Carillion fallout: FRC ‘under threat’ |
| The future of the Financial Reporting Council has been thrown into doubt after the government promised an independent inquiry into its whole operation. |
|
PSCs: a question of control |
| What is a PSC and how does it work? Here’s what Companies House has to say... |
|
Blockchain and the future of accountancy |
| With bitcoin seemingly always in the news there’s much interest around the blockchain concept. David Lyford-Smith explains what it is and how it works |
|
Keeping it real |
| Philip Dunn explains the importance of financial statements and who they are of most use to |
|
Still room for improvement in corporate reporting, says FRC |
| Regulator expects more detail and less ambiguity, according to report |
|
Making Tax Digital: VAT |
| Despite delays to various staging post dates, the government’s digital agenda juggernaut is rolling on… |
|
Your guide to the revised CTA exam |
| The CTA qualification is getting a major overhaul – and it is looking good |
|
CTA exam makeover |
| The Chartered Institute of Taxation unveiled its new-look CTA exams in early September, to much applause. |
|
How to give great financial presentations |
| Peter Simons has some advice on an activity that scares many of you witless – giving a presentation to your firm’s top brass |
|
Time to end ‘illogical’ intangible asset rules |
| The disclosure of intangible assets remains disappointingly low, with $35trn (or almost three-quarters) of global intangible value not reflected in 2016 balance sheets, says Brand Finance. |
|
Dealing with a corporate trading loss |
| Victoria Cavell explains how companies can use trading losses to their advantage |
|
Are you ready for GDPR? |
| Brian Palmer explains significant changes to the data protection laws that will come into effect in 2018 and will impact on your firm |
|
Drones are coming to an audit near you |
| Wave goodbye to your calculator, the accountant’s new best friend could be their pet drone! |
|
IASB’s IAS 12 clarification |
| The International Accounting Standards Board has issued IFRIC 23 Uncertainty over Income Tax Treatments, to specify how to reflect uncertainty in accounting for incomes taxes. The board explained that it may be unclear how tax law applies to a particular transaction or circumstance, or whether a taxation authority will accept a company’s tax treatment. |
|
Standard overhaul 20 years in the making |
| The International Accounting Standards Board has now issued its overhauled IFRS 17 Insurance Contracts. |
|
Hit the rollover jackpot |
| Juliet Smith explains all you need to know about rollover relief, a subject that is frequently tested |
|
Can cheats prosper? |
| Accountancy bodies have no plans to beef up their exam invigilation following reports of a surge in hi-tech cheating at universities. |
|
Don’t go to pieces over leases |
| Claire Oglesby explains all you need to know about leases in the form of some top tips |
|
Colour me VAT |
| HMRC sets out the VAT treatment for colouring and dot-to-dot books – is it simply child’s play? |
|
Check in at Boots for a VAT refund |
| Who should pocket airport VAT refunds? Graham Hambly asks the question |
|
National insurance and the level playing field |
| John Colville outlines how NI works and why some consider it controversial |
|
FRC wants the right to sanction all directors |
| The UK’s biggest public companies have been put on notice – the Financial Reporting Council (FRC) wants to be able to take disciplinary action against all individuals for breaching financial reporting rules. |
|
ACCA CBEs: Be a session player |
| Judith Bennett explores the practical ways that you can tackle ACCA’s F5–F9 exams |
|
CTA exams: capital advice |
| Human Capital Taxes, also known as Human Capital Services (BDO), Global Employer Services (Deloitte), People Advisory Services (EY), Global Mobility Services (KPMG and Mazars), Employer Solutions and Expatriate Tax (Grant Thornton and RSM), Employer Consulting Tax (Moore Stephens) or even Human Resources Tax Services (PwC), is a growing area of taxation. As global employment mobility continues to increase, so does the need for advice for employers with internationally mobile employees, covering tax issues w |
|
Human capital is a taxing issue |
| The Chartered Institute of Taxation is introducing a new exam in Human Capital Taxes for the May examination. |
|
Proformas hold the key to exam pass |
| Kamran Ali explains how to pass Inheritance Tax, Trusts and Estates module of the CTA exams |
|
IFRS: a model answer |
| Martin Jones sets a question on equity and debt – and provides a specimen answer |
|
Exam preparation: 24 hours to go |
| Stuart Pedley-Smith outlines what you should be doing with your time on the final day before that big exam |
|
‘Awareness’ is key to exam success |
| Sheridan Matthew Gray gives some tips on passing the corporation tax module of the CTA Awareness Paper |
|
A quick look at… Treatment of payments for corportion tax purposes |
| A company may make different payments, but are you clear as to how each is treated for corporation tax purposes? |
|
Rising to the challenge |
| Accountants working in the public sector face a unique set of challenges. So how are they dealing with them? |
|
Don’t get too close |
| EY has agreed to pay a whopping $9.3m to the US Securities and Exchange Commission to settle charges that two of its audit partners “got too close to their clients on a personal level and violated rules that ensure firms maintain their objectivity and impartiality during audits”. |
|
A quick look at… Ebrahimi v Westbourne Galleries Ltd. [1973] AC 360 |
| This case remains the leading authority on the provision currently found in s122(1) (g) of the Insolvency Act 1986, which provides that a petition to wind up a company can be granted if it is “just and equitable” to wind up the company. |
|
Pass the CTA OMB Advisory exam |
| Nitin Rabheru offers advice on how to pass the Taxation of Owner-Managed Businesses paper |
|
Sustainability and the UNGC: it’s the real thing |
| Keeping the planet clean for our children is laudable, but regulation could get in the way, says Martin Jones |
|
Meet a top performer |
| Lewis Richardson achieved the best performance by an apprentice in the November 2015 ATT exams. So we asked him how he did it |
|
Five tips on passing a CTA advisory exam |
| Nitin Rabheru has a five-step plan to get you through the CTA advisory exams. So read, digest – and put them into action! |
|
Intangible assets: change is needed |
| It’s time for a revolution in the reporting of intangible assets, says David Haigh |
|
New tax pathway launched by ATT |
| The Association of Taxation Technicians (ATT) and Chartered Institute of Taxation (CIOT) have launched a new flexible route to obtaining both the ATT and CIOT qualifications. |
|
A quick look at… IFRS 11 – Joint Arrangements |
| Accounting for joint arrangements is an example of a topic where the accounting standard (IFRS 11) is relatively straightforward to apply. |
|
A quick look at… accounting for value – defining value |
| Most people will know something about Value Based Management (VBM). It is a management philosophy that, basically, focuses on the creation of value rather than just profits. |
|
Classic way to succeed |
| One way of beating those stress blues while you are revising is to play a little bit of classical music. |
|
IASB amends IFRS 15 revenue standard |
| The International accounting Standards Board (IASB) has issued amendments to IFRS 15 Revenue from Contracts with Customers, to help clarify some requirements and provide more transitional relief. |
|
|