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Data is the bedrock for modern accountancy and the firms that manage data best will prosper in the rapidly evolving digital marketplace. Watch the webcast on-demand here: https://www.accountingexcellence.co.uk/july-2019-talks-sign-up-page/

This week’s No Accounting for Taste podcast finds out what SMEs really want from accountants, plus the usual news from the world of accounting including Brexit and the importance of delegation. Host Richard Hattersley and business editor Francois Badenhorst welcome PracticeWeb's editor Ray Newman into the pod booth to look back at the last seven days in the world of accounting. Ray is here to give...

Tax specialist Rhys Jones joins the AccountingWEB team to talk the week in tax, the most productive time of day for accountants and whether flips flops are ever appropriate in the office. For links to all stories mentioned in the pod and full show notes click here: https://www.accountingweb.co.uk/practice/general-practice/no-accounting-for-taste-ep44-when-are-accountants-most-productive

This week’s podcast welcomes Ben Steele from 100% cloud firm Steele Financial into the pod studio to talk about increased client expectations in the digital age.

Following the June edition of the Accounting Excellence Talks, Nail your niche and fast-track your success - our panel answers the remaining questions that they didn't have time to cover during the broadcast in this podcast. You can also watch the webcast on-demand here: https://www.accountingexcellence.co.uk/june-2019-talks-sign-up-page/

Can a machine really take care of your expenses? In the second episode of a three-part podcast series on the modern finance leader, a trio of tech-savvy professionals outline how the finance function stands to benefit from automation. In association with SAP Concur, AccountingWEB business editor Francois Badenhorst is joined by three guests to discuss a practical, everyday vision for automation in...

Host Richard Hattersley is joined by AccountingWEB’s editorial team to discuss the top stories over the last seven days, including the news that accountancy’s professional bodies have branded unregulated agents “extraordinarily unfair” who are “probably not as concerned with PCRT rules”.

How does career progression happen? In the first episode of a three-part podcast series on the modern finance leader, an experienced panel of financial professionals look back at their own career paths and what they’ve learned along the way. In association with SAP Concur, AccountingWEB business editor Francois Badenhorst is joined by three guests to discuss their own career trajectories, how dema...

On the No Accounting for Taste podcast this week, we find out why forecasts are always wrong, take a look at GDPR (was that really one year ago?) and analyse the cloud accounting marketplace as Intuit, Sage and Xero battle for dominance. Host Richard Hattersley is joined by Business editor Francois Badenhorst and AccountingWEB’s editor Tom Herbert. AccountingWEB’s head of insight John Stokdyk stop...

This Accounting Excellence podcast explores what practitioners can do to embrace digitisation and automation and support their firm’s compliance, marketing and client experience. To watch the webcast that is referred to on the show visit: https://www.accountingexcellence.co.uk/may-2019-talks-sign-up-page/

In this week’s No Accounting for Taste podcast we ask: when is a van actually a company car? What’s happening at Uber? And how do you cope with people? Plus the usual headlines and news, which this week includes a naughty celebrity accountant. Host Richard Hattersley is joined in the AccountingWEB pod studio this week by John Stokdyk, Rebecca Cave and Francois Badenhorst. For full show notes and l...

This week the podcast was recorded live on stage at Accountex, where a panel of accounting superstars ran through their Accountex highlights and answered readers’ burning questions. Joining host Tom Herbert at the docklands shindig were award-winning practice owners Kylie Fieldhouse and Sharon Pocock, accounting tech aficionado John Stokdyk and AccountingWEB legend and forensic accountant David Wi...

The No Accounting for Taste team attempt to find out what’s behind the tightening up of the AML rules and whether the government’s new naming and shaming initiative actually works. This month we’ve seen the accountancy bodies slammed for their AML inaction, news of a hike in HMRC AML supervisor fees and HMRC taking a robust approach to MLR compliance. Other big news this week comes from the high s...

