Accountancy Archive

  • bookkeeping

    FPB Warns Small Businesses To Keep Proper Accounts

    The Forum of Private Business recently published an article warning small businesses to take care and ensure proper records of financial transactions. As previously noted by us account filing will be online (mandatorily) from April 2011 and with the new VAT changes and the Government...

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  • Tax-simplification

    The Office of Tax Simplification – “Britain Is Open For Business”

    News from the Government shows the upcoming creation of a new body known as The Office of Tax Simplification. Just like the body’s title, the idea is simplifying things for business. A number of new measures have been introduced lately which make it clear that...

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  • HMRC-Fraud

    HMRC Clamps Down on Tax Fraud

    In recent news, HMRC has demonstrated its tough stance when it comes to tax fraud. A London accountant, a 21 strong criminal gang and 11 members of a Ukrainian gang have all been subject to legal action, facing jail time and repayment orders. With the...

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  • iXBRL

    HMRC Mandatory Online Account Filing From April 2011

    In further moves to take everything online and streamline their services, HMRC will be requiring corporation tax returns and accounts to be filed via the web from April 2011. More specifically, these accounts will need to be produced in an iXBRL format. iXBRL (inline eXtensible...

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