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Tax | Preparing for probate: documents executors need

Making sure clients have all their documents in order, either online or physically stored, will help the probate process and be invaluable to executors, explains Caroline Foulger, partner at Hunters Law LLP

20 Apr 2026

Tax

Inheritance Tax

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Finance | Saffery pays £71m to settle Greensill audit claim out of court

Top 20 audit firm Saffery LLP pays multimillion settlement agreement to administrators of collapsed Greensill Capital over audit failures

20 Apr 2026

Finance

Auditing

Corporate Governance

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Finance | Lack of finance audit trail with ‘black box AI’

Black box AI is being adopted faster than the controls to govern it, creating new risks for financial reporting, warns Gavin McGahey, co-founder of AccountsIQ

20 Apr 2026

Finance

Financial Reporting

Corporate Governance

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HR | Accountancy salaries up 4.3% but far fewer graduate jobs

Average salary growth tracks slightly below UK average but staff in demand given double figure increases with accounts receivable and project accountants benefiting most, but huge gender pay gap remains, finds Reed salary tracker

20 Apr 2026

HR

Work

Leadership & Management

Careers

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Business | TFL employee jailed for £649k HMRC tax rebate fraud

Married couple stole personal employee data of hundreds of Transport for London workers to claim false tax rebates stealing £649,000 from HMRC

20 Apr 2026

Business

Called to Account

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Finance | Updated Academies Accounts Direction 2025-26 released

Revised accounting rules for academy schools for 2025-26 accounts now available with clarifications on related party transactions and employment benefits disclosures

20 Apr 2026

Finance | Why CPD cannot be a tick-box exercise for accountants

CPD should be treated as a comprehensive and career-long strategy as a static skillset is no longer sufficient, if it ever was, says Jonathan Barber, executive director – UK, Institute of Financial Accountants

17 Apr 2026

Business | Horsebox director guilty of £300k fraud was ‘prolific liar’

Swindon ‘bespoke horsebox' seller stole £300,000 while lying about delays and selling boxes under outstanding finance agreements

17 Apr 2026

Business

Companies

Called to Account

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Business | US tariff refund claim process goes live on 20 April

Following the overturning of Liberation Day US tariffs, US Customs & Border Protection issues details on refund process via new online portal

17 Apr 2026

HR | People in the news: AAB, Blick Rothenberg, S&W

In this week’s career moves, partner promotions and hires at AAB, S&W, Blick Rothenberg, Saffery, PwC, RSM, Crowe, Hurst, Alvarez & Marsal, PKF Smith Cooper, CIPD

17 Apr 2026

HR

Leadership & Management

Careers

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Tax | 95% of accountants say clients ‘increasingly’ struggle to pay tax

As company insolvencies jump 7% month-on-month, accountants report clients are ‘increasingly struggling’ to pay tax bills with corporation tax fuelling woes

17 Apr 2026

Business | Franco Manca to slice restaurants in CVA

Italian pizza restaurant bought by Japanese private equity firm Toridoll to close sites due to high inflation, rising prices, and increase in hiring costs

17 Apr 2026

Business

Companies

Restructuring & Insolvency

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| Accountants spend 20 hours a month keying in data

Hiring trainees ‘a tale of great expectations’ as young accountants hate spending 20 hours a month on menial inputting of data due to lack of integrated accounting systems

17 Apr 2026

HR | Managing stress in the workplace

Stress Awareness Month is the ideal time to make sure healthy work-life balance policies are in place to support employees

17 Apr 2026

HR

Work

Leadership & Management

Careers

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Tax | HMRC clarifies MTD exemption rules and year one waiver

Following some confusion about exemptions to Making Tax Digital for Income Tax, HMRC updates guidance to clarify situation for those claiming averaging relief in year one waiver

16 Apr 2026

Business | Accounting sector booms as GDP up 0.5% in ‘pre-war pick up’

‘Rear-view mirror stuff’ as economy grows more than forecast before war in Iran broke out with accounting and tax services growing by 3.7%

16 Apr 2026

Business

Accountancy Firms

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Business | PwC merges consulting and risk divisions in major overhaul

Changing market for consulting and risk, coupled with client demand for quicker response times and more integrated services, sees PwC merge service lines in biggest restructure for years

16 Apr 2026

Leadership & Management

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Tax | Higher earners gained most from £23bn Help to Buy

Scheme championed by former chancellor George Osborne mostly helped higher earners in cheaper areas buy their first property, says IFS

16 Apr 2026

Tax

Property Tax

Politics

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Finance | How to correct wrong date of birth at Companies House

Companies House warns companies to check details for dates of birth of directors and person with significant control (PSC) as ID verification requirements highlights problem with wrong information

16 Apr 2026

Finance

Corporate Governance