Ireland has the most effective tax system in the EU with its 12.5% corporate tax on profits, substantially lower than the 40.3% average across the region, according to the latest global tax monitor produced by PwC and the World Bank

The European Commission has unveiled proposals for a set of European rules on business insolvency, which include support for early restructuring and a three-year discharge from debt, in a bid reduce levels of bankruptcy and job losses and encourage start-up entrepreneurs

Following the High Court’s ruling on triggering Article 50, beating economic uncertainty takes more robust planning and risk management explains Dee Houchen, senior director at Oracle

The National Audit Office (NAO) has published a departmental overview on HMRC’s finances and performance during 2015-16, bringing together the findings of its reports during the year and highlighting ongoing concerns

US president-elect Donald Trump has released a video outlining his plans for his first 100 days in office, which include immediate withdrawal from negotiations on the trans-Pacific partnership (TPP) trade deal, but omit any mention of his campaign pledges to overhaul the US tax regime

Simon Plant and Daniel Plant, directors at insolvency practitioner SFP and joint administrators, have completed a sale of the business and assets of Pixel Projects Ltd (Pixel), a multi-national audio visual (AV) specialist which was in financial difficulties, saving the jobs of all 34 employees in the process

Leicester City’s unexpected winning streak to grab the Premier League title last season has had a significant boost on the local economy and generated over £78m in tax revenues, according to research by EY

Growth in bonuses is outstripping average salary increases for accountants as they earned  an average 12% bonus over the last year,  as organisations prioritise retaining top accounting talent, reveals research from CIMA and recruiter Global Accounting Network 

Martin Beck, senior UK economist at Oxford Economics, looks at how the economy has been able to withstand a politically volatile year in what has not been a good year for the economics profession. Dire warnings that a vote to leave the EU would trigger immediate economic pain proved wide of the mark 

The Treasury has approved the release of funds for a 10-year overhaul of Buckingham Palace which will see a modernisation programme to update dilapidated electricals and heating systems with work set to start in April 2017

The government will be unable to introduce tax breaks for companies looking to invest in the UK until long after the withdrawal from the EU is complete, according to Germany’s finance minister Wolfgang Schauble