HMRC red tape casts UK SMEs £25bn a year
Accounting Firms

HMRC red tape casts UK SMEs £25bn a year

10m Accountancy Age

HMRC red tape casts UK SMEs £25bn a year

UK small businesses are facing an annual tax compliance burden nearing £25 billion, according to recent findings by the Federation of Small Businesses...

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New corporate fraud offence to take effect in September—what firms must know
Accounting Firms

New corporate fraud offence to take effect in September—what firms must kno...

10m Accountancy Age

New corporate fraud offence to take effect in Sept...

UK accountancy firms and their clients face a tightening of corporate liability rules from 1 September 2025, when the new offence of Failure to Preven...

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EY under investigation for role in Post Office audit during crisis period
Accounting Firms

EY under investigation for role in Post Office audit during crisis period

10m Marina Mouka

EY under investigation for role in Post Office aud...

The Financial Reporting Council (FRC) has launched an investigation into EY’s audits of the Post Office, focusing on the period from March 2015 to Mar...

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EY fined £4.9m for failing to meet standards in Thomas Cook audit
Audit

EY fined £4.9m for failing to meet standards in Thomas Cook audit

10m Marina Mouka

EY fined £4.9m for failing to meet standards in Th...

The Financial Reporting Council (FRC) has fined EY nearly £5m for “serious breaches of standards” in its audits of Thomas Cook’s financial statements ...

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Talks stall on US-UK mutual recognition of accounting qualifications
ACCA

Talks stall on US-UK mutual recognition of accounting qualifications

11m Marina Mouka

Talks stall on US-UK mutual recognition of account...

Efforts to ease cross-border mobility for auditors between the US and UK have hit a roadblock, with longstanding negotiations over mutual recognition ...

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Forvis Mazars brings net zero target forward in ESG overhaul
Accounting Firms

Forvis Mazars brings net zero target forward in ESG overhaul

11m Accountancy Age

Forvis Mazars brings net zero target forward in ES...

Forvis Mazars has released its 2024 UK Sustainability Report, setting out a sharpened set of environmental and social goals, including a revised net z...

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82% of UK workers feed AI copyrighted content, survey finds
AI in Accounting

82% of UK workers feed AI copyrighted content, survey finds

11m Accountancy Age

82% of UK workers feed AI copyrighted content, sur...

82% of employees use external material in generative AI tools, CLA warns Read More...

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How suppliers should be supporting their customers’ carbon accounting
Business Regulation

How suppliers should be supporting their customers’ carbon accounting

11m Jenna Brown, Director of Uber for Business UK

How suppliers should be supporting their customers...

In terms of perception, it’s clearly helpful for companies to be seen to be green. The evidence shows this can help attract customers, new recruits an...

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ACCA and ACFE join forces to fight global business fraud
Accounting Standards

ACCA and ACFE join forces to fight global business fraud

11m Accountancy Age

ACCA and ACFE join forces to fight global business...

Two of the world’s leading professional bodies have signed a three-year cooperation deal aimed at strengthening the global response to fraud in busine...

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ICAEW and CIPFA call for broader climate disclosures to prevent greenwashing
Accounting Standards

ICAEW and CIPFA call for broader climate disclosures to prevent greenwashin...

11m Accountancy Age

ICAEW and CIPFA call for broader climate disclosur...

Accountancy bodies urge IPSASB to expand scope of public sector climate reporting Read More...

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EY axes 30 partners in biggest executive purge in decades
Big Four

EY axes 30 partners in biggest executive purge in decades

11m Accountancy Age

EY axes 30 partners in biggest executive purge in ...

Ernst & Young (EY) is set to implement one of its most substantial partner redundancy initiatives in decades, aiming to safeguard profitability am...

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FCA abandons plan to 'name and shame' more firms under investigation
Business Regulation

FCA abandons plan to 'name and shame' more firms under investigation

11m Accountancy Age

FCA abandons plan to 'name and shame' more firms u...

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has abandoned its proposal to introduce a public interest test for disclosing investigations into regulated firm...

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IR35 reforms spark £4.2bn tax windfall
HMRC

IR35 reforms spark £4.2bn tax windfall

11m Accountancy Age

IR35 reforms spark £4.2bn tax windfall

HMRC’s enforcement of IR35 off-payroll working rules has generated an extra £4.2bn in tax over the past four years, affecting approximately 120,000 co...

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Unlocking productivity: collaborative synergies for C-Suite leaders
Corporate Finance

Unlocking productivity: collaborative synergies for C-Suite leaders

11m Irena Teneva, AICPA & CIMA

Unlocking productivity: collaborative synergies fo...

