Tim Pinkney, acting director of professional standards for the Institute of Financial Accountants, provides guidance on making a good quality suspicious activity report (SAR) to prevent clients potentially laundering money through firms
Companies House has warned businesses to ignore emails from a scammer operating as Trafsoft.com which is trying to dupe directors into verifying their online identity
The International Accounting Standards Board has launched a project to address concerns about inconsistency in the reporting of climate-related risks in IFRS financial statements
The government is sending in special commissioners to take over the running of Birmingham City Council after it faced multimillion pound deficit and unaffordable equal pay settlement
Amy Harvey, partner, and Alexander Unal, associate, at Ontier LLP examine whether the move to introduce tougher disclosure rules on distributable profits and dividend payments, resilience statements, and material fraud will improve transparency and accountability
An unaffordable settlement for an equal pay claim and £87m deficit have forced Birmingham City Council to issue a section 114 notice, as auditors warn financial situation is grave
Sophie Brookes and Debbie Shaw of Gateley examine directors’ duties and tax free bonuses in Hunt, exclusion clauses in Virgin Mobile and beneficial ownership registration
The launch of sustainability standards is an opportunity for standard setters to develop global best practices for greater transparency on the connection between financial and sustainability information, says IFAC
Dave Rowley CPFA takes you through the basics of selecting, using and completing a disclosure checklist to finalise accounts following the launch of Croner-i’s disclosure checklist software
The International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) has amended IAS 21 to require companies to provide more useful information in their financial statements when a currency cannot be exchanged into another currency
