IRIS Software Group has acquired Senta, the cloud-based practice management software for accountants and bookkeepers, in a move designed to support moves to Making Tax Digital reporting
The power and influence of the Big Four accountancy firms is clear to see at the higher echelons of the FTSE 100. Philip Smith analyses the alumni currently holding top jobs across the UK’s largest companies
To assist accountants, tax advisers and auditors in dealing with the coronavirus crisis, all our related covid-19 coverage will be available here as soon as new announcements are made, plus expert analysis
The Treasury has extended by a week the consultation period on proposed insolvency changes for payment institutions (PIs) and electronic money institutions (EMIs), which include establishing a new special administration regime (SAR)
A bribery scandal surrounding FTSE 250 energy infrastructure specialist Petrofac has deepened, with a former senior executive pleading guilty to additional charges relating to corrupt payments made in connection with multibillion pound contracts in the Middle East
The Pensions Regulator (TPR) has banned a corporate trustee and one of its directors from acting as pension scheme trustees after multiple governance failures which it said highlighted a lack of competence, capability and integrity
An influential cross-party group of MPs is to conduct an in-depth investigation into standards in the UK insolvency profession, in response to claims that some practitioners are prioritising lenders’ interests over those of business or other creditors
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has warned firms that they must make sure they can complete their transition away from LIBOR to a new sterling benchmark before the end of the year
The impact of Covid-19 has seen the UK’s tax advisory market contract by one fifth (21%), more than double the global level of decline, according to a report by Source Global Research
Some 250,000 small businesses are at risk of closure as a result of the pandemic according to the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB), which is calling on the government to provide more support for the sector during the latest national lockdown
In our regular Q&A series, Croner Taxwise, tax consultant, David Woolley, explains how to define when an SME becomes a large business for research and development (R&D) purposes
The Treasury has kicked off a consultative process on proposals for a new regulatory approach to cryptoassets and stablecoins, with a three-month call for evidence from industry and stakeholders
CFOs at some of the UK’s biggest companies are predicting a five-fold increase in home working by 2025, along with hikes in the levels of corporate and individual taxation as a result of the pandemic
After one of the toughest years ever as the covid-19 pandemic wreaked havoc, Zak Jakubowski talks to leading accountants and industry experts about their hopes and predictions for 2021
