A Chinese national behind a multibillion pound Bitcoin fraud in the UK given lengthy jail sentence after judge says ‘scale of money laundering is unprecedented’, reports Jacob Grattage
Over half of business leaders hold off on new hires due to major concerns about impact and cost of government’s flagship Employment Rights Bill, saying it is having a ‘chilling effect’
Former employees of FTSE listed mining giant Glencore charged for conspiring to make corrupt payments with three accused of falsifying documents sent to accounts team
In this week’s Q&A, Kiya Jacobs, tax adviser at Croner-i VIP Tax Team, explains timing issues of using business property relief (BPR) before £1m cap comes into effect
Adoption of ISO 20022 has been rather slow with majority of businesses and banks not yet signed up to the cross border payment system. Peter Wolf, managing director, treasury services at Serrala assesses the pros and cons
The Financial Reporting Council (FRC) publishes guidance for reporters to help with adoption of overhauled and less stringent UK Stewardship Code, in first revision for six years
Work location has the potential to dramatically increase exposure to tax and employment law regulations, while even triggering permanent establishment rules, warns Davyd Fisher, partner at Grant Thornton
After delaying the original mandatory reporting rollout by a year, HMRC calls in payroll expert for 18-month secondment to help with development of mandatory payroll expensing for businesses
Greg McNally, managing partner at VITA, puts the case for a radical approach to the VAT threshold to allow HMRC to focus on large company compliance and leave small businesses alone