Business & Accountancy Daily

October 2024
Highlights from October 2024, including Budget tax measures at a glance, £627k tax assessments deemed invalid at tribunal, HMRC chief Jim Harra to retire, right to switch off unnecessary burden for accountants, how to prepare for an HMRC dawn raid, and string of accountancy firm mergers and acquistions
Articles
Business
- Armstrong Watson acquires Parkhill Mackie
- BK Plus snaps up Haines Watts High Wycombe
- BK Plus snaps up duo of Scottish firms
- Big Four complete audit service line restructure
- Companies House sets date for rollout of ID verification
- Companies face £5bn annual bill for upgraded employee rights
- Cooper Parry drives growth with double acquisition
- Evelyn Partners acquires ReSolve Advisory
- FRP Advisory acquires Globalview valuation firm
- First Code of Conduct for Directors emphasises integrity
- Gravita snaps up £8m Critchleys
- HW Fisher joins PE-backed Sumer in surprise move
- How two accountancy firms run apprenticeship programmes
- Labour drops plan to redefine size of SMEs
- Lack of guidance on business transition to net zero
- Not every private equity opportunity is the right one
- Penalties for Companies House non-compliance start at £250
- RSM revenue exceeds £500m for first time
- Streets merges with Spenser Wilson
- Streets merges with fintech VFO Mitch Consulting
- Top 75 Firms Trainees Survey: building a talent pipeline
Finance
- CPD module: ISA (UK) 600 Revised – Group Audits
- Clara hires RSM to audit pension superfund
- Crowe resigns £136k Syme fintech audit
- FRC releases 2025 UK Taxonomy Suite
- Gold miner auditor resigns over ‘shortfalls’
- How accountants can register as an ACSP at Companies House
- How to conduct a mid-year financial review
- Investors urge companies to use ISSB sustainability standards
- Mirriad hires Cooper Parry for £148k listed audit
- Revenue recognition standard has ‘no fatal flaws’
- Six months left to pay missing NI to state pension
- Sustainability assurance fees too expensive
- Tips and advice on controlling credit and cashflow
- What is the role of the company secretary?
HR
- Aged 57 is ‘too old’ to hire, say recruiters
- Dealing with parental bereavement leave
- How to deal with serial grievance makers
- ICAEW revamps ACA training to improve relevance
- Right to switch off ‘unnecessary burden’ for accountants
- What changes to probation periods are planned?
- Why employers must comply with sexual harassment law
Tax
- Bathroom access to annexe scuppers £64k MDR claim
- British Virgin Islands tax promotor slapped with stop notice
- Budget 2024: SDLT hiked by 2% for second properties
- Budget 2024: employers national insurance up 1.2%
- Budget 2024: pensions will be charged inheritance tax
- Budget at a glance: what you need to know
- Divorce, tax and HNWs: what are the risks?
- Fishing fan wins £70k tax dispute over use of island
- France hits £200k plus earners with tax hike
- HMRC chief Jim Harra to retire
- HMRC launches multiple agent support for MTD
- HMRC reverts to paper submissions for P87 expenses claims
- HMRC wins £55k ATED dispute over Belgravia mansion
- How to prepare for an HMRC dawn raid
- Indoor pool annexe not separate dwelling for £81k MDR
- Phantom GDPR fines cannot be written off for tax
- Plan to cut written tax tribunal rulings ‘false economy’
- Q&A: claiming Gift Aid relief on your tax return
- Q&A: tax and stockpiled gains in family trust
- Q&A: tax and transfer of interest in partnership
- Q&A: tax deductible if company funds lost through fraud?
- Takeaway boss excuses to not pay £158k tax ‘not credible’
- Tax filing deadlines: Oct 2024 to Jan 2025
- Warning not to use LLP disguised employment schemes
- What is fallout from PGMOL football referee tax decision?
- What you need to know: VAT and property conversions
- Why do people still do paper tax returns?
- Why do so many R&D tax relief claims fail at tribunal?
- Win for CFC tax regime as ruled not state aid
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