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Report suggests law firms are failing on customer service
April 18th, 2016
A new report suggests that there is a ‘disturbing level of tunnel vision’ among law firms when it comes to adopting modern customer service standards, which could ultimately make the difference between success and failure. The report by Peppermint Technology shows that law ...
ACCA welcomes the new VAT Action Plan
April 11th, 2016
ACCA (the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants) welcomes the new VAT Action Plan unveiled by the European Commission today, but warns of the potential danger of compliance costs for smaller businesses. Chas Roy-Chowdhury, ACCA’s head of taxation says: ‘No ...
CME Group Appoints Paul Houston as Global Head of FX
April 4th, 2016
CME Group, the world’s leading and most diverse derivatives marketplace, today announced the appointment of Paul Houston as Executive Director, Global Head of FX. Reporting to Sean Tully, Senior Managing Director, Financial and OTC Products, CME Group, Houston will be responsible for ...
New Report From ACCA Identifies Massive Talent Challenges In Global Finance Functions
March 30th, 2016
A new report from ACCA (the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants) suggests that current talent management practices are falling short. The new report launches ACCA’s global campaign examining talent management practices in today’s finance function. ‘Talent Equation: First Insights’ ...
Round tables held by ACCA and Grant Thornton: Audit needs to respond more quickly to change
March 28th, 2016
Round tables point to concerns over Audit in developed countries A series of round tables held by ACCA (the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants) and Grant Thornton in seven countries across the world has revealed a series of highly diverse opinions ...
Toshiba confirms SEC investigation as accounting woes spread to US
March 18th, 2016
Securities commission and justice department examining ‘accounting problem’ at US units, says Japanese corporation, amid profit-padding crisis Toshiba has announced its US businesses are cooperating with authorities over alleged accounting irregularities and is to cut a further 3,000 jobs. The ...
ICAEW and PwC launch new public sector accounting learning programme
March 17th, 2016
ICAEW and PwC have launched their IPSAS Certificate, which provides a high quality, flexible and accessible certified learning programme for public sector accountants. The ICAEW IPSAS Certificate, jointly developed in collaboration with PwC, provides accountants with a content-rich e-learning ...
HMRC: ‘Persuasive promoters’ lure taxpayers into avoidance schemes
March 2nd, 2016
AN INVESTIGATION into tax avoidance schemes has revealed that people are regularly introduced to avoidance arrangements via family, friends and accountancy firms, despite being aware that they are ‘unusual’ and ‘at the edge of tax law’. The HMRC report attempted to understand ...
Outcome of disciplinary case in connection with Presbyterian Mutual Society
March 1st, 2016
The Financial Reporting Council (FRC) announces the outcome of the disciplinary case in connection with the conduct of Moore Stephens in Northern Ireland (Moore Stephens (NI) LLP) and David McClean, Audit Engagement Partner, in relation to the audit of ...
Google Isn’t Paying the ‘Google Tax’
February 19th, 2016
Close to four years ago, Europe began to notice that some of the world’s biggest technology companies were paying minimal tax on the billions of dollars they earned across the continent. Among those the U.K. and other governments criticized ...
