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Tax | R&D tax relief: what’s changing in April?

Kelly Oakley CTA, associate director at ForrestBrown, unpacks the changes in the pipeline, flagging the complexities of the revamped and merged research and development (R&D) tax regime

8 Feb 2024

Tax | Protein bars are not cakes, rules tribunal

Nutrition bar maker, DuelFuel appealed to the tax tribunal after HMRC said its protein bars could not classified as zero-rated as they not cakes

8 Feb 2024

Tax

VAT

Case Reports

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Tax | Government failed to control £21bn covid fraud

The government needs to take urgent action to prevent a repeat of the high level of fraud perpetrated during covid should another emergency crisis hit the country

8 Feb 2024

Tax

Politics

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Business | Confidence among accountants’ plummets

The UK confidence index for accountants has not been positive since the beginning of the war in Ukraine, reveals latest research from ACCA

8 Feb 2024

Business

Accountancy Firms

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Business | Deloitte to cut 100 jobs in deals advisory team

Deloitte is the latest Big Four firm to announce redundancies in the corporate finance team as demand for M&A advisory work slows down

8 Feb 2024

Business

Accountancy Firms

Careers

Leadership & Management

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| Plan for final sign-off date for overdue local audits

The government is proposing to give local authorities a break on their overdue audits by effectively allowing them to close incomplete audits to reduce the backlog

8 Feb 2024

Corporate Governance

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Business | Ex KPMG Melanie Richards hired as Azets chair

Azets has appointed Melanie Richards CBE as chair replacing Gordon Hurst, who stepped down in December after three years

8 Feb 2024

Business

Accountancy Firms

Leadership & Management

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Tax | Taxpayer fined for filing tax returns 500 days late

A taxpayer has lost an appeal related to a demand for £1,400 in penalties for late income tax self assessment forms which were filed years late

7 Feb 2024

Tax | Q&A: interest in possession trust and tax liability

In this week’s Q&A, Croner-i tax advice consultant Kyra Jacobs, explains the best approach when dealing with an interest in possession trust and inheritance tax issues

7 Feb 2024

Tax | ICAEW criticises ‘extreme waiting times’ on HMRC phones

HMRC needs more resources to improve digital services if it continues to withdraw phone support for accountants as service quality is ‘unacceptable’

7 Feb 2024

Tax

HMRC

Politics

Tax | HMRC failure to notify penalties raise £31m

Action to crack down on tax avoidance has seen HMRC pursue nearly 60,000 taxpayers with failure to notify penalties

7 Feb 2024

| Half of academy schools are in deficit

Academy schools are using up more of their reserves as 47% reported a deficit of reserves in the last year as funding is squeezed

7 Feb 2024

Business

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Business | Matt Meadows to replace Penfold at Moore

Private equity backed Moore Kingston Smith has appointed Matt Meadows as managing partner following a partner vote

7 Feb 2024

Business

Accountancy Firms

Careers

Leadership & Management

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| Deloitte wins £23m ING Bank audit

Dutch listed ING plans to change auditors with the appointment of Deloitte, replacing Big Four firm KPMG

7 Feb 2024

Corporate Governance

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Business | Three men commit £318k chicken fraud

A group of poultry workers have been found guilty of fraudulently supplying £318,000 worth of chicken to a company which was not a client

7 Feb 2024

Business

Called to Account

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Business | Police consultant sentenced for £42k fraud

A consultant who faked payments to peers and defrauded the Police Federation of £42,000 for personal use has been given a suspended sentence

7 Feb 2024

Business

Called to Account

Business | Electric van company hits the wall

Commercial vehicle maker Arrival UK has gone into administration following the appointment of restructuring experts at EY-Parthenon

7 Feb 2024

Business

Restructuring & Insolvency

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Tax | HMRC targets undeclared dividend payments

Company directors suspected of earning dividends without declaring their taxable income are being contacted by HMRC

6 Feb 2024

Business | Private equity firms view audit as 'steady income'

Investment from private equity into accountancy firms is driving M&A activity across the sector with audit considered as a 'great disruption'

6 Feb 2024

Finance | Revolution Beauty boss to pay £2.9m settlement

AIM listed Revolution Beauty has reached a settlement agreement with former CEO and founder after problems with the 2022 audit

6 Feb 2024

Finance

Financial Reporting

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Business | Adventurer investigated for £100k potential fraud

A police probe has been opened into an adventure firm that charged 30 trekkers £100,000 to climb Mt Kilimanjaro and did not pay suppliers for the trip

6 Feb 2024

Business

Called to Account