News in Professional resources
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Recent responses to tax consultations
Anyone working in tax will have noticed that this is a bumper season for consultations.
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Tax Community on icas.com
"The ICAS Tax Community has its own page on ICAS.com, bringing together useful resources for members working in tax."
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Jonny Jacobs on why CAs are perfectly placed to start Challenging Conversations
Jonny Jacobs, 2017 One Young CA winner, tells us what two factors make CAs perfectly placed to start Challenging Conversations.
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Could my pension save the planet?
Environment, social and governance issues are gaining momentum on the pension investment agenda. Stephanie Hawthorne investigates as part of ICAS’ Challenging Conversation on pensions.
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Air departure tax: further delays
"Further delays beset Scottish Air Departure Tax, Justine Riccomini explains."
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Risk-based PAYE penalties continue
HMRC has confirmed it will continue to adopt a risk-based approach to PAYE penalties for late filing as well as late payment for the 2018-19 year.
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ICAS alert for charity auditors
Guidance and recommendations from the ICAS Policy Leader Team to audit firms tendering for charity audits.
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Simplifying tax on savings income
"Tax incentives to encourage saving would be more effective if taxpayers understood them, and Donald Drysdale welcomes the new OTS report on this topic."
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Is the pensions crisis real?
Customer-friendly pensions apps for the smartphone generation, a “midlife MOT” and measures to ensure funds invest in the real economy were among the ideas floated by a panel of experts at an event hosted by ICAS as part of the “Challenging Conversations” series on pensions issues, in Edinburgh on 12 June.
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Subcontractors and VAT
Jan Garioch CA outlines the key aspects of HMRC v Summit Electrical Installations Ltd
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FCA and TPR propose joint strategy
The ICAS Pensions Panel responds to joint strategy proposals from the FCA and TPR.
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Industry on 5 pensions questions
Linda Gilbert, Chair for the PFS Central Scotland Region, responds to ICAS’ five key questions about the future of pension provision in the UK as part Challenging Conversations.
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Charity accounts rules need reform
Accountancy bodies call for reform of charity accounting rules, but do charity accounts rules need reform?
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Revenue Scotland corporate plan
"It is three years since LBTT and SLfT became operational in Scotland, with ‘Revenue Scotland’ having responsibility for the collection and management of the devolved taxes."
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Crypto, blockchain and bitcoin
Alan Simpson CA summarises some of key characteristics of these concepts.
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Big Pensions Debate: 5 insights
Ahead of ICAS’ inaugural Challenging Conversations event on pensions on 12 June, our expert panellists share their thoughts on some of the hot topics that will be debated.
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Insolvency Technical Update - May 2018
Insolvency Technical update: Your round-up of recent developments in insolvency for May 2018
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What tax guidance do you need?
"HMRC are beginning to re-evaluate the content and scope of their guidance material, and Donald Drysdale hopes that ICAS members will come forward with suggestions."
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The deadline: offshore assets
"If you have clients with offshore assets, it is imperative that they check to ensure that their tax affairs are in order, says Abbey Tax investigations expert John Hood."
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Risk assess your audit universe
Why risk assess the internal audit universe and how should you carry out such a risk assessment? Steve Bruce CA finds out.
