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5th May 2023

Tech pulse

5th May 2023

Accountech Bytes: AI hits practice management

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Business tax

5th May 2023

What did tax day mean for payroll?

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child in sandbox | accountingweb | TAMD: Payroll implications

HMRC & policy

5th May 2023

HMRC gets serious with ESS sales till fraud

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HMRC gets serious with ESS sales till fraud

HMRC & policy

5th May 2023

HMRC seeks feedback on VAT relief for ESM

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energy saving concept image | accountingweb | Consultation on VAT on energy saving materials

Practice software

5th May 2023

Karbon joins the rush to AI practice management

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Futuristic business people walk through a tunnel of light

HMRC & policy

5th May 2023

Combative agent no match for statutory legislation

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Broken tennis racket | accountingweb | IR35 appeal denied as late

4th May 2023

Financial reporting

4th May 2023

AMS Group appointed SNP auditor

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Recently selected SNP first minister Humza Yousaf drives audit appointment

HMRC & policy

4th May 2023

Shots supplier drinks in zero-rating decision

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image shows turmeric shot | accountingweb | VAT on juices: Turmeric shots

General practice

4th May 2023

Gravita acquires CBW and Davis Grant

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Richard Hattersley

Gravita scales accountancy league table with two mergers AccountingWEB a picture of jigsaw pieces floating

Accounting software

4th May 2023

A force for good: Accountants and tech vendors

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A force for good - accountants and tech vendors

Practice strategy

4th May 2023

If your profit is not up 10%, then why not?

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10 percent balloons | accountingweb | are your profits up 10%

3rd May 2023

HMRC & policy

3rd May 2023

HMRC’s future requires updated data gathering

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Image shows data security icon on keyboard | accountingweb | Information and data provide to HMRC

HMRC & policy

3rd May 2023

Blame game won’t solve duplicate employments

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Image shows twin men | accountingweb | Duplicate Employments Via RTI – the Employer’s Fault?

Accounting software

3rd May 2023

Pixie leverages AutoGPT to create Co-Pilot tool

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An digitally rendered image of a plane landing in front of a mobile phone to demonstrate the concept of an ai-driven co-pilot tool

HMRC & policy

3rd May 2023

HMRC’s Covid response may increase tax gap

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Richard Hattersley

HMRC’s Covid response may increase tax gap, say MPs AccountingWEB photo of the Houses of Parliament

2nd May 2023

Business tax

2nd May 2023

Agency wins case on premise of excluded service

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Herminder Sandhu

Employment or agency - who pays PAYE? | accountingweb | image shows office workers

HMRC & policy

2nd May 2023

Taxpayers asked to pay same assessment twice

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Richard Hattersley

Taxpayers asked to pay same simple assessment twice Photo of an HMRC envelope

Financial reporting

2nd May 2023

It’s high time the Big Four got their comeuppance

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The Imprudent Accountant

Image shows hot air balloon | Accounitngweb | Big Four must get comeuppance

28th Apr 2023

General practice

28th Apr 2023

Accountancy bodies told to step up AML supervision

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Richard Hattersley

Accountancy bodies told to step up AML supervision AccountingWEB - a photo of magnifiers

Tech pulse

28th Apr 2023

Accountech Bytes: Coconut, AML, and Ryan Reynolds

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What AML tools should accountants be aware of? An image of digital currency on a washing line

Practice strategy

28th Apr 2023

Education is key in promoting ESG

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ESG needs to be at heart of firms | accountingweb | image shows professional withe heart shaped leaf

27th Apr 2023

Tech pulse

27th Apr 2023

All aboard the hype cycle of AI

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All aboard the hype cycle of AI | accountingweb

HMRC & policy

27th Apr 2023

Tax day tackles IR35, simplification and tax gap

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Richard Hattersley

HM Treasury

People

27th Apr 2023

FD Works: Diversity means different perspectives

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Richard Hattersley

Kim Slater accepting the 2022 Accounting Excellence Award

Tech pulse

27th Apr 2023

AML software: What accountants should look for

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People

27th Apr 2023

Stamp out bullying before it affects your business

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Bullying is abhorrent and bad for business | accountingweb

26th Apr 2023

Practice strategy

26th Apr 2023

Don’t shy away from transfer pricing services

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How small accounting firms and tax advisors can offer transfer pricing as a service | accountingweb

HMRC & policy

26th Apr 2023

HMRC dials up automated SMS service

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Richard Hattersley

An office worker using a mobile phone.

Financial reporting

26th Apr 2023

KPMG fined £1m for The Works audit breaches

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Richard Hattersley

KPMG fined £1m for The Works audit breaches accountingweb

Finance & strategy

26th Apr 2023

Prezzo shuts 46 restaurants as rising costs bite

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Prezzo shutting down restaurants | accountingweb

Practice software

26th Apr 2023

Too many apps? Qwil could be the answer

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Too many apps — Qwil could be the answer | Qwil | Image of a cloud of mobile app icons overlaid with a feather

Tech pulse

26th Apr 2023

Domicile record-keeping app ready for take-off

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Passenger airplane taking off at sunset

25th Apr 2023

Practice software

25th Apr 2023

Practice tools fail to meet advisory needs

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Practice software falls short on advisory work

HMRC & policy

25th Apr 2023

PSA service: Simple, straightforward and dangerous

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New Online PAYE Settlement Agreement Service | accountingweb

24th Apr 2023

General practice

24th Apr 2023

ICAEW holds firms responsible for CPD compliance

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Richard Hattersley

ICAEW HQ

General practice

24th Apr 2023

Accountant fined £15k for withholding AML evidence

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Richard Hattersley

A stack of letters

Accounting software

24th Apr 2023

GoSimpleTax snaps up Coconut

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Practice strategy

24th Apr 2023

Ramsay Brown: Listening to clients breeds success

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Richard Hattersley

Ramsay Brown being award the client service award at the 2022 awards.

21st Apr 2023

HMRC & policy

21st Apr 2023

What you don’t know about error penalties

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David Whiscombe

penalty kick

HMRC & policy

21st Apr 2023

Tax repayments can be paid to tax agents

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A check box

Tech pulse

21st Apr 2023

Accountech Bytes: Software on CVs, TaxCalc FRS 102

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Finance & strategy

21st Apr 2023

How CFOs can drive climate action

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How CFOs can drive climate action | accountingweb

Personal tax

21st Apr 2023

Tribunal decides deliberate errors not infectious

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UT: Dr. Danapal was not dishonest | accountingweb

20th Apr 2023

Finance & strategy

20th Apr 2023

Insolvency Service disqualifies 450 BBL fraudsters

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Richard Hattersley

A picture of a Covid virus

Practice strategy

20th Apr 2023

Sustainability is the new frontier in the AI age

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Peter Ellington

Compelling Reasons for Accountants to Advise on Sustainability in the Age of AI | accountingweb

HMRC & policy

20th Apr 2023

Should more tax in England be devolved?

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Should more tax be devolved? | accountingweb

Practice strategy

20th Apr 2023

Big Four need taming after EY demerger collapse

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demerger collapse EY | accountingweb

Tech pulse

20th Apr 2023

The ethics of inflating software credentials

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Job applicant at interview with his fingers crossed behind his back

19th Apr 2023

Excel

19th Apr 2023

ABC of Power BI: ‘N’ is for Negative Numbers

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ABC of Power BI: N is for Negative Numbers | accountingweb

Management accounting

19th Apr 2023

How project accounting can bring focus

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Project accounting | accountingweb

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