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Welcome to Contractor Corner, the series written specifically by Qdos Contractor for accountants with clients who are contractors Tribunal case highlights flaws in HMRC’s argument A Tribunal case concluded 18 months earlier has recently been made public. The case involved…
MTD really is here to stay – although the form it will eventually take is still largely unknown, says Ian Vickers. First of all, let us be clear – Making Tax Digital (MTD) will happen in one form or another.…
The publicity is starting to be rolled out about MTD for Vat, which we all know is up and running from 1 April 2019. When I say the publicity is starting to be rolled out I mean to us as…
You work hard, in fact very hard, to get clients. They simply didn’t just turn up banging on your door the very first day you set up in practice, nor did they email in the first day your website went…
Where’s the transparency? Forget Cambridge Analytica – there is a much bigger social media scandal waiting to happen, writes Nick Lewis One cannot switch on the news these days without another high-profile social media scandal breaking. While I don’t condone…
Don’t take a wild guess! Mark McLaughlin highlights the dangers of using estimated figures in tax returns The use of an estimated figure may sometimes be necessary when preparing a tax return. For example, records of a particular source of…
AML: managing risk Richard Simms explains how the AMLCC software can help your firm – and it is free to all ICPA members Regulations setting out the anti-money laundering (AML) compliance requirements for accountants were updated last summer. At AMLCC…
Our expert Melanie Lord explains the labyrinthine rules that surround disabled people and VAT It is worth remembering that VAT works on the basis of ‘guilty until proved innocent’. VAT is chargeable unless there is a relief that specifically covers…
Steve Pipe gets rather hot under the collar when it comes to the advice being peddled on how to market your accountancy firm Is it just me, or do you also think there’s a lot of rubbish talked about how…
Any Accountant in Practice today is aware of the digital agenda that’s a simple statement of fact. The fact is they would have to be operating their practice in a vacuum to not know because the wall of noise about…