Best Practice: Mazars’ senior partner Phil Verity
Accounting Firms

Best Practice: Mazars’ senior partner Phil Verity

11y Calum Fuller , Reporter

Best Practice: Mazars’ senior partner Phil Verity

Accountancy Age catches up with Mazars' senior partner Phil Verity as he reaches the halfway point of his tenure Read More...

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PAC ‘disappointed’ as HMRC rejects tougher code of conduct for tax advisers
Corporate Tax

PAC ‘disappointed’ as HMRC rejects tougher code of conduct for tax advisers

11y Calum Fuller , Reporter

PAC ‘disappointed’ as HMRC rejects tougher code of...

HMRC stance on new code of conduct for tax advice 'out of kilter' with wider policy Read More...

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Ridiculous timeframe given to read and debate the Finance Bill
Corporate Tax

Ridiculous timeframe given to read and debate the Finance Bill

11y Calum Fuller , Reporter

Ridiculous timeframe given to read and debate the ...

The bizarre practice of waving the Finance Bill is counter-productive and has to stop, writes Calum Fuller Read More...

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Stop tax changes at Autumn Statements, says pensions minister Steve Webb
Accounting Standards

Stop tax changes at Autumn Statements, says pensions minister Steve Webb

11y Calum Fuller , Reporter

Stop tax changes at Autumn Statements, says pensio...

Pensions minister Steve Webb calls for an end to bringing in tax changes at Autumn Statements to ensure a more stable, simpler system Read More...

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Hartnett ‘surprised’ at single conviction from HSBC data
Personal Tax

Hartnett ‘surprised’ at single conviction from HSBC data

11y Calum Fuller , Reporter

Hartnett ‘surprised’ at single conviction from HSB...

Former HMRC permanent secretary admits to PAC he expected more prosecutions from stolen HSBC Suisse data, but denies any responsibilty Read More...

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Hartnett to face PAC in committee’s last hurrah before election
Personal Tax

Hartnett to face PAC in committee’s last hurrah before election

11y Calum Fuller , Reporter

Hartnett to face PAC in committee’s last hurrah be...

Dave Hartnett, alongside Edward Troup, will answer questions over why HMRC failed to prosecute HSBC customers evading tax Read More...

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Practitioners wary of timetable for switching to digital tax accounts
Corporate Tax

Practitioners wary of timetable for switching to digital tax accounts

11y Calum Fuller , Reporter

Practitioners wary of timetable for switching to d...

Practitioners raise concerns over timetable for replacing end-of-year tax returns with online accounts Read More...

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Government outlines new offences in evasion clampdown
Corporate Tax

Government outlines new offences in evasion clampdown

11y Calum Fuller , Reporter

Government outlines new offences in evasion clampd...

Professionals face criminal sanctions if they enable tax evasion under new government regime Read More...

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Budget 2015: What the papers say
Corporate Tax

Budget 2015: What the papers say

11y Calum Fuller , Reporter

Budget 2015: What the papers say

A round-up of mainstream papers' reactions to the final Budget before the general election Read More...

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Budget 2015: Class two national insurance abolished
Personal Tax

Budget 2015: Class two national insurance abolished

11y Calum Fuller , Reporter

Budget 2015: Class two national insurance abolishe...

Employer's NICs for people under 21 also abolished Read More...

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Budget 2015: ‘Google Tax’ among tax avoidance changes
Corporate Tax

Budget 2015: ‘Google Tax’ among tax avoidance changes

11y Calum Fuller , Reporter

Budget 2015: ‘Google Tax’ among tax avoidance chan...

The diverted profits tax will come into effect on 1 April, while a raft of measures against serial avoiders was also pledged Read More...

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Budget 2015: Government to finally introduce online tax accounts
Corporate Tax

Budget 2015: Government to finally introduce online tax accounts

11y Calum Fuller , Reporter

Budget 2015: Government to finally introduce onlin...

Digital tax accounts will supersede the annual tax return from 2016 Read More...

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Tax advisers should be subject to code of conduct, say readers
Corporate Tax

Tax advisers should be subject to code of conduct, say readers

11y Calum Fuller , Reporter

Tax advisers should be subject to code of conduct,...

The Public Accounts Committee called for a new code of conduct of tax advisers, and readers agree - but are split about who should administer it Read ...

