The Covid economic crisis is far from over
Saturday, March 27th, 2021I noted in a video that I published yesterday that the biggest economic stress from Covid is yet to come. Businesses reopening at the same
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Business is going to need all the help it can get to reopen
Friday, March 26th, 2021Deep down inside me there is the chartered accountant I have been for almost 40 years now. And as an accountant I know that the
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The tax gap is huge, and we would have a fairer tax system and collect more tax if we resourced HMRC properly to address this issue
Thursday, March 25th, 2021I was amused to note this on Fox Business news in the USA: U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said on Wednesday that if the IRS were funded
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Johnson’s enthusiasm for greed says a great deal, including about his incomprehension of how business really works
Wednesday, March 24th, 2021The Guardian has reported that: The UK’s successful vaccine rollout was thanks to “greed” and “capitalism”, Boris Johnson has told Conservative MPs during a private
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The next Scottish government, and independence, lines up as Sturgeon outmanoeuvres everyone
Monday, March 22nd, 2021Nicola Sturgeon has survived the challenge to her authority whatever the Tories now do with a vote of no-confidence. The Hamilton enquiry has exonerated her
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The proposed audit reforms are an absolute bargain: what are people whining about?
Friday, March 19th, 2021According to the FT the White Paper proposals on audit reform might result in more than £430m of additional costs for business. There are those
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The Big 4 firms of accountants must be cock-a-hoop at the government's audit reform proposals
Thursday, March 18th, 2021The government has published its audit reform proposals this morning in a new White Paper. In this they say: [T]he audit regulator has in recent
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The government's audit reform proposals fail to address the issue of climate change
Thursday, March 18th, 2021The government’s announcement on audit and accounting reform, out this morning, refer to the significance of climate reporting. As they note: The Government agrees with
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The government's audit reforms will not address the issue of hollowed-out firms
Thursday, March 18th, 2021As already noted, the government has announced its proposed auditing and accounting reform process today. There is much to criticise within it because almost none
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