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ACCA and ISCA collaborate to develop talent pipeline for the accountancy sector
May 18th, 2015
The Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) and the Institute of Singapore Chartered Accountants (ISCA) have signed a Partnership Agreement that will strengthen the talent pipeline for the accountancy sector in Singapore. This is in anticipation of the sector’s ...
ACCA appoints current Singapore head to key strategy and development role for Asia Pacific
May 6th, 2015
Ms Leong Soo Yee tasked with developing growth potential within the region ACCA (the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants) today announced the appointment of Leong Soo Yee, the current head of its Singapore office, to the role of Director ...
Accounting threshold shifts risk lasting damage to audit profession
April 29th, 2015
Earlier this month, on 6 April, a new EC directive quietly slipped into force. The less than snappily titled Companies, Partnership and Groups (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2015 – the UK’s implementation of the EU Accounting Directive – passed onto the ...
Big Four to beat law in dumping the billable hour
April 29th, 2015
Pricing experts have predicted that accounting firms will scrap the billable hour before law firms, but neither sector is willing to change. Steve Major (pictured), founder of consultancy Pricing Power, told Lawyers Weekly that accounting firms are moving away from the ...
IFAC Group: Better Public Sector Financial Reporting, Accountability. Now.
April 28th, 2015
Accountability. Now. Coalition Meets for First Time to Drive Campaign Forward Convened by the International Federation of Accountants® (IFAC®), the Accountability. Now. coalition, comprising civil society organizations, major international bodies, and the accountancy profession, met for the first time to ...
What about the EU Single Market?
April 23rd, 2015
Discussions of the economic situation in Europe and the eurozone during the last few years have a heavy emphasis on government debt and central bank policy. But from the time when the Treaty of Rome back in 1957 created ...
Number of businesses EU VAT rules affect ‘underestimated’
April 22nd, 2015
HMRC’s underestimation of the number of small businesses affected by the new VAT EU rules on the supply of business to customer digital services caused thousands to struggle with the new regulations. The claims were made by the EU ...
KPMG Elects New U.S. Chairman and CEO
April 22nd, 2015
KPMG in the U.S. has elected Lynne Doughtie to serve as its next Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, for a five-year term starting July 1. Doughtie currently leads KPMG’s Advisory business, and has distinguished herself in numerous leadership positions ...
BHP merger with Clough propels it into Top 50
April 17th, 2015
Barber Harrison & Platt (BHP), Yorkshire’s largest independent firm of chartered accountants, has merged with Cleckheaton-based Clough & Company. The deal creates a regional practice with six offices, over 270 people and revenues approaching £18m, place it firmly within ...
ICAS and CIPFA launch landmark integrated qualification in audit
April 16th, 2015
ICAS and The Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy (CIPFA) have announced that they intend to work together to produce a ground-breaking new joint qualification in both public and corporate sector audit. The qualification will combine the unrivalled ...
