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Business | Trial date set for tax evasion case against Stockport accountants

The first ever case involving the corporate criminal offence of facilitating tax evasion has been brought against a Stockport accountancy firm by HMRC with trial date set for 2027

15 Aug 2025

Tax | Debunking TikTok tax myths

With over 12,000 TikTok posts offering tax advice, accountant issues warning about swathe of misleading tax advice and unverified content

15 Aug 2025

Business | Scottish finance director filed £1.5m in false VAT returns

The finance director of a century-old Scottish agricultural machinery business has been banned after under-declaring VAT to HMRC by more than £1.5m

15 Aug 2025

HR | Managing employee grievances

Stacie Cheadle, Croner-i technical writer, looks at what employers of all sizes can do to manage grievances in their organisation

15 Aug 2025

HR

Work

Careers

Leadership & Management

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Tax | HMRC warns companies miscalculating tax marginal relief

HMRC is running a one-to-many letter campaign targeting companies that have miscalculated corporation tax marginal relief in their company tax returns

15 Aug 2025

Business | People in the news: Peninsula, Cowgills, RSM

In this week’s career moves, partner promotions and hires at RSM, Moore Kingston Smith, Cowgills, Old Mill, Peninsula Group, Adnams, Wbg, FRP, Daymer, REC

15 Aug 2025

Leadership & Management

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Tax | 864k landlords and self employed dragged into MTD

With just seven months to go until mandatory Making Tax Digital (MTD) for Income Tax, HMRC has confirmed that 864,000 landlords and self employed will be caught by the quarterly reporting rules from day one

14 Aug 2025

Business | Claire’s Accessories latest high street casualty

Another stalwart of the high street, teen jewellery and ear piercing retailer Claire’s Accessories has succumbed to fierce online rivals after tough trading puts over 2,000 jobs at risk

14 Aug 2025

Business

Companies

Restructuring & Insolvency

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Business | MHA revenue shoots to £212m as IPO pays off

AIM listed MHA is on track to bowl its way into the Top 10 accountancy firms after UK revenue topped £212m as CEO, Rakesh Shaunak, shares his confidence with Business & Accountancy Daily

14 Aug 2025

Business

Accountancy Firms

Private Equity

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Business | UK growth figures a mirage, warn experts

After consecutive falls in growth figures, June GDP bounced back by 0.4% meaning over the last three months the economy grew by 0.3% helped on with all three of the main sectors showing growth

14 Aug 2025

Business

Companies

Accountancy Firms

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Business | Care home manager jailed for stealing £13.5k

A long serving employee of care homes has been jailed after taking advantage of a disabled resident to steal thousands of pounds

14 Aug 2025

Business

Called to Account

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Finance | FRC plans shake up of audit inspections

The Financial Reporting Council (FRC) is consulting on a major overhaul of audit oversight with fewer reviews of large firm audits and graded file inspections

14 Aug 2025

Tax | Is inheritance tax in the chancellor’s crosshairs?

Budget speculation is already gathering, and inheritance tax seems to be the talk of the town as the attention shifts from ISA reform to IHT

13 Aug 2025

Tax

Inheritance Tax

HMRC

Finance | Moore Kingston Smith quits GST audit over crypto ‘risk profile’

Moore Kingston Smith resigns as auditor of listed fintech GSTechnologies after reviewing risk profile following audit delays, citing client involvement with cryptocurrency trading and assets

13 Aug 2025

Finance

Auditing

Corporate Governance

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Tax | 165k whistleblowers tip off HMRC on tax cheats

Whistleblower numbers are up by nearly 10% in a year but the quality of tips appears to be falling as only £882,000 was paid out by HMRC

13 Aug 2025

Tax

HMRC

Tax Compliance

Tax | Company car tax – the pros and cons

An ever changing tax landscape means buying a company car could be one of the least tax efficient methods of ownership, explains Cheryl Sharp, CEO, Pink Pig Financial

13 Aug 2025

Business | Benefits fraudster jailed after stealing over £100k

A woman has been jailed after she lied about living alone while claiming job seeker’s allowance (JSA), housing benefits, council tax benefit and support allowance

13 Aug 2025

Business

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