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 ...
Andreas Theophanous
April 7th, 2015
Professor Andreas Theophanous was born in Cyprus on February 14, 1960. In 1980, he went to the USA on a Fulbright scholarship. He received his BA degree in Economics and Political Science (with distinction, baccalaureate) from Susquehanna University in ...
Better Late Than Never For Tardy Tax Returns
February 3rd, 2015
ACCA’s head of taxation, Chas Roy-Chowdhury, gives his advice on what to do if you’ve missed the deadline for self-assessment which was 31 January The deadline for self-assessment may have passed, but for the hundreds of thousands of people ...
Global Accountancy Body welcomes ECB’s Bond – Buying initiative
January 23rd, 2015
ACCA welcomes the launch by the European Central Bank (ECB)‘s of an expanded asset purchase programme, entailing the existing purchase programmes for asset-backed securities and covered bonds. As from March 2015, the Eurosystem will start to purchase euro-denominated investment-grade ...
Audit and assurance for SMEs
December 22nd, 2014
While regulators are lifting the audit thresholds around the world, SMEs still see the access to funding as a challenge. This raises the issue of the value of assurance services for SMEs and the role of accountants in offering, ...
Wide global divergence in corporate governance requirements
November 21st, 2014
Adequate and effective corporate governance (CG) is critical in supporting boards and management to navigate uncertainty in the international business arena. Yet, a joint study by ACCA Singapore and KPMG in Singapore reveals a wide divergence in CG requirements ...
Investment environment improved for UK SMEs who are ‘back in the game’
October 24th, 2014
Small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) around the world have seen confidence levels rise and economic outlook improve drastically in the twelve months to mid-2014, according to findings from ACCA (the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants) and IMA® (Institute ...
Financial Education for Entrepreneurs: How to get it right?
October 10th, 2014
Financial education needs a coordinated and integrated approach and to be taught as early as possible. More and better synergies among all players in the financial environment – but not only- are needed, but it is also important to ...
How to choose an accountant
October 3rd, 2014
Selecting an accountant to support your business is an important decision and something you need to consider carefully. Dan Martin gathers advice from members of the community UK Business Forums. How much should you pay? As with everything in ...
Contributing Authors
October 2nd, 2014
Dr Alan Waring Dr Alan Waring has 35 years’ experience in risk management. His several books include Managing Risk (1998), co-authored with Prof Ian Glendon, Practical Systems Thinking (1996) and Corporate Risk and Governance published in May 2013. He has presented numerous conference and ...
