Business &amp; Accountancy Daily

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Business | Menzies expands with Butler & Co merger

Menzies has merged with accounting firm Butler & Co in the second deal of the year

8 Nov 2023

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Tax | Revenue Scotland stops use of email agent comms

Revenue Scotland will no longer accept emails from tax agents and accounts related to the SETS online tax collection system

8 Nov 2023

Tax Compliance

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Tax | HMRC clarifies tax refunds on directors loans

HMRC has updated guidance on how close companies can reclaim tax on directors loans

8 Nov 2023

Business Tax

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Tax | Birmingham umbrella named as tax avoidance promoter

HMRC has warned taxpayers not to sign up to a Birmingham based 1st Choice Umbrella as the agency is paying contractors some of their earnings tax-free

8 Nov 2023

Personal Tax

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Business | Permanent roles down as starting salaries rise

The number of permanent job vacancies is falling despite a rise in starting salaries, according to the KPMG and REC, UK Report on jobs

8 Nov 2023

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| Chelverton hires Johnston Carmichael as auditor

AIM listed Chelverton UK Dividend Trust has appointed Johnston Carmichael LLP as auditors as incumbent firm stops listed audit work

8 Nov 2023

Corporate Governance

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HR | Cooper Parry acquires Creaseys Wealth

Private equity backed Cooper Parry has fully acquired Kent based financial planning firm Creaseys Wealth after an initial joint venture

8 Nov 2023

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Tax | Changes to R&D tax relief cause confusion

Poorly thought-out changes to R&D relief are causing confusion for accountants, tax software providers and companies, warns Blick Rothenberg

8 Nov 2023

Business Tax

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Business | Xeinadin hikes revenue in £30m acquisition drive

Investment from private equity firm Exponent has financed a string of acquisitions at top 20 firm Xeinadin. Derry Crowley, head of the firm talks to Sara White about the challenges of growing so fast

7 Nov 2023

Business | PwC to cut 600 jobs

Big Four accounting firm PwC plans to cut 600 jobs in the UK as a result of ‘lower than normal’ levels of staff turnover

7 Nov 2023

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Business | Carpenter banned over £50k covid loan fraud

The director of a Wolverhampton joinery installation business has been banned for 10 years after fraudulently claiming a £50,000 bounce back loan

7 Nov 2023

Companies

Called to Account

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| Omission of audit reforms ‘very disappointing’

The exclusion of long overdue audit reform from the King’s Speech has been criticised by accountancy bodies, describing it as ‘groundhog day’

7 Nov 2023

Corporate Governance

Finance | FRC waters down changes to Corporate Governance Code

The Financial Reporting Council has abandoned the majority of planned changes to the Corporate Governance Code, including tougher director accountability and reporting on clawbacks for misconduct

7 Nov 2023

Finance

Financial Reporting

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Business | AAB Group appoints Emma Lancaster as chief executive

Emma Lancaster has been named as chief executive of AAB Group replacing Graeme Allan as the accountancy and advisory firm plans more acquisitions

7 Nov 2023

Business | WeWork files for bankruptcy in US

WeWork, the flexible work space provider, has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in the US but will continue to operate as normal in the UK

7 Nov 2023

Companies

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Tax | HMRC loses Euromoney £10.5m corporation tax dispute

Financial publisher Euromoney has won a case at the Court of Appeal over a £10.5m disputed tax bill about whether the proceeds from a stake in a company were stock or taxable cash

6 Nov 2023

HMRC

Case Reports

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| PwC wins £1.3m Severn Trent audit

FTSE 100 water company Severn Trent plc plans to swap auditors after a tender, hiring PwC to take over from Deloitte in two years

6 Nov 2023

Corporate Governance

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Tax | Paper VAT registrations end on 13 November

HMRC will be scrapping paper VAT registrations and mandating online only sign-ups next week

6 Nov 2023

Tax | Hike in directors trying to avoid tax debt by dissolving business

Directors trying to dissolve their own companies to avoid paying debts and tax bills have seen a threefold increase in objections by creditors in the past two years

6 Nov 2023

Tax Compliance

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Tax | Majority of businesses expect taxes to rise

Companies are warning that taxes are likely to rise for businesses after a general election, a marked shift in mood from just four months ago, while HMRC service levels seen as problematic

6 Nov 2023