The top 15 accountancy firm aspires to reach revenue of £500m and muscle its way into the top 10 with its plans to expand into Glasgow, and the north east and south west of England
The Court of Appeal has thrown out a VAT claim by a provider of black box telemetry systems for young drivers, rejecting £2m claim for input tax refund, saying to rule otherwise would be ‘height of artificiality’
The National Crime Agency (NCA) has issued its first Silver Notice to attempt to trace the assets of a convicted fraudster who tried to sell of properties owned by unaware victims
Internal fraud at the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) is another thorn in the government’s side as it tries to tackle external benefit fraud as well as those from within its own ranks
In this week’s Q&A, our Croner-i tax adviser explains the ins and outs of claims for the marriage allowance, backdating options and implications of divorce
The regulator has fined EY a total of £357,500 after it broke audit tender rules by exceeding 10-year limit for a listed company contract, which proved a costly mistake
The banking regulator is urging banks to improve the way they support customers who need to access funds in event of bereavement or power of attorney registration
Annexe of a five-bed house in Hayling Island cannot be used as a separate dwelling as it does not have amenities fit for living and ‘not reasonable’ for guests to use the property’s pool room
High interest rates and frozen personal savings allowance means that more than a million extra savers could be caught by having to pay tax, as HMRC letters land on doormats
Azhar Rana, partner at PKF Littlejohn, examines the FRS 102 accounting principles of debt securitisation and derecognition of financial assets and how to avoid the pitfalls
For anyone working in stressful accounting and finance jobs, managing stress at work and providing the right support to staff is vital, explains Stacie Cheadle, content consultant at Croner-i
Jeremy Hunt has been knighted in Rishi Sunak’s resignation honours list as is former Treasury secretary Mel Stride, who at one time had responsibility for HMRC and the loan charge
In this week’s career moves, partner promotions and hires at RSM, Robson Laidler, Clayton & Brewill, Azets, HaysMac, RT Marke, Bishop Fleming, AAT, IFAC, FCA
Tim Pinkney, director of professional standards at the Institute of Financial Accountants (IFA) runs through the key deadlines that will impact clients
Over the last seven years there has been a 59% increase in licensed accountants, particularly those under 34 years, leaving salaried jobs to set up their own tax and accountancy practices
As the 2024/25 tax year closed the latest REC and KPMG report on jobs shows businesses are continuing to be reluctant when it comes to hiring while ‘pay pressures remain historically subdued’
After months of tepid growth, GDP rose 0.5% in February across all main sectors, with manufacturing and public sector construction spend picking up, in a surprise positive for the economy