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Analysis: Brits could take heed from Aussie buy-to-let tax concerns
Accountancy Age WHEN GEORGE OSBORNE delivered his emergency Budget in July, there were some nasty surprises for the country's estimated two million landlords. Osborne outlined plans to reduce the...
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Accountants to play key role in new BEPS rules: OECD chiefs
Accountancy Age ACCOUNTANTS will play a key role in ensuring the implementation of the new BEPS (base erosion and profit shifting) system released on Monday (5 October) by the Organisation for Economic...
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Friday Afternoon Live: BDO's numbers, BEPS and VATMOSS
Accountancy Age Click here for more on BDO and BEPS.
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Friday Afternoon Live: Strict liability and Facebook UK's tax bill
Accountancy Age Click here for more on strict liability and Facebook UK's tax bill.
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Auditors to be hit with increased FRC levy demands as government funding ends
Accountancy Age AUDITORS are set to be hit with increased levy demands from the profession's watchdog as the government cuts all funding to the Financial Reporting Council (FRC) from 2016. Since 2009,...
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Advisers keen to see IR35 shortcomings addressed in Autumn Statement
Accountancy Age IT'S HARDLY BEEN A YEAR in which tax practitioners have been able to rest on their laurels, with barely a fiscal quarter going by without a Budget, or in this case an Autumn Statement -...
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Audit - too narrow a tool for effective financial oversight of Kids Company
Accountancy Age A TRIO of senior UK accountancy professionals faced rigorous questioning over their work as MPs looked into the financial probity of disgraced charity Kids Company. Work undertaken by...
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Redundancy/insolvency consultation misses ‘workable solution’
Accountancy Age INSOLVENCY trade body R3 has criticised the government's response to its own call for evidence on consulting on redundancies in insolvencies for failing to provide a ‘workable...
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HBOS and KPMG tensions exposed by report
Accountancy Age TENSIONS between HBOS's senior management and the bank's auditor KPMG have been exposed in the long-awaited bumper report into the financial institution's epic failure. The 500-page...
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Cumbrian accounting firms defiant in face of floods
Accountancy Age STORM Desmond's devastating impact on North West England - and Cumbria in particular - has wrought destruction on homes and businesses throughout the region. Allied to the tempest,...
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Friday Afternoon Live: Bolton Wanderers' winding up petition and Storm Desmond
Accountancy Age Click here to find out more about Bolton Wanderers' winding up order and Storm Desmond.
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Friday Afternoon Live: KPMG's bad month and Tyrie's FRC criticism
Accountancy Age Click here for more on KPMG's results and the FRC.
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‘Someone needs to move HMRC forward’: Advisers react to Lin Homer departure
Accountancy Age LIN HOMER, the outgoing chief executive of HMRC who suffered stinging criticism from MPs over multiple failings at the UK tax authority, has been unfairly criticised, according to a...
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Advisers outline fears as HMRC gets digital
Accountancy Age HMRC has launched its new system of personal online tax accounts amid real scepticism from advisers over the UK tax authority's ability to deliver on its goal of becoming one of the...
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They fought the taxman, and who won?
Accountancy Age FOR most people, tax isn't sexy. That's why you don't see many TV programmes with the word ‘tax' in the title. However, Wednesday night saw Twitter's keyboard army turn away from...
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Google deal will “not help public perceptions on tax”, claims adviser
Accountancy Age GEORGE OSBORNE and HMRC believe they've secured a "victory" in the corporation tax battle with Google, but a number of tax advisers have questioned the agreement, with one tax expert...
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Five things we learned from the Google PAC hearing
Accountancy Age WHEN NEWS first broke that Google had struck a £130m tax deal with HMRC, PAC chair Meg Hillier immediately pledged to question both groups over the ‘cosy deal'. The MP was true to her...
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Appointment of Jon Thompson could create tensions within HMRC
Accountancy Age A potential "two-headed" leadership at HMRC could cause ructions at taxman, advisers fear. Yesterday, the cabinet office announced that Jon Thompson is set to replace outgoing chief...
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Budget 2016: Four Budget announcements sure to help UK business
Accountancy Age BILLED as the Budget to "put stability first" and back the UK's burgeoning SME base, the latest set of fiscal policies announced by the chancellor present a great deal of opportunity...
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Budget 2016: ‘Generous tax environment' will attract overseas investment
Accountancy Age THE CHANCELLOR announced a surprise further reduction in the headline rate of corporation tax to 17% from 1 April 2020, which is welcome news for companies and should attract more...
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