PwC India fined for audit debacle
Audit

PwC India fined for audit debacle

15y Rose Orlik

PwC India fined for audit debacle

PwC's Indian subsidiaries have been heavily fined for missing accounting manipulation on the part of IT service provider Satyam Read More...

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ICAEW pushes regional expansion in China
Practice Regulation

ICAEW pushes regional expansion in China

15y Rose Orlik

ICAEW pushes regional expansion in China

The ICAEW has opened a Beijing office in a bid to increase its reach in mainland China and Hong Kong Read More...

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Poor performance in banking crisis weakens case for Big Four status quo
Audit

Poor performance in banking crisis weakens case for Big Four status quo

15y Accountancy Age

Poor performance in banking crisis weakens case fo...

Lord MacGregor, chairman of the Lords' economic affairs committee, on the findings of its audit inquiry Read More...

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Scottish accountants cautiously welcome audit inquiry
Audit

Scottish accountants cautiously welcome audit inquiry

15y Rose Orlik

Scottish accountants cautiously welcome audit inqu...

ICAS has greeted some of the Lords audit inquiry conclusions with enthusiasm, focusing on enhanced transparency surrounding audit tendering and financ...

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Concise reports 'essential' for effective company stewardship
Practice Regulation

Concise reports 'essential' for effective company stewardship

15y Rose Orlik

Concise reports 'essential' for effective company ...

Better communication and concise annual reports would help improve company stewardship, ACCA has told the Financial Reporting Council Read More...

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Controversial insolvency reports to be made public
Business Recovery

Controversial insolvency reports to be made public

15y Rachael Singh

Controversial insolvency reports to be made public

BIS minister Ed Davey tries to combat the lack of confidence in pre-pack administrations by making transparency reports publicly available Read More...

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Too many accounting bodies, bemoan Lords
Audit

Too many accounting bodies, bemoan Lords

15y Kevin Reed , Writer

Too many accounting bodies, bemoan Lords

Audit and accounting professional bodies have been criticised in the Lords inquiry for over-complicating regulation Read More...

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Social mobility'll only get you so far in firms
Accounting Firms

Social mobility'll only get you so far in firms

15y Kevin Reed , Writer

Social mobility'll only get you so far in firms

DOES THE accountancy profession really embrace social mobility? ACCA seems to think so. A new report, Climbing the ladder: ACCA and social mobility, f...

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Prosecutors halt Anglo Irish accountant's disciplinary
Accounting Standards

Prosecutors halt Anglo Irish accountant's disciplinary

15y Accountancy Age

Prosecutors halt Anglo Irish accountant's discipli...

Accountancy tribunal of former Anglo Irish chairman halted by the public prosecutor over fears it would prejudice potential future criminal trials Rea...

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Advisers' protection dissolves after tax case
Personal Tax

Advisers' protection dissolves after tax case

15y Jane Howard

Advisers' protection dissolves after tax case

Pitt v Holt effectively overturns the protection that advisors enjoyed in negligence claims for trust advice Read More...

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How to deliver ‘profitable’ added value
People In Practice

How to deliver ‘profitable’ added value

15y Accountancy Age

How to deliver ‘profitable’ added value

Every client has different ideas about what ‘added value’ means to them Read More...

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The Practitioner: caring for clients
People In Practice

The Practitioner: caring for clients

15y The Practitioner

The Practitioner: caring for clients

The Practitioner always has a shoulder for clients to cry on, just so long as it's not his shoulder Read More...

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BDO lines up complaint against KPMG Brazil
Accounting Firms

BDO lines up complaint against KPMG Brazil

15y Kevin Reed , Writer

BDO lines up complaint against KPMG Brazil

BDO chief Jeremy Newman unhappy about losing a Brazilian firm to KPMG Read More...

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Will the Treasury really help advisers on Budget day?
Corporate Tax

Will the Treasury really help advisers on Budget day?

15y Kevin Reed , Writer

Will the Treasury really help advisers on Budget d...

GOOD WORK by Tax Advice Network chairman Mark Lee, who has spotted a Treasury note that declares, from this Budget onwards, all tax policy changes wil...

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Customer complaint loophole criticised
Practice Regulation

Customer complaint loophole criticised

15y Rose Orlik

Customer complaint loophole criticised

A loophole that protects advisers authorised through accountants has been criticised by an IFA Read More...

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Will CIMA and AICPA's courtship bear fruit?
Accounting Standards

Will CIMA and AICPA's courtship bear fruit?

15y Kevin Reed , Writer

Will CIMA and AICPA's courtship bear fruit?

SO CIMA and the US institute the AICPA are courting. Will they consummate the relationship or turn each other off? Moving swiftly on from mating metap...

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Francis Clark boosted after Penn's insolvency success
Business Recovery

Francis Clark boosted after Penn's insolvency success

15y Kevin Reed , Writer

Francis Clark boosted after Penn's insolvency succ...

Chartered accountant Lucinda Penn qualifies as an insolvency practitioner Read More...

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US regulator investigates audit shortcomings
Audit

US regulator investigates audit shortcomings

15y Rose Orlik

US regulator investigates audit shortcomings

PCAOB chairman Doty: body to examine audit failings in run-up to financial crisis Read More...

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Courts open up tax advisers to negligence claims
Personal Tax

Courts open up tax advisers to negligence claims

15y Kevin Reed , Writer

Courts open up tax advisers to negligence claims

Protection afforded trust tax advisers has dissipated after new court ruling Read More...

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Former PwC audit partner joins AADB
Audit

Former PwC audit partner joins AADB

15y Rose Orlik

Former PwC audit partner joins AADB

Philip Taylor joins the Accountancy and Actuarial Discipline Board Read More...

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A pre-pack storm that won’t subside
Business Recovery

A pre-pack storm that won’t subside

16y Martin Williams

A pre-pack storm that won’t subside

I READ with interest the news that the ICAEW has launched an investigation into Ernst and Young’s handling of the “jumbo sized”, and...

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Paul Williams: 1947-2011
People In Practice

Paul Williams: 1947-2011

16y Kevin Reed , Writer

Paul Williams: 1947-2011

AS TECHNOLOGY correspondent and cub reporter for Accountancy Age back in 2003, Paul Williams was one of the first accounting IT experts I bumped into....

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Auditors reject lack of scepticism concerns
Accounting Firms

Auditors reject lack of scepticism concerns

16y Kevin Reed , Writer

Auditors reject lack of scepticism concerns

Firms hit back at suggestions that more scepticism is needed in their work Read More...

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Audit cool on reform
Accounting Firms

Audit cool on reform

16y Kevin Reed , Writer

Audit cool on reform

Cable’s plans to raise audit thresholds for small businesses may cut red tape – but harm the economy Read More...

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CIMA uninterested in catching a CCAB
Accounting Standards

CIMA uninterested in catching a CCAB

16y Kevin Reed , Writer

CIMA uninterested in catching a CCAB

CIMA’S DITCHING of its membership of the CCAB, the body that represents the UK institutes, is the latest in a long line of problems flagging up ...

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CIMA quits UK profession's main forum
Accounting Standards

CIMA quits UK profession's main forum

16y Kevin Reed , Writer

CIMA quits UK profession's main forum

CIMA to leave the CCAB, the forum set up in 1974 to represent the UK's accounting institutes Read More...

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How Lehmans could soothe the taxman's football woes
Business Recovery

How Lehmans could soothe the taxman's football woes

16y Rachael Singh

How Lehmans could soothe the taxman's football woe...

Lehmans' "super creditor" insolvency court battle could influence HMRC's fight on the same grounds against the Premier League Read More...

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