Speedy Hire CEO quits as accounting irregularities found
Company News

Speedy Hire CEO quits as accounting irregularities found

11y Richard Crump , Writer

Speedy Hire CEO quits as accounting irregularities...

Certain control processes within rental group's Gulf-based international business "repeatedly and deliberately circumvented" Read More...

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Taking Stock: The tax inspector who stole Christmas
Legal

Taking Stock: The tax inspector who stole Christmas

11y Taking Stock

Taking Stock: The tax inspector who stole Christma...

It isn't just the Grinch who can steal Christmas Read More...

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Harlequin Hotels settles ex-Wilkins Kennedy staff defamation case
Legal

Harlequin Hotels settles ex-Wilkins Kennedy staff defamation case

11y Calum Fuller , Reporter

Harlequin Hotels settles ex-Wilkins Kennedy staff ...

Former Wilkins Kennedy employee ran website alleging hotel company was fraudulent business Read More...

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Privilege problems keep ABS unattractive
Accounting Firms

Privilege problems keep ABS unattractive

11y Accountancy Age

Privilege problems keep ABS unattractive

Uncertainty over how legal professional privilege might work in multi-disciplinary practices may be behind their dearth, writes Lewis Silkin's Clive G...

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GT liquidators win right to appeal disclosure of Tchenguiz documents
Legal

GT liquidators win right to appeal disclosure of Tchenguiz documents

11y Richard Crump , Writer

GT liquidators win right to appeal disclosure of T...

Grant Thornton joint liquidators win right to appeal order to hand over documents at the centre of Tchenguiz brothers' case against SFO Read More...

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Treasury to push on with partnership crackdown
Accounting Firms

Treasury to push on with partnership crackdown

11y Calum Fuller , Reporter

Treasury to push on with partnership crackdown

Danny Alexander announces tough new guidelines for LLPs Read More...

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Financial transaction tax illegal, warn lawyers
Corporate Tax

Financial transaction tax illegal, warn lawyers

11y Calum Fuller , Reporter

Financial transaction tax illegal, warn lawyers

A financial transaction tax imposed across 11 EU countries would contravene the EU treaty, lawyers from the bloc conclude Read More...

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Tax avoidance “not legal duty”, claims law firm
Corporate Tax

Tax avoidance “not legal duty”, claims law firm

11y Calum Fuller , Reporter

Tax avoidance “not legal duty”, claims law firm

There is no duty for companies to mitigate tax bills for shareholders' benefit, says law firm Farrer & Co Read More...

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Coleclough joins dispute resolution firm Expert Evidence
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Coleclough joins dispute resolution firm Expert Evidence

11y Calum Fuller , Reporter

Coleclough joins dispute resolution firm Expert Ev...

CIoT president Stephen Coleclough joins dispute resolution firm Expert Evidence Read More...

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SFO charges Olympus over accounting scandal
Company News

SFO charges Olympus over accounting scandal

11y Richard Crump , Writer

SFO charges Olympus over accounting scandal

Serious Fraud Office brings prosecution against Olympus and its UK subsidiary in connection to a £1.1bn accounting scandal Read More...

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Former Grant Thornton US partner pleads guilty to stealing $4m
Accounting Firms

Former Grant Thornton US partner pleads guilty to stealing $4m

12y Richard Crump , Writer

Former Grant Thornton US partner pleads guilty to ...

Ex-Grant Thornton partner Craig Haber pleads guilty to stealing $4m in client payments from the global accounting firm Read More...

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Wakefield accountant banned for 14 years
Accounting Firms

Wakefield accountant banned for 14 years

12y Rachael Singh

Wakefield accountant banned for 14 years

Darren Upton receives 14 year ban from being a company director for swindling client funds designated for the taxman Read More...

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IFRS “legally flawed”, say readers
Accounting Standards

IFRS “legally flawed”, say readers

12y Calum Fuller , Reporter

IFRS “legally flawed”, say readers

Readers vote overwhelmingly in agreement with legal opinion suggesting IFRS is not compatible with company law Read More...

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KPMG mulls ABS move as it seeks legal expansion
Accounting Firms

KPMG mulls ABS move as it seeks legal expansion

12y Accountancy Age

KPMG mulls ABS move as it seeks legal expansion

KPMG launches search for a Manchester-based legal team Read More...