Successful productivity initiatives require synergies and board-level collaborations that seamlessly integrate people, technology, and finance, but sy...

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Global and European accounting bodies unite on tech and ESG standards
Accounting Standards

Global and European accounting bodies unite on tech and ESG standards

11m Accountancy Age

Global and European accounting bodies unite on tec...

A consortium of global and European accounting organizations is joining forces to address two major challenges facing the profession: the integration ...

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HMRC’s RTI system is failing UK employers, study finds
Accounting Standards

HMRC’s RTI system is failing UK employers, study finds

12m Marina Mouka

HMRC’s RTI system is failing UK employers, study f...

For over a decade, HMRC’s Real-Time Information (RTI) system has been the backbone of payroll reporting in the UK. Introduced with the promise of impr...

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Brussels retreats on ESG rules—80% of firms to skip mandatory reporting
Corporate Governance

Brussels retreats on ESG rules—80% of firms to skip mandatory reporting

12m Marina Mouka

Brussels retreats on ESG rules—80% of firms to ski...

The European Commission has unveiled sweeping changes to sustainability reporting requirements under its Omnibus Simplification Package, a move that w...

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FCA flags gaps in suitability reviews despite high compliance
Business Regulation

FCA flags gaps in suitability reviews despite high compliance

12m Accountancy Age

FCA flags gaps in suitability reviews despite high...

The UK’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has found that most financial advice firms are delivering suitability reviews as required, but gaps remain ...

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AAT appoints Sir Stephen Hillier as Board Chair
Company News

AAT appoints Sir Stephen Hillier as Board Chair

12m Accountancy Age

AAT appoints Sir Stephen Hillier as Board Chair

The Association of Accounting Technicians (AAT) has named Sir Stephen Hillier as its inaugural Board Chair, a move that signals a sweeping overhaul of...

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UK companies fall short on late filing fines, raising enforcement concerns
Corporate Governance

UK companies fall short on late filing fines, raising enforcement concerns

12m Accountancy Age

UK companies fall short on late filing fines, rais...

UK firms are increasingly defaulting on fines imposed for the late filing of annual accounts, with recent data exposing significant gaps in major comp...

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EU mandates electronic VAT exemption certificates by 2032
Regulation

EU mandates electronic VAT exemption certificates by 2032

12m Accountancy Age

EU mandates electronic VAT exemption certificates ...

The European Union has set 30 June 2032 as the deadline for the mandatory adoption of electronic VAT exemption certificates, replacing the traditional...

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UK drops tax crackdown on private equity and accountancies
HMRC

UK drops tax crackdown on private equity and accountancies

12m Accountancy Age

UK drops tax crackdown on private equity and accou...

The UK’s tax authority, HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC), has abandoned plans to alter the tax treatment of members within limited liability part...

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Unlocking productivity: the evolving role of the CFO
Corporate Finance

Unlocking productivity: the evolving role of the CFO

1y Irena Teneva, AICPA & CIMA

Unlocking productivity: the evolving role of the C...

Understanding what drives productivity is crucial to economic growth, innovation, and living standards, making all of us stakeholders in the efforts t...

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The hidden cyber threat lurking in your supply chain
Corporate Governance

The hidden cyber threat lurking in your supply chain

1y Accountancy Age

The hidden cyber threat lurking in your supply cha...

More than half of large UK financial services firms experienced at least one third-party supply chain attack in 2024, with nearly a quarter facing thr...

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FCA faces backlash over plan to expose firms under investigation
Business Regulation

FCA faces backlash over plan to expose firms under investigation

1y Marina Mouka

FCA faces backlash over plan to expose firms under...

The UK’s financial watchdog is facing fierce resistance over its proposal to publicly disclose company investigations before enforcement action is tak...

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ACCA backs central oversight of local authority audits, but warns of risks
ACCA

ACCA backs central oversight of local authority audits, but warns of risks

1y Accountancy Age

ACCA backs central oversight of local authority au...

The global accountancy body has thrown its support behind the UK government’s proposed overhaul of local authority audits but warns that the reforms l...

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When banks fail, businesses pay—The Barclays outage lesson
Business Regulation

When banks fail, businesses pay—The Barclays outage lesson

1y Marina Mouka

When banks fail, businesses pay—The Barclays outag...

On Friday, January 31, 2025, Barclays experienced a significant IT outage that disrupted various banking services, including online and mobile banking...

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