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Mazars announces 18.2% leap in profits
Accounting Firms

Mazars announces 18.2% leap in profits

11y Calum Fuller , Reporter

Mazars announces 18.2% leap in profits

Mazars' figures show significant growth in advisory services and wealth management, while its tax practice shrinks Read More...

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Tax avoidance sanctions ‘premature’ – Law Society
Legal

Tax avoidance sanctions ‘premature’ – Law Society

11y Calum Fuller , Reporter

Tax avoidance sanctions ‘premature’ – Law Society

The Law Society harbours concerns that HMRC has yet to see the effectiveness of its existing armoury against tax avoidance Read More...

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Budget 2015: Practitioners expect ‘business as usual’ Budget
Corporate Tax

Budget 2015: Practitioners expect ‘business as usual’ Budget

11y Calum Fuller , Reporter

Budget 2015: Practitioners expect ‘business as usu...

A run-down on what to expect from this year's Budget Read More...

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HMRC staff 'undervalued' as satisfaction falls
People In Practice

HMRC staff 'undervalued' as satisfaction falls

11y Calum Fuller , Reporter

HMRC staff 'undervalued' as satisfaction falls

HMRC staff satisfaction has fallen in the face of increasing cuts and pressure to increase yields, Bloomsbury Professional finds Read More...

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Leicester firm Rowleys acquires Kemp Taylor
Accounting Firms

Leicester firm Rowleys acquires Kemp Taylor

11y Calum Fuller , Reporter

Leicester firm Rowleys acquires Kemp Taylor

Rowleys acquires Kemp Taylor as part of expansion programme Read More...

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Abolishing IR35 would cost £550m per year, HMRC claims
Corporate Tax

Abolishing IR35 would cost £550m per year, HMRC claims

11y Calum Fuller , Reporter

Abolishing IR35 would cost £550m per year, HMRC cl...

HMRC releases costings for running IR35 and how much it would lose if the legislation were to be abolished Read More...

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ICAEW urges firms to modernise in Tomorrow’s Practice initiative
Accounting Software

ICAEW urges firms to modernise in Tomorrow’s Practice initiative

11y Calum Fuller , Reporter

ICAEW urges firms to modernise in Tomorrow’s Pract...

Institute to encourage firms to innovate and exploit new technologies in modernisation drive Read More...

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PAC blasts 'incompetent and naïve' HSBC bosses over tax
Personal Tax

PAC blasts 'incompetent and naïve' HSBC bosses over tax

11y Calum Fuller , Reporter

PAC blasts 'incompetent and naïve' HSBC bosses ove...

MPs lambast current and former HSBC bosses as beleaguered bank continues to suffer following historic tax practices at its Swiss private bank Read Mor...

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Tax avoidance promoters must publicise HMRC's monitoring
Personal Tax

Tax avoidance promoters must publicise HMRC's monitoring

11y Calum Fuller , Reporter

Tax avoidance promoters must publicise HMRC's moni...

Promoters of tax avoidance schemes now compelled to be up-front with clients over HMRC monitoring of their activities Read More...

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E-books to attract VAT after EU ruling
Corporate Tax

E-books to attract VAT after EU ruling

12y Calum Fuller , Reporter

E-books to attract VAT after EU ruling

E-books are an 'electronic service', and as such cannot receive reduced rates of VAT like their hardcopy counterparts, top EU court rules Read More...

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Auditors query Coventry City FC as a going concern
Audit

Auditors query Coventry City FC as a going concern

12y Calum Fuller , Reporter

Auditors query Coventry City FC as a going concern

An emphasis of matter note is included over club's debt position Read More...

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Ingenious Media tax confidentiality appeal dismissed
Corporate Tax

Ingenious Media tax confidentiality appeal dismissed

12y Calum Fuller , Reporter

Ingenious Media tax confidentiality appeal dismiss...

Ingenious Media's challenge to HMRC over taxpayer confidentiality dismissed by Court of Appeal Read More...

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Advisers back OTS recommendations on employment status
Corporate Tax

Advisers back OTS recommendations on employment status

12y Calum Fuller , Reporter

Advisers back OTS recommendations on employment st...

Professionals and self-employed workers back reform of employment status' tax treatment Read More...

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OTS report attacks lack of clarity of self-employment
Corporate Tax

OTS report attacks lack of clarity of self-employment

12y Calum Fuller , Reporter

OTS report attacks lack of clarity of self-employm...

Office of Tax Simplification recommends greater clarity on self-employment status for tax purposes Read More...

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