I like a post by Mark Lee on his blog about the questions an accountant should ask their client when preparing their accounts. He’s right
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What do small practitioners think?
There’s some fascinating comments on the performance of HM Revenue & Customs over at Accountingweb. Take this one: HMRC’s attitude and approach has been planned
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The Washington Post gets it right
The Washington Post editorial on 25 July was worth reading. Bush is at it again – this time deliberately making it easier for companies that
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KPMG think there’s room for improvement in tax reporting
Accountingweb in the USA reports that KPMG have done a survey on the effectiveness of audit committees. Since the survey was of the members of
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Information exchange
Accountancy Age has reported that HM Revenue & Customs: HM Revenue and Customs hopes to make progress on negotiations with the Cayman Islands, China, Germany,
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Tax practice in the UK
Rebecca Pennyworth has been considering the issue of the relationship between accountants and the Revenue over at Accountingweb (with the usual apology to those who
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The price of VAT fraud
The Federation of Technological Industries has reported an article by Paul Lashmar in the Independent on Sunday. Unfortunately the IoS charges an absurd £1 an
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Innocent until proven guilty
I am all in favour of people paying the right amount of tax. I have little tolerance for anything else. But I’m going to add
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Feedblitz emails
I realised yesterday that the Feedblitz email system on this blog was not working. So I offer my apologies to all those who have signed
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