In a bonfire of regulations, chancellor Rachel Reeves plans sweeping changes to corporate reporting requirements for small to medium sized businesses to cut ‘pointless red tape’
Sarah Beale, chief executive of the AAT, says the UK cannot afford to fall behind on finance and accounting skills as work readiness of younger hires declines and complexities of traditional employment become a growing barrier
Pizza Hut has been sold in a prepack deal to US hospitality giant saving only 64 restaurants after private equity backed owner faced HMRC winding up petition
Tax take for September hit £71.2bn, up an eye watering £7.7bn on the same time last year, highlighting the shocking impact of soaring tax rates and fiscal drag
In this week’s Q&A, Marsha Haywood, adviser at Croner-i VIP Tax Team, explains liability for higher rate stamp duty land tax on replacement of main residence by spouse
High street discount giant B&M has identified £7m accounting error for freight charges, hitting projected profits and resulting in the imminent departure of CFO
Online services at HMRC were knocked out by global outage of Amazon Web Services (AWS) for several hours on Monday morning, putting burden on phone lines
Mid-tier firms need to pay attention as private equity investors target low hanging fruit, selling the opportunity to scale fast but finding the right partner is crucial, explains Simon Read, managing director of Accountants for Sale
Evangelical Christian charity operated ‘ad hoc, ill-defined’ financial controls and had more than 100 bank accounts, leading to serious financial mismanagement
The days of senior partners riding on earlier success don’t really cut it these days, Heather Townsend, founder of The Accountants’ Growth Club, so what does it take to get every fee-earning partner at the firm winning new business
Finance director of timeshare business given two-year suspended sentence for involvement in a £28m timeshare fraud as judge said she was 'enthralled to' her husband, who masterminded the scheme
In this week’s career moves, partner promotions and hires at Crowe, BDO, VITA, Wbg, Blick Rothenberg, Azets, ForrestBrown, Albert Goodman, Robson Laidler
Directors on PAYE are being warned to check their National Insurance contributions (NICs) are correctly calculated to reflect any changes to previous tax years as two cuts in rate occurred