HMRC changed its bank account details without telling businesses, resulting in tens of millions of pounds in corporation tax and VAT not being collected by the government, the Daily Telegraph has reported. Despite having tried to pay their tax, numerous Read more…
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Accountancy is no longer the most dominant higher apprenticeship course, according to a report by the department for Business, Innovations and Skills (BIS). The Apprenticeships Evaluation 2015 report showed that in 2014, 60 per cent of Level 4 apprentices were Read more…
It has been claimed by a receptionist at PwC in London that she was sent home from the corporate finance company because she refused to wear heels. Nicola Thorp was employed as a temporary receptionist at PwC, back in December Read more…
The third largest association of independent accounting and consulting firms in the world looks set to happen later this year, after the announcement of a merger being in the pipelines. Subject to approval, IAPA International (IAPA), based in the UK, Read more…
Kevin Ellis has been named as the new chairman and senior partner of PwC in the UK and Middle East, and will begin a four-year term on 1 July this year. Mr Ellis came out top against three other candidates, Read more…
Vernon Soare has been named as the new Chief Operating Officer of ICAEW, moving from his position as Executive Director of Professional Standards. It is the second high-profile appointment since February, when Paul Aplin was announced as the new vice Read more…
The co-founder of Apple, Steve Wozniak, has told the BBC that he thinks Apple should pay the same 50 per cent tax rate that he himself pays. This comes after recent criticism of tech giants Apple, Amazon and Google, who Read more…
Analysis of a range of factors has seen PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) named the top accountancy firm to work for in America, retaining the top spot it secured in last year’s rankings. The list, from Vault.com, ranked accounting firms in America based Read more…
SAGE have launched a worldwide accountant partner programme to help streamline the use for those who will work with the software in different countries. The Global Accountant Partner Programme is designed to streamline relationships with accountants, letting them access necessary Read more…
In the last year, £154m has been recovered by HMRC from collecting unpaid Capital Gains Tax, according to Collyer Bristow, a private client law firm. Collyer Bristow received figures from the Revenue, and found that HMRC’s local compliance teams managed Read more…
