Hans Hoogervost, chair of the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) is the latest high profile executive to come under fire over the size of his remuneration package, with a leading member of the European parliament’s economic affairs committee (ECON) calling for him to take a pay cut

Auditing jobs pay more on average than jobs within the accounting sector, particularly at entry level with the salary for a trainee auditor being up to £36,000, according to research from Emolument.com

The introduction of gender pay reporting rules for companies with more than 250 employees has been delayed and the new regulations are not expected to come into force until next April at the earliest with the first reporting period unlikely to be before April 2018. Kathy Daniels, employment law author, considers the key implementation issues 

The three senior Tesco directors charged with fraud over accounting misstatement at Tesco have pleaded not guilty to the charges in a hearing at Westminster Magistrates Court

Nearly a year after release of the OECD Base Erosion and Profit Shifting (BEPS) anti tax avoidance action plan, which introduces changes to the treatment of interest deductibility and profit shifting, the majority of businesses have not changed their approach to tax compliance

Over a third of businesses have not heard of the apprenticeship levy due to be introduced next year, finds research by the British Chambers of Commerce (BCC), which says there needs to be more government communication about the apprenticeship funding reforms

HMRC has updated its guidance on the circumstances affecting payment of statutory sick pay (SSP) to cover situations where an employee is taken into legal custody

The quality of FTSE 350 annual reports seems to have reached a plateau in many areas, according to new analysis by EY which suggests there have been only ‘fractional’ improvements in the quality of some key disclosures

HMRC has launched a two month technical consultation on the first set of draft regulations for the apprenticeship levy, due to be introduced in April 2017, with more information to follow later in the year

Mercer & Hole is to merge with Rickmansworth based accountants, Day, Smith & Hunter (DSH), on 1 October, with the firm gaining three partners

The business, innovation, and skills (BIS) committee has launched an inquiry on corporate governance, focussing on executive pay, directors’ duties, and the composition of boardrooms, including worker representation and gender balance in executive positions