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KPMG: UK tax changes will slow down buy-to-let market
December 30th, 2015
The buy-to-let market will slow down next year due to a series of tax changes, accountancy giant KPMG has said. The changes, including a three per cent hike to stamp duty on buy-to-let homes, to be introduced in April, will put off ...
Deloitte, KPMG, PwC and four others empanelled for RBI Information Systems Audit
December 28th, 2015
Deloitte, KPMG, PwC and four others have been empanelled by the Reserve Bank of India for conducting audit of information systems of the central bank. The other agencies are AAA Technologies, Auditime, Digital Age Strategies and Mahindra SSG. “With ...
Income up 53% at KPMG Legal
December 22nd, 2015
One of the Big Four accountancy firms offering legal services through an alternative business structure has reported a sharp rise in income from the division and pledged further heavy investment. KPMG says in its newly published annual report that ...
KPMG UK announces 2.6% growth in revenues to £1.96bn
December 18th, 2015
The firm invested almost £200m in acquisitions, property and staff training Tax and audit were the firm’s highest earning services The firm, its partners and employees paid £786m in taxes KPMG, the professional services firm providing audit, tax and ...
KPMG in hot water over HBOS collapse
December 16th, 2015
The “big four” auditing firm KPMG has found itself under renewed pressure over its role in signing off HBOS’s books in the years before the bank collapsed. The Bank of England/Financial Conduct Authority report did not specifically evaluate KPMG’s ...
MP calls for FRC accounting body to investigate KPMG over HBOS
December 14th, 2015
Britain’s accounting standards watchdog has made a “serious mistake” in refusing to open a formal investigation into accountancy firm KPMG over the way it checked the books of HBOS bank before it collapsed, a senior UK lawmaker said on ...
KPMG International announced today aggregated network revenues of US$24.44 billion
December 10th, 2015
Investments in new services and innovation drive KPMG growth Investments in new services, acquisitions and strong growth across core services drive fiscal year (FY) revenues of US$24.44 billion Multi-year, US$1billion investment program in data and analytics (D&A) and new ...
KPMG: Alpari (UK) Limited – Preferential creditor dividend
December 3rd, 2015
Preferential creditor dividend The Joint Special Administrators have announced a dividend to preferential creditors of 100p in the £ (GBP) (“the Preferential Dividend”) i.e. all agreed preferential claims will be paid in full. Preferential creditors should shortly receive a ...
Four senior KPMG partners arrested in HMRC tax evasion inquiry
November 27th, 2015
Accountancy firm places most senior staff in Northern Ireland on administrative leave pending tax evasion inquiry Four senior executives from the Belfast office of accountancy firm KPMG have been arrested in Belfast on alleged tax evasion charges. The four partners were ...
HBOS and KPMG tensions exposed by report
November 24th, 2015
TENSIONS between HBOS’s senior management and the bank’s auditor KPMG have been exposed in the long-awaited bumper report into the financial institution’s epic failure. The 500-page tome, which took over three years and £7m to compile, reveals that the ...
