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BASDA’s Bill Pugsley examines some of the significant implications of the UK exiting the EU, particularly in relation to business software. Throughout 2020, BASDA hosted a series of online events focused on Brexit and the impact of the transition on…
Richard Simms picks out the salient points in the latest National Risk Assessment on money laundering and terrorist financing. Published on 17 December 2020, the National Risk Assessment (NRA) 2020 is the third such report. All of the NRA reports…
Don’t believe everything you read in the newspapers – especially in the financial pages, warns Roddy Kohn Most accountants, I suspect, use the phrase ‘cash is king’ to their clients on an almost daily basis. Are they mad? In business,…
How is HMRC faring in its mission to strike the right balance between its powers and taxpayer safeguards? Robin Williamson reports. In evaluating the implementation of powers and safeguards introduced since 2012, HMRC has undertaken to abide by 21 commitments…
Tracy Ebdon-Poole explains the strategy and processes that drive TaxCalc’s product development and underpin its corporate ethos. We’ve all learned the necessity of compliance. Face masks, elbow handshakes, two-metre distancing, remote working, showing up for your jab – it may…
Aziz Rahman outlines the significance of HMRC imposing its largest-ever money laundering fine. The fact that HM Revenue and Customs has imposed a £23.8m fine on a UK payments business for breaching money laundering rules is certainly newsworthy. Yet there…
It’s been a tough, long and at times a seemingly never-ending year since last March, hasn’t it? We learnt the value of remote working and we marked out two meters all over the office. We bought the hand gel and…
Boost for SMEs as free and independent service for unresolved bank complaints goes live. Small businesses across the UK are now able to use a new, free and independent service to help them resolve disputes with their banks, in a…
Simon Palmer looks back at the extraordinary implementation of the CJRS and what we can learn from it. The Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (CJRS) has been a lifeline for millions of employers and employees across the UK, protecting 8.9 million…
Those of you who have met me or have listened to a few of my webinars or presentations will know that this is one of my favourite sayings; somehow ‘sure as eggs are eggs’ always seems to find its way…