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Business & Accountancy Daily
February 2026
Highlights of February 2026 with the latest tax, accounting and audit insight, including residential landlords under pressure and rethinking ownership, tax adviser registration starts 18 May, EY settles £2bn NMC audit negligence claim out of court, ME Group ‘displeased’ as auditor asks for more time, changes to small LLP disclosure requirements explained, Treasury clarifies use of digital identities for AML checks, higher taxes on sports image rights, golden visas versus retirement visas: tax pros and cons, farm tax and legal planning, Making Tax Digital complexities explained, changes to fair value in IAS 28, BDO partners vote for UK/Ireland firm merger
Articles
Business
- AAB in ‘transformational’ merger with £50m Kreston Reeves
- AAB snaps up Rora from ex-PwC accountants
- Affinia and UHY Hacker Young trio merge in £100m deal
- Armstrong Watson targets growth with specialist service launch
- BDO partners vote for UK Ireland £1.1bn firm merger
- Begbies Traynor rebrands as BTG Consulting
- Cybersecurity risks: what accountants need to do
- Evelyn Partners sold to NatWest in £2.7bn deal
- HaysMac snaps up US tax team from Moore DM
- Multiple shareholders and inheritance tax changes
- Shadow AI: the hidden risk lurking in your finance function
- TC Group signs third deal with MMG in Scotland
- Xeinadin acquires TBL Accountants in Southend
- Xeinadin acquires £9m Grunberg accountants
- ‘Local autonomy is crucial’ for group firms, says Xeinadin head
Finance
- Abrdn property trust hires Grant Thornton for £167k audit
- Another change to FRS 102 accounts
- Auto Trader sticks with KPMG for £590k audit
- CPD module: FRS 102 changes to revenue recognition
- Carillion group CEO fined £237k as ‘acted recklessly’
- Changes to small LLP disclosure requirements explained
- EY settles £2bn NMC audit negligence claim out of court
- FRC updates strategic report so more ‘proportionate’
- IASB consults on clarifying fair value in IAS 28
- Legal updates: tail clauses, engagement letters and advisor fees
- ME Group ‘displeased’ as auditor asks for more time
- Philanthropy at work: setting up a corporate foundation
- Regulator plans to waive UK auditing standards for Chinese companies
- Shell flips back to PwC for £49m audit contract
- Treasury clarifies use of digital identities for AML checks
HR
Tax
- 800k low earners will be dragged into tax, warns TaxAid
- Avoiding tax traps for 40% payers as fiscal drag bites
- California wealth tax and the UK
- Farm tax and legal planning – don’t be complacent
- Golden visas v retirement visas: tax pros and cons
- Hair extension business wins £277k VAT dispute as lack of explanation
- IT consultant ‘failed to take corrective action’ in £32k tax dispute
- Loan charge letters sent to taxpayers
- Lycamobile loses £51m VAT appeal as FTT 'correctly directed itself’
- MTD trial users hit by major payment on account problem
- Moving the goal posts: higher tax on sports image rights
- OECD side-by-side agreement: what it means for Pillar Two compliance
- Payroll warning as state pension age rises
- Pension salary sacrifice: what’s changing and what do I need to do?
- Plan to end access to written tax judgments scrapped
- Q&A: SEIS tax relief and company ceasing to trade
- Q&A: inheritance tax planning and moving abroad
- Q&A: tax liability under foreign income & gains regime
- Q&A: tax relief on purchased goodwill
- R&D tax safeguards from HMRC require careful navigation
- Rate of small employer relief for statutory payments to increase
- Residential landlords under pressure: rethinking ownership
- Tax adviser registration starts 18 May
- Tax filing deadlines: Feb – Aug 2026
- Top 10 tax tips for year end planning
- Ukraine war not excuse to overturn £219k HMRC penalty
- What you need to know: MTD for Income Tax complexities
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