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Will Artificial Intelligence in accounting automation affect accountants job?
July 7th, 2016
Smacc, which uses AI to automate accounting, has secured a $3.5 million Series A round from Cherry Ventures, Rocket Internet, Dieter von Holtzbrinck Ventures, Grazia Equity and business angels. Smacc offers small and medium-sized enterprises a platform to digitize ...
Accountants outsourcing their work in countries like India and Philippines
June 16th, 2016
Many accountants in Australia are shifting large proportions of their operations offshore to countries like India and the Philippines where workers can be paid as little as $5 an hour to complete time-consuming compliance work. While legal, many consumers are ...
Prosecutors demand jail for ex-PwC’s accountants
May 12th, 2016
During the last hearings of the LuxLeaks trial, prosecutors have asked for a 18-month jail sentence for Antoine Deltour and Raphaël Halet, both ex-PwC accountants who blew the whistle over the accountancy firm’s role in brokering sweetheart tax deals ...
Global Accountant Partner Program to help Accountants transform & grow their practices
April 7th, 2016
Sage, the market leader for integrated accounting, payroll and payment systems, today announced the launch of a Global Accountant Partner Program to help accountants transform & grow their practices, learn from industry experts and simplify their relationships with Sage. ...
Chartered Accountants in Pakistan gain international recognition as ICAP joins Chartered Accountants Worldwide
February 11th, 2016
The Institute of Chartered Accountants of Pakistan (ICAP) has been awarded Associate membership by Chartered Accountants Worldwide. ICAP is the second professional body to be admitted to the organisation since it was launched in February 2013. As an Associate ...
Accountants among most recession-proof professions
February 11th, 2016
ACCOUNTANCY is one of the most recession-proof private sector professions in the UK, according to an analysis of ONS and professional industry data. Analysis undertaken by Randstad Financial & Professional found that, over the past 12 years, the total salary ...
Slater & Gordon bankers bring in investigative accountants
January 8th, 2016
Slater & Gordon faces further scrutiny after it emerged that the company’s lenders have appointed investigative accountants to take a closer look at its books. The move follows a shock abandonment of its earnings guidance in late 2015 that unnerved shareholders ...
UHY: Expansion into Northern Ireland with Fitch Chartered Accountants
January 8th, 2016
UHY has issued an announcement to inform that the company’s network is expanding into Northern Ireland. UHY announcement refers that: “We are delighted to announce that our network is expanding into Northern Ireland with Fitch Chartered Accountants joining our group, as ...
Social media ‘increasingly important’ to accountants
January 5th, 2016
Social media is becoming more important to accountants in generating new business and raising their profile, according to the Wolters Kluwer 2015 social media survey. Since the survey’s inception in 2011, more accountants have embraced social media as a part ...
ACCA: Accountants and Auditors need specific “Whistleblowing” protection
December 21st, 2015
ACCA welcomes the provisional EU inter-institutional agreement on the protection of trade secrets, but remains concerned about the scope for divergence in implementation by Member States. ACCA believes that the main goal of the directive on common rules for ...
