News in Professional resources
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Scots face escalating Budget risks
In the latest forecasts published by the Scottish Fiscal Commission, Donald Drysdale finds much instructive detail about the budgetary risks facing the Scots.
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ICAS responds to Brydon Review
Learn about the ICAS response to the Brydon review on the quality and effectiveness of audit.
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Scottish taxes: Holyrood at twenty
Luath Press has published a new book entitled ‘The Scottish Parliament at Twenty’, and Donald Drysdale takes a look at its chapter on ‘Raising Taxes’.
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AML compliance doesn't have to be challenging
The United Kingdom is one of the most attractive destinations in the world for money laundering. Mel Alexander from Amiqus explains.
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ADS and how to change Scots taxes
Reporting from Holyrood on a Finance and Constitution Committee meeting, Donald Drysdale finds the lessons learnt from the Additional Dwelling Supplement.
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HMRC’s worrying GDPR breach
Donald Drysdale wonders what further action may follow as HMRC get a rap on the knuckles from the ICO for breaching GDPR.
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Enhancing the value of Audit
This report from ICAS and CPA Canada includes recommended actions from experts to help advance the value and relevance of audit.
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Dirty dozen: Update on the UK GAAR
Reflecting on the publication of the first dozen opinions from the UK’s GAAR Advisory Panel, Donald Drysdale wonders what general conclusions can be drawn.
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AiB Notes for Guidance Updated
The AiB's notes for guidance for trustees have recently been updated.
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ICAS tax team reports on its work in May
Charlotte Barbour reports on the work of ICAS Tax over the last month.
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Insolvency Technical Update - May 2019
A monthly round up of insolvency related news.
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HMRC payroll fraud alert
Payroll Company Fraud (PCF) is an Organised Crime threat to the UK Exchequer.
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Root cause analysis and audit quality
Root cause analysis (RCA) originated in the engineering industry but is increasingly being used by audit firms to improve audit quality.
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IR35 (private sector): ICAS response
HMRC introduced a revised regime in April 2017 for the public sector for bodies engaging individuals through intermediaries.
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SDLT non-UK resident surcharge
Susan Cattell outlines the ICAS response which includes some suggestions for improvements.
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Airline Insolvency Review
Practical guidance for Insolvency Practitioners
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Tax: Paying for lower CT rates
With the UK corporation tax rate due to be reduced from 19% to 17% next April, Donald Drysdale explores the devious ways in which this tax cut is being funded.
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HMRC Toolkits – boon or bane?
HMRC has refreshed eight of its twenty agent toolkits. Philip McNeill discusses their strengths and weaknesses and which ones may be most useful.
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Environmental Emergency Response
David Wood outlines the recent report on the state of global nature and highlights a forthcoming event to discuss how organisations should respond.
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Spotlights on tax avoidance
Practitioners need to distinguish between acceptable tax planning and unacceptable tax avoidance, and Donald Drysdale considers the ground-rules.
