London, UK – 13th October 2010: ACCA (the Association of Chartered and Certified Accountants) today champions the work of tax agents following publication of a report by the National Audit Office called ‘HM Revenue & Customs Engaging with Tax Agents’. The report details how HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) works with tax agents in the UK, making a number of recommendations for the future...
Pension taxation reform could prove to be a real test of the Government’s ‘fairness’ and ‘personal responsibility’ credentials, warns ACCA (the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants) as the deadline for responses to the Government’s second review on the subject arrives. “This issue could turn out to be a real banana skin for the Government,” says ACCA’s head of tax Chas Roy-Chowdhury...
The Association of Chartered Certified Accountants Pakistan held an annual networking event for its members in Islamabad today at the Serena Hotel providing a unique opportunity to build linkages within the ACCA community and benefit from networking with leadership from well recognised employers from the industry. This Annual Networking event marked the celebration of ACCA as a successful brand...
Recent member poll shows majority favour cuts in public spending and are against increase in NI contributions As the UK Budget gets closer, ACCA (the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants) has polled its UK members asking the question: Given the current state of UK public finances, which of the following do you think is a better proposal from the government to deal with the UK budget...
To help businesses cope with the demands of climate change, ACCA (the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants), in association with Forum for the Future, Baker and McKenzie, KPMG, and Deloitte, has produced the Carbon Jigsaw Briefings. These seven documents provide businesses with a thorough and expert overview of the business challenges posed by climate change, as well guidance on how...
Acknowledging the enormous contribution of the SME sector to the economic growth, the SME agenda is at the heart of ACCA’s activities ACCA Pakistan, in partnership with stakeholders like Small and Medium Enterprise Development Authority (SMEDA) and local chambers, has been focusing on enhancing accounting, bookkeeping and taxation skills and knowledge of SME owner managers. The ACCA Pakistan SME...
A new partnership to help small and medium sized businesses in Singapore has been launched today with the signing of a Memorandum of Cooperation (MoC) between ACCA (the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants) and ASME (Association of Small and Medium Enterprises). The two bodies will work together to develop a framework of cooperation on training and development as well as joint...
Small and Medium Sized Enterprises (SMEs) will need to be increasingly mindful of equality and diversity issues long after the controversy over the Equality Bill has died down, according to a panel of experts from academia, business and politics. The experts gathered at a debate called Equality and Diversity in the SME sector: after the bill, organised by ACCA (the Association of Chartered...
The taxman is currently running an awareness campaign, headed by Moira Stuart, reminding self-assessment tax payers to submit their tax returns on-line by 31 January 2010. ACCA (the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants) says this date is also important as it is a payment deadline, when tax owed for the tax year 2008-09 (ending on 5 April 2009) must be paid in full by 31 January 2010...
New Year is a time for making resolutions, and many of those returning to work this week will no doubt be thinking about how they can improve their work-life balance, finds ACCA (the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants) as it publishes a report into flexible working. The report, entitled Flexible Working: Challenges for Business, reveals that the UK’s existing working culture needs to...