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ACCA: Be aware of financial activity alarm bells, warns CCAB Anti Money Laundering Task Force

01/07/2015(0)
Accountants’ ‘professional scepticism’ is the first line of defence in tackling money laundering and terrorist financing, says guidance issued today by the Anti-Money Laundering Taskforce of CCAB, the collective ... Read More
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Grant Thornton and Foley O’Neill agree new securities finance collaboration

17/06/2015(0)
Leading business and financial adviser Grant Thornton UK LLP has agreed a new collaboration with independent consultancy Foley O’Neill, which will see the two firms working together to offer specialist ... Read More
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FCA defends secondments with ‘Big Four’ accountants

04/06/2015(0)
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has revealed how many staff were seconded to and from it from the ‘Big Four‘ accountancy firms Deloitte, KPMG, PwC and EY in 2014. Following ... Read More
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EY’s slick tender secures Royal Dutch Shell audit

21/05/2015(0)
EY is on the cusp of being crowned new auditors to Royal Dutch Shell should its shareholders anoint them at the fossil fuel giant’s 2016 Annual General Meeting. The announcement ... Read More
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Quarter of FTSE 100 bosses are qualified accountants

21/05/2015(0)
Background in finance most likely career path among Britain’s top bosses Company bosses working in the FTSE 100 are more likely to have a background in finance than any other ... Read More
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Sage launches online hub developed by accountants, for accountants

15/05/2015(0)
Sage Impact, a fully customisable online hub from Sage, brings together everything accountants need to run their business Sage Impact,a new, fully customisable online hub developed by Sage and ... Read More
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Swiss Voters Reject Proposal To Replace VAT

13/03/2015(0)
Swiss voters have resoundingly rejected a proposal to replace the value-added tax with an emissions-based levy. A referendum on the popular initiative, known as “Energy Rather than VAT,” was ... Read More
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Accountants could face tax evasion charges

25/02/2015(0)
The chief secretary to the Treasury, Danny Alexander, has called for organisations including accountants, to be prosecuted if they facilitate tax evasion by their clients. The Lib-Dem minister wants to ... Read More
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Accountants Warn Against UK 50 Percent Income Tax Rate

05/11/2014(0)
High earners in the UK would pay 24 percent more tax than the current global average if the Labour Party succeeds in reintroducing the 50 percent tax rate, according ... Read More
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2015 trends: Accountants and technology

24/10/2014(0)
Love it or hate it, technology is permanently changing, and accountants are now expected to keep abreast of these fluctuations in order to keep clients happy. Gone is the ... Read More
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