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The Briefcase 2: The 5 Biggest Accounting Scandals of All Time
From Enron to Satyam, discover the five biggest accounting scandals of all time, how they happened, who got burned, and what every accountant can learn from the wreckage.
Accountants in the Spotlight
Discover how accountants are portrayed in TV and film, from cult heroes to comedy icons, and why the profession deserves more credit than it gets.
The History of Accounting
From Mesopotamian clay tablets to modern ledgers, the history of accounting spans continents and civilisations.
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Posted on: 19th Apr 2017When Does Architectural Design & Engineering Qualify for R&D Tax Credits?
By: Linda Eziquiel | 5 min read | 0In the UK we have a great tradition of architectural and engineering innovation and with the advance of technology, the design process involves not just pioneering ideas but pioneering methods to test and...
Posted on: 22nd Mar 2017The Self- Employment Issue
By: Rob Weaver | 2 min read | 0The Chancellor did a well-documented hand brake turn with his reversal of the self-employed National Insurance increases. Though he had plenty of encouragement, he should have avoided this political own goal. Whenever the next election is...
Posted on: 9th Mar 2017The Budget: A Broken Political Promise?
By: Rob Weaver | 3 min read | 0With two budgets this year, there was every chance that this was going to be a bit of a damp squib and largely it was. With the exception of giving small business owners and the growing number of self-employed a bit of a...
Posted on: 17th Oct 2016Tax Avoidance: The Next Steps
By: Alan Nelson | 3 min read | 0Its clear that public opinion in the UK has moved from tax avoiders being seen as slightly glamorous bad boys, to a situation where there is genuine annoyance at large companies that pay very little...
Posted on: 7th Oct 2016The Thin Line Between Tax Avoidance and Evasion
By: Ian Hayes | 6 min read | 0In reading it though, in 2016, with intense heat generated by revelation of major avoidance schemes used by global corporations to mitigate and eliminate tax liabilities and...
Posted on: 27th Apr 2016R&D Tax Credits: Which Companies are Benefiting?
By: Linda Eziquiel | 8 min read | 0R&D tax credits are still too little understood. If you are a company director or their accountant – could you or your clients' be paying a high price due to lack of understanding?
Posted on: 18th Mar 2016March Budget 2016
By: Robin Sykes | 7 min read | 0Robin Sykes looks over what the March 2016 budget could mean for businesses.