Business & Accountancy Daily
April 2025
Hightlights from April 2025 including changes to company size thresholds, sustainability standard review already, payrolling of benefits in kind, analysis of the best tax cases, ID verificatio for company directors in soft rollout, plus free CPD module on changes to company size thresholds
Articles
Business
- Armstrong Watson merges with Martin Aitken in Glasgow
- Cybercrime - why accountants are first line of defence
- DJH snaps up McBrides in first southern deal
- Ex EY boss to set up PE backed accountancy firm
- Forvis Mazars revenue up 8% at £362.4m
- Grant Thornton partner pay hits £682k
- How the US tariffs will work in practice
- Lubbock Fine opens first Berlin office
- MHA lists on AIM despite interested PE investors
- TC Group snaps up four Haines Watts firms
- UK exports hit with 10% US tariffs
- Voluntary ID verification for directors goes live
- Why do so few women lead accountancy firms?
- Wilson Partners snaps up Max Accountants
- Xeinadin acquires trio of accountancy firms
Finance
- CPD module: changes to company size thresholds
- Charity accounting SORP rules set for overhaul
- Derecognition of financial assets under FRS 102
- EY faces FRC probe over Post Office audits
- EY fined £350k for breaking tender rules on SWSF audit
- EY fined £5m for serious failures on Thomas Cook audits
- Fintech Syme delays accounts due to audit problems
- Firms will have to report details of risky audit contract wins
- Government signs off creation of Local Audit Office
- ICAEW updates code of ethics for accountants
- Legal updates: expert determination set aside due to ‘manifest error’
- Mothercare hires RPGCC for £100k audit
- Regulator clarifies charity trustee payment rules
- Springfield hires Johnston Carmichael for £198k audit
- Sustainability standard IFRS S2 to be simplified already
- Tagging on iXBRL accounts needs improvement
- What you need to know: changes to company size thresholds
- Wyelands director fined £72k for ‘serious lack of diligence’
HR
Tax
- Billionaire property developer wins £1.9m SDLT case
- Black box supplier loses £2m VAT dispute for third time
- Compulsory payrolling of benefits in kind delayed
- Consultancy firm’s ‘carelessness’ upholds £73k assessment
- Disqualified director wins £145k director’s loan appeal
- Diverted profits tax for tech giants to be replaced
- Furnished holiday let estate loses £1.1m IHT appeal
- HICBC penalties fall from £7m to £23k
- HMRC chases Canadian taxpayer for £600
- Higher company thresholds will affect IR35
- Landlords told not to use LLP tax avoidance scheme
- Millionaire loses £9.9m Caledonian tax scheme appeal
- National insurance hike to 15% kicks in from 6 April
- Q&A: capital gains tax and anti-forestalling
- Q&A: residence nil rate band and inheritance tax
- Q&A: tax and amortisation relief on historic goodwill
- Q&A: tax breaks of marriage allowance
- Q&A: tax, RSUs and internationally mobile employees
- South Kensington mansion deemed residential for £500k SDLT bill
- Tax bill for £1.5m Hayling Island property as annexe not mixed use
- Tax changes from 1 April
- Tax changes from 6 April
- Tax filing deadlines: Apr to Oct 2025
- Tax tips: seven stages of self employment
- What are subcontracted activities for SME R&D tax relief?
- What is a competent professional in an HMRC R&D enquiry?
- ‘Exceptional circumstances’ in the statutory residence test
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