Nexia International, the worldwide network of independent accounting and consulting firms, has reported its financial results for 2016 which show a 4% rise in total fee income, to hit $3.2bn (£2.58m)

Chancellor Philip Hammond is coming under pressure to offer further concessions in the Budget next month to the planned hike in business rates, after Conservative MPs joined business groups and major retailers in a public outcry against the impact of new valuations, the first in seven years

Given its dubious black economy origins, initially there was widespread distrust of Blockchain among audit and accounting circles. But it could change audit radically if it is adopted by larger businesses and auditors are forced to review their technical capability, reports Calum Fuller

Newly formed Ham Baker Group Limited, backed by Birmingham-based equity fund, Intrinsic Equity, has acquired the shares in five solvent subsidiaries of F J Holdings Limited and the trade and assets of the Flow division from administrators at FRP Advisory, safeguarding more than 130 jobs

The European Financial Reporting Advisory Group (EFRAG) is consulting on its assessment of IFRIC Interpretation 22 Foreign Currency Transactions and Advance Consideration (IFRIC 22) against the endorsement criteria in the IAS regulation

The Office of Tax Simplification (OTS) is looking for people to join its team, and is advertising for up to three tax professionals with current or recent experience in the private sector or within government to join as senior policy advisers

Matthew Stallabrass, partner in the corporate team at Crowe Clark Whitehill, considers how Brexit may affect the future use of key accounting standards in the UK from FRS 102 - new UK GAAP - to International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) 

At the heart of every deal is a Sale & Purchase Agreement (SPA) that defines the terms of the transaction, the basis for deriving the final consideration and the price adjustment mechanism on which the seller and purchaser should both agree. Co-heads of Grant Thornton's SPA advisory team Patrick O'Brien and Nick Andrews explain how they are changing

In the latest accountancy jobs moves, RSM bolsters forensics team with director hire, Moore Stephens snaps up private client partner and The Works secures ex PwC corporate finance specialist for board position

PwC is warning that the current clamour for reform of executive pay will not achieve its aims because of a lack of robust evidence and says more needs to be done to ensure a new approach is based on realistic assessment of pay and performance

Plans to crackdown on abuse of the VAT Flat Rate Scheme (FRS) may be ineffective and have unwelcome consequences for tax compliant small businesses, claims CIOT

Internationally mobile employees are being penalised as they often have to pay double tax, while  complex tax treaties leave them out of pocket and there is a lack of clarity on pensions and social security payments, according to a study of international tax practitioners around the world, conducted by Blick Rothenberg