As part of our occasional 'AccountingWEB meets' series of podcasts, we sat down with Robert Maas, the tax person's tax person. Maas is one of the UK's leading experts on employment taxation, and he was awarded the lifetime achievement award at the Taxation Awards 2013. His distinguished career has seen many changes, including the introduction of self assessment, where to draw media attention to th...

Even accountancy is not safe from the complete chaos over in Westminster. The Loan Charge, MTD and Big Four audits have all felt the wrath of MPs this week. On this week’s pod the AccountingWEB team will be asking: is the curtain coming down on HMRC’s loan charge, or will the pantomime continue for another season? Also, after a group of MPs recommended a Big Four audit break-up, is anything actual...

The government’s flagship digital taxation policy is just days away from going live, but there are still many questions left unanswered. These range from the technical to the technological, and cover issues as diverse as workflows, digital records and unwilling clients. On 26 March, AccountingWEB and Sage assembled a panel of experts to answer audience questions on the Making Tax Digital for VAT r...

On this week’s pod, the AccountingWEB team talk Lorraine Kelly and IR35, getting to your first £100,000, and making accountants digital. Joining pod host Tom Herbert this week are Richard Hattersley, Francois Badenhorst and Rebecca Cave. Details of all stories featured in today's pod can be found here: https://www.accountingweb.co.uk/tech/tech-pulse/no-accounting-for-taste-ep36-should-firms-microc...

Following on from the first Accounting Excellence Talks session of 2019, Everything you need for Making Tax Digital in 2019 AccountingWEB’s head of insight John Stokdyk sat down with the panellists to discuss the unanswered questions from the webcast.

On this week’s No Accounting for Taste: the world’s largest weed business makes a dopey spreadsheet error, MTD bridging software, and tax-evading dogs. Joining the podcast this week are tax titan Rebecca Cave, John Stokdyk, Richard Hattersley, Francois Badenhorst, and back in the host chair is editor Tom Herbert.

The AccountingWEB editorial team and a stellar line-up of accountants go beyond the QuickBooks Connect headlines and analyse the key themes from the event. Joining AccountingWEB's Richard Hattersley and John Stokdyk to ruminate over the event are Emma Chesson, head of online at Kreston Reeves, Fiona Frasier from Frasier +,  Peter Jarman, the managing partner of PJCO, and Will Farnell from Farnell...

The advisory-compliance divide is much discussed in accountancy, but from where did it originate? And can you really separate the two in 2019?

The pod team welcomes Joe Gallard, former FD of Carwow and Gousto, for a look at an FD’s role in managing risk, especially as Brexit uncertainty clouds the economy. For more on this week's episode and for all the links to the stories discussed, visit: https://www.accountingweb.co.uk/business/finance-strategy/no-accounting-for-taste-ep33-how-to-risk-manage-brexit

This week the pod analyses KPMG's decision to close its small business accounting unit, asks if 'total flexibility' can solve accountancy's always-on crisis, and our software trendspotter brings you his spring buying tips. Joining host Tom Herbert are podcast regulars Francois Badenhorst and Richard Hattersley, and in a rare guest appearance at AccountingWEB towers John Stokdyk joins the fray. For...

In this week's jam-packed episode the pod picks over accountants' self assessment nightmares, asks why rescuing Patisserie Valerie was no piece of cake and explores the world of rubbish robots. Joining host Tom Herbert are pod regulars Richard Hattersley and Francois Badenhorst, and returning for a second visit is But the Books owner Zoe Whitman. Zoe's practice has expanded rapidly since her last...

The No Accounting for Taste team returns to discuss a bumper crop of stories from the past week including timesheets, whether you should submit a SARs, and digital till tampering. Joining AccountingWEB editor and NAFT host Tom Herbert is editorial pod regulars Francois Badenhorst and Richard Hattersley. For the full shownotes to the podcast click here: https://www.accountingweb.co.uk/practice/gene...