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Business | Are modern accountancy exams robust enough?

Gail Boag, executive director of learning at ICAS explains the importance of new, refreshed and modern syllabuses amidst some scepticism about their robustness

12 Aug 2025

Business | Former EY partner loses ‘sham’ loan agreement case

A former EY managing partner and head of tax in the UK has lost a case at the High Court as declarations of trust related to properties, earnings and loan agreements were ‘sham’, designed to move money into wife’s control out of reach of bankruptcy trustees

12 Aug 2025

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Restructuring & Insolvency

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Tax | Delays see ADR tax cases take longer to resolve

The number of alternative dispute resolution (ADR) cases missing HMRC’s four-month resolution target has more than doubled in just 12 months

12 Aug 2025

Business | MHA completes £20m Baker Tilly Cyprus acquisition

AIM listed MHA has finalised the acquisition of Baker Tilly South-East Europe Holdings Limited, its first deal since the IPO earlier this year

12 Aug 2025

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Tax | Q&A: tax and employee homeworking expenses

In this week’s Q&A, Andrew Gilderdale, VIP Tax Team adviser at Croner-i, explains the tax issues to consider when paying homeworking costs when HMRC comes to call

12 Aug 2025

Business | Revised Insolvency Code of Ethics launched

An updated Code of Ethics for insolvency practitioners focusing on professional behaviour, mindset and use of technology comes into effect from October

12 Aug 2025

Business

Companies

Restructuring & Insolvency

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Tax | Tax deadline to opt out of winter fuel payments

HMRC has set a cut-off date of mid September for pensioners to opt out of winter fuel payments to avoid tax clawback of whole amount

12 Aug 2025

Business | HMRC must disclose use of AI in R&D claims

A taxpayer has won a case about transparency at the tribunal after challenging HMRC’s refusal to disclose whether AI was used to assess R&D claims

11 Aug 2025

Finance | GAAP lease accounting changes hit balance sheet

Andrew Watkinson, managing director at CPiO, explains why UK businesses with operating leases need to prepare for impact on balance sheet with change to right of use (ROU) assets under FRS 102

11 Aug 2025

HR | Avoid burnout, monitor and enforce breaks

UK professionals are struggling with burnout. It’s important to keep an eye on your employees, enforce regular breaks and make it a part of your culture. Here’s some handy tips for employers

11 Aug 2025

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Leadership & Management

Finance | ASOS hires KPMG for £1.6m audit

Online clothing giant ASOS has changed auditors with the appointment of KPMG, replacing incumbent Big Four firm

11 Aug 2025

Finance

Auditing

Corporate Governance

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Business | Private sector hiring stalls as tax bills mount

Hiring intentions among private sector companies remain at a record low with younger staff, entry level and new graduates worst affected

11 Aug 2025

Tax | Number of people paying dividend tax doubles

Nearly four million people are expected to pay dividend tax this year, with one in five higher rate taxpayers caught in the net as the tax-free allowance is whittled down

11 Aug 2025

Tax | Register for webinar on pensions and benefits in kind

Sign up for our webinar on pensions, exemptions and benefits in kind on 12 August

11 Aug 2025

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Training & CPD

HR | Are unpaid internships lawful?

The Government has committed to banning unpaid internships, and in pursuit of that it has issued a call for evidence seeking information from interested stakeholders on their use, says Stacie Cheadle

8 Aug 2025

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Work

Careers

Leadership & Management

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Tax | Taxing income from wealth, rather than work

We are already seeing renewed focus on the language used by parliamentarians in defining where the line is drawn on the government’s commitments on tax, says Chris Etherington

8 Aug 2025

Tax

HMRC

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HR | People in the news: HaysMac, Kreston Global, PKF

In this week’s career moves, partner promotions and hires at HaysMac, Kreston Reeves, PKF Francis Clark, Global Reporting Initiative

8 Aug 2025

HR

Careers

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Business | Sage partners with the English Football League

Championing the partnership is Gary Neville as Sage and the English Football League (EFL) join forces and announce a competition for a small business to win a ‘bespoke sponsorship’

8 Aug 2025

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