The government has signalled its intention to set up a new audit regulator to replace the Financial Reporting Council FRC, despite the cabinet reshuffle which saw the business secretary replaced
Entrepreneurs’ relief should be reshaped to inspire budding entrepreneurs rather than acting as a way to top up pension pots, argues Phil Hall, head of public affairs, AAT
HMRC has set up a specialist team to probe the tax affairs of ultra-high net worth individuals, as it extends efforts to crackdown on possible tax avoidance by some of the UK’s wealthiest families
Rising shareholder dissent hit a quarter of the FTSE all share companies last year, with high levels of executive pay and director re-election topping the list of concerns
The OECD plans to develop a single set of reporting rules for countries to use to collect information about sales made via online platforms to assist future tax collection
A number of business leaders could lose their government advisory roles as Downing Street plans to downsize committee numbers on the business council network
Succession planning is vital in any finance team where the future viability of a business can rest on a poor decision. Matt Weston, managing director of Robert Half UK, sets out the key steps
In our trainee series, Zak Jakubowski talks to Molly Tait and Matt Pollard, audit trainees at Mercer & Hole, about long working days and their ambitions to become ACA qualified
A third of all board positions in FTSE 100 are now held by women, but female representation in senior executive roles is lagging with only 15% of finance directors at top UK companies being women
In this week’s accountancy career moves, partner appointment at Wilkins Kennedy, hires at Kilsby Williams, Quantuma and Wilkins Kennedy and an interim CFO at Fulcrum Utility Services
In our new series on IFRS, Glynnis Carthy CA(SA), technical writer at Croner-i, explains the importance of reporting accurate disclosures and their material impact in IAS 1 Presentation of Financial Statements
Diageo, the UK-based alcohol producer whose brands include Guinness, Baileys, Smirnoff and Johnny Walker, has been fined $5m (£3.88m) by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)
The abolition of ESC D49 in the upcoming Finance Bill will remove a useful tax break for home owners who cannot immediately move into their homes due to late-running renovations. Yvette Nunn CTA explains
The Cayman Islands has been put on an EU blacklist of tax havens, the first UK overseas territory to be named and shamed for failing to crack down on tax abuse
