KPMG and McLaren Group forge predictive analytics partnership
Accounting Firms

KPMG and McLaren Group forge predictive analytics partnership

12y Chris Warmoll , Writer

KPMG and McLaren Group forge predictive analytics ...

The Big Four firm becomes a ‘pioneer' partner of McLaren, fusing technology outfit's expertise in predictive analytics and KPMG's audit and consulting...

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GP & Met Police forensic examiner guilty of £700k tax fraud
Personal Tax

GP & Met Police forensic examiner guilty of £700k tax fraud

12y Chris Warmoll , Writer

GP & Met Police forensic examiner guilty of £7...

Khaled Yasin was paid £1.3m as a forensic medical examiner for the Met Police, but only paid tax on £655,955 of that money, deftly avoiding a £300,000...

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HMRC roasted for glacial pace at tackling tax avoiders
Corporate Tax

HMRC roasted for glacial pace at tackling tax avoiders

12y Chris Warmoll , Writer

HMRC roasted for glacial pace at tackling tax avoi...

Hodge blasts HMRC's action against tax avoiders as "unacceptably slow, putting tax revenues at risk" Read More...

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UHY Hacker Young fined over audit family tie
Accounting Standards

UHY Hacker Young fined over audit family tie

12y Chris Warmoll , Writer

UHY Hacker Young fined over audit family tie

Penalty imposed over breach of regulation where it failed to eliminate a potential threat to its independence of the audit client Read More...

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KPMG appoints trio to P3 practice
Accounting Firms

KPMG appoints trio to P3 practice

12y Chris Warmoll , Writer

KPMG appoints trio to P3 practice

Simon Morris joins from Thomsons Online Benefits, Ingrid Waterfield is promoted to director, along with Jonathan Green Read More...

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Changing of the audit guard at G4S
Accounting Firms

Changing of the audit guard at G4S

12y Chris Warmoll , Writer

Changing of the audit guard at G4S

PwC will formally take over as the group's auditor for the year ending 31 December 2015 Read More...

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Labour promise to double penalties for tax avoiders
Corporate Tax

Labour promise to double penalties for tax avoiders

12y Chris Warmoll , Writer

Labour promise to double penalties for tax avoider...

No-compromise stance outlined by shadow chancellor Ed Balls who pledged a Labour government would double the penalties for those caught by HMRC's Gene...

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CIPFA launches global fraud risk register
Politics

CIPFA launches global fraud risk register

12y Chris Warmoll , Writer

CIPFA launches global fraud risk register

The public finance body will work alongside its international partner organisations to collate the most common fraud risks currently afflicting govern...

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Mackintosh predicts period of calm for financial reporting
Accounting Standards

Mackintosh predicts period of calm for financial reporting

12y Chris Warmoll , Writer

Mackintosh predicts period of calm for financial r...

Ian Mackintosh, IASB vice-chairman, said that "after a decade of almost continuous change in financial reporting, we could have some relative calm" Re...

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London property amasses 90% of HMRCs high-end tax bonanza
Accounting Firms

London property amasses 90% of HMRCs high-end tax bonanza

12y Chris Warmoll , Writer

London property amasses 90% of HMRCs high-end tax ...

The latest figures show the taxman raised £100m through the Annual Tax on Enveloped Dwellings (ATED) in 2013-14, with the capital contributing £89m. R...

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Taxman probes two thirds of Britain's biggest companies
Administration

Taxman probes two thirds of Britain's biggest companies

12y Chris Warmoll , Writer

Taxman probes two thirds of Britain's biggest comp...

Jennie Granger, the taxman's director general of enforcement and compliance, told an HMRC stakeholder conference that the majority of the probes cover...

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BDO loses blur audit to KPMG
Accounting Firms

BDO loses blur audit to KPMG

12y Chris Warmoll , Writer

BDO loses blur audit to KPMG

The Exeter-based services-commerce company said the change in auditor would happen with immediate effect Read More...

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KPMG in dock over admitted audit code breaches
Accounting Firms

KPMG in dock over admitted audit code breaches

12y Chris Warmoll , Writer

KPMG in dock over admitted audit code breaches

The cases revolve around breaches of the FRC's Ethical Standards for Auditors code Read More...

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EY ends Deloitte's 14-year audit role at RBS
Accounting Firms

EY ends Deloitte's 14-year audit role at RBS

12y Chris Warmoll , Writer

EY ends Deloitte's 14-year audit role at RBS

The bank announced that EY had wrested the account from incumbent Deloitte, which has been the institution's auditor fore the last 14 years Read More...

