Sophie Brookes considers recovering dividend losses from auditors, shareholder consent and the Duomatic principle and shadow director fiduciary duties

2 Jan 2020