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UK Tax Gap Widens
October 20th, 2014
The UK tax authority, HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC), has revealed that the UK tax gap grew to 6.8 percent in the fiscal year 2012-13, up 0.2 percent year-on-year. The tax gap, which measures the amount of tax that ...
Modern accountancy firms
October 20th, 2014
At the 2020 Group annual conference last week, US chairman Chris Frederiksen spoke about how to build a modern firm. Based on the group’s research and Frederiksen’s own experience of firms around the world, he came up with five ...
Eurozone fails to benefit from weak currency as oil price slides
October 20th, 2014
Pity the policy makers given the job of rescuing the eurozone from deflation. The unorthodox steps the European Central Bank has taken since June – including a programme of private-sector asset purchases – have caused a steep fall in ...
ASIC’s Strategic Outlook 2014-15
October 20th, 2014
ASIC today published its Strategic Outlook for 2014–15. ASIC’s Strategic Outlook sets out the key risks ASIC sees to the markets it regulates, and how ASIC will respond – prioritising its tools of surveillance and enforcement. ASIC scans the ...
Coinfloor to launch bitcoin fund and trade in broader range of currencies
October 20th, 2014
Coinfloor, the London-based bitcoin exchange, is opening up to a wider range of currencies, according to the FT. It will also raise money from its investors to launch a bitcoin fund next month, taking the company’s value up to ...
IMF: Singapore may decline its competitiveness
October 20th, 2014
Singapore’s plans to cut reliance on foreign workers could reduce its competitiveness and growth potential while keeping core inflation elevated, the International Monetary Fund said in a report on Saturday. The IMF said Singapore’s plans to restructure its economy ...
The Rise and Fall of the Cypriot Economy (Part 2)
October 20th, 2014
Part 2 – Decline & Deleveraging Stage 4 In the fourth stage people start to become poorer but still think of themselves as rich. The decline is gradual and at first people didn’t realise it and in cases where ...
ICAEW fines member for improper tax claims
October 17th, 2014
An ICAEW member was severely reprimanded and fined £32,500 for submitting and later amending a personal self assessment tax return that he knew included improper claims against self employed income, or should have known he could not claim those ...
MetaQuotes Software obtains representative in South Africa
October 16th, 2014
MetaQuotes Software announced its further expansion with Derivative System Technologies act as its agent in South Africa. Recently, MetaQuotes Software has also introduced MetaFintech as its new representative office in the UAE. The new representative office will be responsible for the promotion of ...
GM Sued for $10 Billion Over Losses on 27 Million Cars
October 16th, 2014
General Motors Co. (GM) was hit with its biggest lawsuit so far over serial recalls, brought on behalf of drivers of 27 million vehicles seeking more than $10 billion in compensation for fallen car prices. The would-be class action ...