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Prepack deal saves London Mining's Sierra Leone mine
Accounting Firms

Prepack deal saves London Mining's Sierra Leone mine

12y Chris Warmoll , Writer

Prepack deal saves London Mining's Sierra Leone mi...

The mineran into "severe liquidity issues" caused by a combination of high costs, falling iron ore prices and the impact of the Ebola virus Read More...

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KPMG administrators make redundancies at PCS Brands
Business Recovery

KPMG administrators make redundancies at PCS Brands

12y Chris Warmoll , Writer

KPMG administrators make redundancies at PCS Brand...

The employees were all culled from PCS Brands, a manufacturing business which makes metal bake ware, cookware and wine racks together with the distrib...

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FRC's Roger Marshall joins EFRAG Board
Audit

FRC's Roger Marshall joins EFRAG Board

12y Chris Warmoll , Writer

FRC's Roger Marshall joins EFRAG Board

The ex-PwC audit partner, who chaired the Big Four firm's global audit policy board between 2003 and 2007, takes on the new role with immediate effect...

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Benefits of devolved tax must outweigh costs, says ICAS
Administration

Benefits of devolved tax must outweigh costs, says ICAS

12y Chris Warmoll , Writer

Benefits of devolved tax must outweigh costs, says...

In its submission to the Smith Commission - currently thrashing out which powers should be devolved following September's highly charged devolution vo...

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Three-horse race for RBS audit account
Accounting Firms

Three-horse race for RBS audit account

12y Chris Warmoll , Writer

Three-horse race for RBS audit account

With RBS set to announce its Q3 2014 interim results on Friday, expectations are growing that the bank may use the event to declare the winner Read Mo...

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PCAOB inspection finds deficiencies in a number of KPMG US audits
Accounting Firms

PCAOB inspection finds deficiencies in a number of KPMG US audits

12y Chris Warmoll , Writer

PCAOB inspection finds deficiencies in a number of...

The 2013 inspection included reviews of portions of 50 audits performed by the Big Four firm and a review of its audit work. Read More...

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CIPFA to launch first public audit qualification in 2015
Accounting Standards

CIPFA to launch first public audit qualification in 2015

12y Chris Warmoll , Writer

CIPFA to launch first public audit qualification i...

Improvements will include an increased focus on commercial skills such as commissioning, contract negotiation, financial modelling, and partnership wo...

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Deloitte's Tesco probe finds prior reporting period issues
Accounting Firms

Deloitte's Tesco probe finds prior reporting period issues

12y Chris Warmoll , Writer

Deloitte's Tesco probe finds prior reporting perio...

Income was deferred or recognised early - against Tesco accounting policy, Deloitte's probe confirms Read More...

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KPMG pulls sponsorship of LSE sports union over ‘offensive' leaflets
Accounting Firms

KPMG pulls sponsorship of LSE sports union over ‘offensive' leaflets

12y Chris Warmoll , Writer

KPMG pulls sponsorship of LSE sports union over ‘o...

"Homophobic", "misogynistic" and "classist" flyers were confiscated soon after complaints made to the student union Read More...

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Audit Commission reveals highest ever levels of council fraud detection
Audit

Audit Commission reveals highest ever levels of council fraud detection

12y Chris Warmoll , Writer

Audit Commission reveals highest ever levels of co...

Commission captures a zeitgeistian snapshot of fraud in English councils Read More...

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Milsted Langdon welcomes first female insolvency practitioner
Business Recovery

Milsted Langdon welcomes first female insolvency practitioner

12y Chris Warmoll , Writer

Milsted Langdon welcomes first female insolvency p...

Rachel makes company history 17 years after starting at firm Read More...

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Last post sounds for Audit Commission as it bequeaths further savings
Audit

Last post sounds for Audit Commission as it bequeaths further savings

12y Chris Warmoll , Writer

Last post sounds for Audit Commission as it bequea...

Audit Commission set to leave legacy of lower audit fees as it readies itself for demise Read More...

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HMRC workers on strike over pay and job cuts
Corporate Tax

HMRC workers on strike over pay and job cuts

12y Chris Warmoll , Writer

HMRC workers on strike over pay and job cuts

200,000 PCS members expected to strike today over pension, privatisation, pay and job losses Read More...

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