Regulators to clear up advisors' whistleblowing rules
Accounting Standards

Regulators to clear up advisors' whistleblowing rules

14y Richard Crump , Writer

Regulators to clear up advisors' whistleblowing ru...

Standard setter to revise instances where accountants should override confidentiality and disclose a suspected illegal act Read More...

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Development of engagement partners to be revised
Accounting Standards

Development of engagement partners to be revised

14y Richard Crump , Writer

Development of engagement partners to be revised

The education board of IFAC consults on changes to professional development for engagement partners Read More...

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Industry backs plan to remove 'distracting' quarterly reports
Company News

Industry backs plan to remove 'distracting' quarterly reports

14y Rachael Singh

Industry backs plan to remove 'distracting' quarte...

Kay review recommendations to rid company reports of box-ticking regulation and quarterly reporting is welcomed by industry Read More...

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Kay Report to call for end to quarterly reporting
Audit

Kay Report to call for end to quarterly reporting

14y Nick Paler

Kay Report to call for end to quarterly reporting

A government-backed report on the UK's financial services industry is expected to call for an end to the requirement for companies to issue quarterly ...

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Firm advises golf pro and signs up sponsorship deal
People In Practice

Firm advises golf pro and signs up sponsorship deal

14y Kevin Reed , Writer

Firm advises golf pro and signs up sponsorship dea...

Accountant and ex-rugby player Ally McLaughlin to advise and mentor new European golf pro Jamie Dunster Read More...

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Ex-football agent guilty of tax charge
Corporate Tax

Ex-football agent guilty of tax charge

14y Calum Fuller , Reporter

Ex-football agent guilty of tax charge

Ian Elliott, former agent of England winger Stewart Downing, admits he failed to keep proper records Read More...

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Rihanna sues former accountants
Accounting Firms

Rihanna sues former accountants

14y Rachael Singh

Rihanna sues former accountants

Umbrella singer files a US lawsuit against accountancy firm Berdon and its ex-employees Michael Mitnick and Peter Gounis Read More...

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What's in a name: The value of a brand
Business Regulation

What's in a name: The value of a brand

14y Stuart Whitwell

What's in a name: The value of a brand

Stuart Whitwell explains that accountants should ignore brand valuation at their peril Read More...

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Court case against ex-Healthcare Locums CFO dropped
Audit

Court case against ex-Healthcare Locums CFO dropped

14y Rachael Singh

Court case against ex-Healthcare Locums CFO droppe...

Case against Healthcare Locums' ex-CFO, former vice chairwoman and ex-chairman over accounting irregularities is dismissed in the US Read More...

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CIMA and ICAEW accounts: all in the presentation
Accounting Standards

CIMA and ICAEW accounts: all in the presentation

14y Kevin Reed , Writer

CIMA and ICAEW accounts: all in the presentation

Fully transparent, or just one for the accountants? asks Kevin Reed Read More...

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Arbuthnot chairman bemoans 'parallel universe' of accounting
Accounting Standards

Arbuthnot chairman bemoans 'parallel universe' of accounting

15y Kevin Reed , Writer

Arbuthnot chairman bemoans 'parallel universe' of ...

Henry Angest upset at the impact of accounting rules on the private bank's results Read More...

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Gable extends rotation of its audit partner
Audit

Gable extends rotation of its audit partner

15y Richard Crump , Writer

Gable extends rotation of its audit partner

The request was made as a result of the company expanding into new areas of business Read More...

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Don't drown in paperwork
Accounting Firms

Don't drown in paperwork

15y Neil Davidson

Don't drown in paperwork

Accountants need to update their practices if they want to prosper in the recession says Neil Davidson Read More...

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RSM Tenon chief draws line under accounting errors
Accounting Firms

RSM Tenon chief draws line under accounting errors

15y Richard Crump , Writer

RSM Tenon chief draws line under accounting errors

RSM Tenon CEO tells Accountancy Age errors in its own financial statements should not reflect on its service capability Read More...

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Calculating the true price of carbon reporting
Corporate Governance

Calculating the true price of carbon reporting

15y Accountancy Age

Calculating the true price of carbon reporting

Exxon Mobil’s £2.7m fine for misreporting carbon is just the tip of the iceberg if companies don’t take carbon reporting seriously warns Peter Grant R...

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Ex-Healthcare Locums CFO to face court proceedings
Audit

Ex-Healthcare Locums CFO to face court proceedings

15y Rachael Singh

Ex-Healthcare Locums CFO to face court proceedings

Consortium of funds launch US legal proceedings against Diane Jarvis alleging she and other directors misrepresented the company’s profitability in 20...

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Keeping Up Appearances - how to spot accounting manipulation
Accounting Standards

Keeping Up Appearances - how to spot accounting manipulation

15y Accountancy Age

Keeping Up Appearances - how to spot accounting ma...

Jeanine Arnold discusses the many forms of accounting manipulation Read More...

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Simplify accounting for micro-businesses, says tax body
Corporate Tax

Simplify accounting for micro-businesses, says tax body

15y Kevin Reed , Writer

Simplify accounting for micro-businesses, says tax...

Office of Tax Simplification wants simpler accounting regime for the smallest businesses to help them manage tax affairs Read More...

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Treasury unaware of tax write off
Practice Regulation

Treasury unaware of tax write off

15y Nick Huber

Treasury unaware of tax write off

Treasury "surprised" to learn that £10.9bn of unpaid tax had been written off by HM Revenue and Customs in one year, according committee of MPs Read M...

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Wragges reveals one-off £10.5m cost of delayed office move
Accounting Standards

Wragges reveals one-off £10.5m cost of delayed office move

15y Rose Orlik

Wragges reveals one-off £10.5m cost of delayed off...

Wragge & Co hit by "unfortunate accounting treatment", says managing partner Ian Metcalfe. Read More...

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Annual reports must reflect economic uncertainty
Accounting Standards

Annual reports must reflect economic uncertainty

15y Kevin Reed , Writer

Annual reports must reflect economic uncertainty

Directors must consider the risks faced by global economic uncertainty, says the FRC Read More...

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Colin: Cooking the books
Business Recovery

Colin: Cooking the books

15y Taking Stock

Colin: Cooking the books

Colin's take on creative accounting Read More

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Hays reports drop-off in UK fees
Company News

Hays reports drop-off in UK fees

15y Richard Crump , Writer

Hays reports drop-off in UK fees

Net fees from the UK fell by 7% in the second quarter to the end of December Read More...

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Lawyers mull Goodwin case over RBS accounting
Accounting Standards

Lawyers mull Goodwin case over RBS accounting

15y Jaimie Kaffash

Lawyers mull Goodwin case over RBS accounting

Government considers whether former RBS chairman Fred Goodwin has a case to answer over RBS' accounting Read More...

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Recognise the impact of revenue changes
Accounting Standards

Recognise the impact of revenue changes

15y Accountancy Age

Recognise the impact of revenue changes

A second round of proposals on revenue issued by the IASB and the US FASB show that interested parties now have one more chance to influence a new sta...

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FSA: Fair value accounting contributed to RBS failure
Accounting Standards

FSA: Fair value accounting contributed to RBS failure

15y Rose Orlik

FSA: Fair value accounting contributed to RBS fail...

Fair value accounting and weak regulation contributed to RBS's failure during the financial crisis, the FSA has concluded Read More...

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Human rights watchdog wins first clean audit opinion
Audit

Human rights watchdog wins first clean audit opinion

15y Rose Orlik

Human rights watchdog wins first clean audit opini...

The Equality and Human Rights Commission has been given its first ever unqualified audit opinion Read More...

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