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Business | RSM moves to hybrid working office in Birmingham

RSM Birmingham is relocating to 103 Colmore Row, Birmingham’s flagship office building in the city centre, to support hybrid working approach

13 Jun 2022

Careers

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Tax | Plans for sugar and salt tax rejected

The government has ruled out proposals to tax sugar and salt in the food strategy for the UK

13 Jun 2022

Business Tax

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Business | Companies convicted of criminal offences face tougher action

The Law Commission has published its options for the government for how it can improve the law to ensure that corporations are effectively held to account for committing serious crimes including tax evasion

13 Jun 2022

Tax | Student loan interest rates frozen

The government has confirmed that student loan interest rates will remain at 7.3% from September 2022

13 Jun 2022

Personal Tax

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Business | ICAEW hands out £2.1m in fines for sub-standard accountancy work

The level of complaints against ICAEW accountants fell slightly during 2020 while there were over £2.1m of fines issued to chartered accountants and firms

13 Jun 2022

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Business | Most wanted HMRC tax fugitive jailed over £20m VAT fraud

One of the UK’s most wanted tax fugitives has been jailed for eight years after spending nine years on the run for £20m VAT fraud

13 Jun 2022

Called to Account

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Finance | Charity Commission plans overhaul of annual return

The Charity Commission has launched a consultation on plans to collect additional information in the annual return to reduce risk and conflicts of interest

10 Jun 2022

Charities

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Tax | National Insurance threshold change from 6 July

HMRC has updated the guidance on changes to the National Insurance threshold due to come into effect from July

10 Jun 2022

Tax | Treasury raises £33m from early Lifetime ISA withdrawals

A record 77,500 Lifetime ISA (LISA) savers were charged over £33m worth of early withdrawal charges in 2021/2022, HMRC data shows

10 Jun 2022

Personal Tax

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Business | People in the news: Johnston Carmichael, Azets, Grant Thornton, ICAEW

In this week’s accountancy career moves, partner promotions at Tilney Smith & Williamson, BDO, Moorfields Advisory and Johnston Carmichael, new hires at Alvarez & Marsal Taxand and Grant Thornton, plus new president for ICAEW

10 Jun 2022

Careers

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Business | Third of Deloitte partner promotions are women

Deloitte has promoted 124 people to partner, a 57% increase from 2021 with nearly a third being women

10 Jun 2022

Careers

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Finance | IFRS 17 will hit public sector risk adjustments

The Government Actuary’s Department (GAD) is working with government departments and public sector organisations to clarify the new insurance reporting requirements

10 Jun 2022

Finance

Accounting Standards

IFRS

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Business | AAT looks for members to stand for Council

The Association of Accounting Technicians (AAT) is calling on its members to stand for election to the AAT Council to shape the future of the professional body

10 Jun 2022

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Business | Directors banned over £8.9m hotel room investment scheme

A total of 25 years in bans has been slapped on the directors behind a £8.9m hotel room investment scheme

10 Jun 2022

Called to Account

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Business | Cyber scammers target high net worth individuals

More than half (53%) of high net worth individuals (HNWIs) say they have been the victim of a financial scam, a 10% rise in just six months

10 Jun 2022

Tax | Making Tax Digital for Corporation Tax: reporting pitfalls

The move towards digitalisation of corporation tax reporting will affect businesses from 2026, creating a larger reporting burden for businesses, explains Russell Gammon, chief solutions officer at Tax Systems

9 Jun 2022

Business | Natasha Frangos named as haysmacintyre managing partner

Top 30 accountancy firm haysmacintyre has appointed Natasha Frangos as managing partner, effective from 1 July 2022

9 Jun 2022

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Tax | Business understanding of MTD extension worryingly low

Half of businesses did not understand their reporting obligations under the extension of Making Tax Digital for VAT, even in January of this year

9 Jun 2022

Making Tax Digital

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Business | Plans on course for property ownership register

Companies House will soon be writing to all overseas entities which need to report property ownership under the Economic Crime (Transparency and Enforcement) Act

9 Jun 2022

Companies

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Business | Reality TV stars convicted of $30m fraud and tax evasion

Following a three-week trial, a US jury found reality TV stars Todd and Julie Chrisley guilty of conspiring to defraud community banks out of more than $30m (£24m) of fraudulent loans

9 Jun 2022