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ACCA continues to strengthen its global presence
July 19th, 2018
Award-winning professional body ACCA (the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants) has seen a record level of satisfaction from its members and students. Overall 80.7 percent of ACCA members and students were satisfied or very satisfied with their professional ...
Big four accounting firms paid millions to advice EU Commission on tax policy
July 10th, 2018
EU lawmakers should stop relying on policy advice from the world’s four largest accounting firms, given their status as “goliaths of the tax planning world,” according to an independent Brussels-based watchdog. Far from being “objective and legitimate” advisers on ...
Morgan Stanley puts a digital spin on advisor training
June 22nd, 2018
Morgan Stanley’s digital transformation of its wealth management arm is extending beyond an evolving set of technology tools to its advisor training program. A third of Morgan’s trainees are being inducted into a digital-first approach with the intention that ...
ACCA published the five tenets of good corporate governance
May 10th, 2018
ACCA (the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants) has published a report examining the interrelation between businesses and society, and the importance of good corporate governance in facilitating a positive relationship between them. The report – Tenets of good corporate ...
ACCA: What features a quality audit should possess
February 22nd, 2018
A quality audit is vital to public confidence in the audit process and its value. However, the key elements of a quality audit can sometimes exist in mutual tension, and robust discussion among key stakeholders is required to align ...
Taxation highs and low identified in EU report on policy
January 16th, 2018
The report shows that Ireland is not a high tax country with total tax receipts as a percentage of GDP the lowest in the EU and the Effective Marginal Tax Rates lowest 1/3 in the EU Even with a ...
ACCA Celebrates Reaching Over 200.000 Global Membership
December 6th, 2017
Membership of the global professional body for accountants ACCA (the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants) has grown to over 200,000. To celebrate this important milestone, ACCA is highlighting the achievements of its global membership by creating a transportable wall ...
ACCA: Governments and Accountancy profession must work together
October 31st, 2017
A new report from ACCA (the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants) has called for governments, public sector entities and the accounting profession to work together to assist in the implementation of International Public Sector Accounting Standards (IPSAS) around the ...
The productivity myth
October 20th, 2017
Every now and then, there’s a rash of commentary on national productivity. And for the British, productivity is all part of the Brexit angst, with the OECD, the Treasury, the Bank of England and Remainers all saying the ...
Sanctions against senior auditor and EY
October 17th, 2017
Ernst & Young LLP (EY) and Julian Gray, Senior Statutory Auditor and Audit Engagement Partner, have been fined and reprimanded after admitting Misconduct in relation to the audit of the financial statements of Tech Data Limited (formerly known as ...