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Auditors' duties: The burden of expectation
Audit

Auditors' duties: The burden of expectation

12y Jane Howard

Auditors' duties: The burden of expectation

Jane Howard looks at how auditors can best protect their position in light of enhanced expectations and new reporting requirements Read More...

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Grant Thornton administrators to sue PwC for €1bn
Accounting Firms

Grant Thornton administrators to sue PwC for €1bn

12y Rachael Singh

Grant Thornton administrators to sue PwC for €1bn

Administrators to sue PwC for its role in collapse of Quinn Insurance. PwC hits back that claim contains “factual inaccuracies” Read More...

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Tchenguiz brothers prepare £2.5bn action against Grant Thornton liquidators
Accounting Firms

Tchenguiz brothers prepare £2.5bn action against Grant Thornton liquidators

12y Calum Fuller , Reporter

Tchenguiz brothers prepare £2.5bn action against G...

Vincent and Robert Tchenguiz are set to sue Grant Thornton liquidators Stephen Akers and Mark McDonald over a botched Serious Fraud Office investigati...

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Former Olympus execs sentenced over accounting fraud
Company News

Former Olympus execs sentenced over accounting fraud

12y Richard Crump , Writer

Former Olympus execs sentenced over accounting fra...

Three former executives at Japanese camera maker Olympus handed suspended jail sentences for their part in a £1bn accounting fraud Read More...

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Serious tax evasion cases hit a five year low
Administration

Serious tax evasion cases hit a five year low

12y Owen Davis

Serious tax evasion cases hit a five year low

Instances of tax evasion cases exceeding £50,000 down 16% on last year and 36% from its peak in 2010 Read More...

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Torex Group financial accountant jailed for false accounting
Legal

Torex Group financial accountant jailed for false accounting

12y Richard Crump , Writer

Torex Group financial accountant jailed for false ...

Mark Woodbridge jailed for three years and ten months for his part in a false accounting scandal at the software company between 2006 and 2007 Read Mo...

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Minority bondholders given ammunition to fight back
Business Recovery

Minority bondholders given ammunition to fight back

12y Accountancy Age

Minority bondholders given ammunition to fight bac...

Following a court decision restructurings which penalise minority bondholders could fall foul of the law explains Craig Barrett Read More...

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HMRC press officer charged under Operation Elveden
Administration

HMRC press officer charged under Operation Elveden

12y Richard Crump , Writer

HMRC press officer charged under Operation Elveden

HMRC press officer accused of leaking information, including 2010 Budget plans, to Sun journalist in return for £17,500 Read More...

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Leader: Be careful what you wish for over legal privilege
Corporate Tax

Leader: Be careful what you wish for over legal privilege

12y Richard Crump , Writer

Leader: Be careful what you wish for over legal pr...

Accountants may yet succeed in wrestling away lawyers' monopoly on legal professional privilege. By doing so they risk a scenario that is no good for ...

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Taking Stock: Unleash the (tax lawyer) hounds
Legal

Taking Stock: Unleash the (tax lawyer) hounds

12y Taking Stock

Taking Stock: Unleash the (tax lawyer) hounds

It was accountants versus lawyers at a lively Pinsent Masons debate on legal professional privilege Read More...

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Ex-KPMG partner charged over insider trading
Legal

Ex-KPMG partner charged over insider trading

12y Rachael Singh

Ex-KPMG partner charged over insider trading

Former KPMG partner charged and released on bail for insider trading in the US. KPMG chairman and CEO says the firm is also planning legal action Read...

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Gordon Ramsay sued by US accountants
Accounting Firms

Gordon Ramsay sued by US accountants

12y Calum Fuller , Reporter

Gordon Ramsay sued by US accountants

TV chef sued over outstanding invoices, according to lawsuit fiiled in New York's Manhattan Supreme Court Read More...

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Grant Thornton wins dismissal of Parmalat case
Accounting Firms

Grant Thornton wins dismissal of Parmalat case

12y Richard Crump , Writer

Grant Thornton wins dismissal of Parmalat case

Decade-long lawsuit accusing Grant Thornton of malpractice and fraud in connection with the collapse of Parmalat is dismissed Read More...

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