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HMRC

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Tax | EU plans mandatory e-invoices from 2024

The EU is planning to introduce mandatory e-invoicing for businesses that operate cross-border, including third party countries like the UK

8 Dec 2022

VAT

Tax Compliance

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Tax | Taxpayer wins HMRC dispute over higher rate child benefit

A taxpayer has won a case at the Court of Appeal over HMRC’s use of discovery assessments to assess whether the higher rate child benefit charge was payable

8 Dec 2022

Personal Tax

Case Reports

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Tax | Subway owner loses £45k VAT appeal

A Subway franchisee has lost a First Tier Tribunal (FTT) appeal over a dispute with HMRC relating to incorrect VAT charges

8 Dec 2022

Business | Starting pay still on the rise for job seekers

Candidate shortages and economic uncertainty weighed on permanent job recruitment in November, according to KPMG and REC jobs report

8 Dec 2022

Companies

Tax | One in four set to pay 40% tax rate

Another 742,000 workers could become 40% taxpayers next year due to the tax threshold freeze, pulling nearly a quarter of taxpayers into higher rate tax

8 Dec 2022

Tax | Top 100 Group companies paid £81.5bn in tax

Some of the UK’s largest 100 companies paid £81.5bn in tax during the 2021/22 financial year, according to a PwC study

8 Dec 2022

Finance | Tips and advice: UK GAAP and IFRS year end accounting

Rachel Farris FCA CTA and Sarah Baxendale FCA explain the critical issues to bear in mind when completing accounts for December 2022 year end reporters

7 Dec 2022

Business | KPMG UK fined $2m after staff cheat in tests

The US audit regulator has fined KPMG UK $2.6m (£2.14m) over failures to prevent cheating on tests for mandatory internal training courses and use of non-affiliated firms in Romania

7 Dec 2022

Careers

Leadership & Management

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Tax | Plymouth and South Devon freeport gets green light

The Plymouth and South Devon freeport has received final government approval, with £25m in seed funding

7 Dec 2022

Budget

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| Third of audits by smaller firms require improvement

The Financial Reporting Council (FRC) has announced new supervision measures to support smaller audit firms to improve their audit quality and share of the market

7 Dec 2022

Corporate Governance

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Tax | Book a place on our HMRC R&D enquiry webinar

Find out more about how to deal with an HMRC enquiry at our webinar hosted by expert speaker Mark Doodney on 13 December

7 Dec 2022

Tax | Trump Organization faces $1.6m fine for tax fraud

The Trump Organization has been found guilty of criminal tax fraud after prosecutors accused the company of running a scheme to defraud tax authorities for 15 years

7 Dec 2022

Business | Director misled bank over turnover to get covid loan

Restaurant and fashion bosses have been banned for misconduct including bounce back loan abuse and failure to keep company accounts

7 Dec 2022

Companies

Restructuring & Insolvency

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Tax | Avoid the tax traps when giving money to children

As the cost of living crisis intensifies, shoring up the financial future of your children and other young family members has never felt more important but beware the tax traps, explains Alice Haine, personal finance analyst at Bestinvest

6 Dec 2022

Tax | HMRC opens regional hub in Cardiff

Tŷ William Morgan, the HMRC regional hub in Cardiff, has been officially opened by David TC Davies MP, secretary of state for Wales

6 Dec 2022

HMRC

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Tax | Clothing retailer loses £190k tax dispute

The owner of a clothing business has lost an appeal in the First Tier Tribunal (FTT) against penalty assessments related to the submission of inaccurate VAT returns

6 Dec 2022

Business | NHS pension overhaul brings tax changes

Changes to pension rules for NHS staff including doctors and nurses will remove some of the tax barriers preventing staff from working

6 Dec 2022

Pensions

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HR | One in five accountants worried about job security

Accountants feel their careers are being hampered by the cost of living crisis, with some even worried about losing their jobs

6 Dec 2022

Careers

Leadership & Management

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Business | Smith Cooper financial arm rebrands as Everlong

Midlands-based financial advisory firm Smith Cooper Independent Financial Solutions has rebranded as Everlong Wealth

6 Dec 2022

Careers

Leadership & Management

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Business | Taskforce recovers £400m from fraud probes

More than £400m of taxpayers’ money has been saved as the government clamps down on tax and benefits fraud

6 Dec 2022

Business | Xeinadin acquires accountants Graham Paul

Xeinadin Group has expanded further with the acquisition of Welsh based accountancy firm, Graham Paul

6 Dec 2022

Companies