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Proposed removal of the SRA’s ‘Accountants Report’

by Jessica Garbett | Jun 1, 2014 | ACCA, business issues

The Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) has launched a consultation proposing to remove the mandatory requirement that firms must submit an annual accountant’s report. The SRA proposal is part of its programme of regulatory reform that aims to remove unnecessary...

Lifting the veil of incorporation

by Jessica Garbett | May 30, 2014 | ACCA, business issues

Lifting the veil of incorporation is rare in practice; however the courts do permit it, as a recent case illustrates. Lifting the veil of incorporation is rare in practice; however the courts do permit it when the person or persons are using the incorporation of a...

Social investment tax relief

by Jessica Garbett | May 16, 2014 | ACCA, business issues, capital taxation, HMRC

Following a consultation last year, Finance Act 2014 introduces a new form of tax relief onto the statute books, called social investment tax relief. The legislation is intended to encourage individuals to invest in social enterprises and obtain attractive tax reliefs...

UK SMEs are neglected at the critical growth stage

by Jessica Garbett | May 8, 2014 | ACCA, business issues

Local enterprise partnerships not as effective as predecessor, say SMEs in new report. Initiatives aimed at helping the UK’s small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) are failing at the critical growth stage of the business, with incentives loaded largely at the...

Why it pays to be on top of the minimum wage

by Jessica Garbett | Mar 30, 2014 | ACCA, business issues, National Minimum Wage and National Living Wage

Catch up on the latest developments surrounding the national minimum wage. It is hard to imagine now that until 1998 there was no such thing as a national minimum wage. Then the National Minimum Wage Act 1998 was published, and it required that all workers who worked...

Proposed changes to employee share schemes

by Jessica Garbett | Mar 25, 2014 | ACCA, business issues, capital taxation

As part of the tax simplification procedures the government has proposed a number of changes to the rules for employee share arrangements. Share incentive schemes are seen by companies as an effective way of retaining employees in the short to medium term. In the...

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