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Following a busy May Accounting Excellence Talks webcast, John Stokdyk sat down with the panel to take a deeper look at the questions from the webcast around MTD

GDPR data rules are now enforceable, but how prepared are accountants and what should they do to remain compliant? Listen to the podcast and find out what accounting firms have done to prepare for the regulation, and measures they can take to ensure compliance in the future. Recorded at Accountex 2018, this podcast features employment law expert Annabel Kaye and practice owner Matt Portte. Thanks...

The No Accounting for Taste team hit the road again, this time to broadcast live from Accountex 2018 in London’s docklands. This week the pod squad discussed the government’s IR35 consultation for the private sector, assessed IRIS’s acquisition of Taxfiler, caught up with Dominic Allon from QuickBooks to find out what the big brands get from events such as Accountex, and held a lens to the issue o...

What will become of George Osborne’s digital dream? A statement from HMRC confirmed last week that the tax authority has had to shuffle the pack and prioritise key Brexit projects at the expense of its digital taxation transformation programme. To discuss the details and what this could mean for accountants was a full cast of AccountingWEB editors, including global editor John Stokdyk and tax edit...

Have spreadsheets had their day? Xero’s Gary Turner joins the AccountingWEB editorial team to discuss this as well as public speaking and the age-old battle: Windows vs Mac.

AccountingWEB's Practice correspondent Richard Hattersley is joined by a panel of leading tech-first accountants to discuss the inner workings of their firms. The panel: Alex Falcon, CEO and founder, Soaring Falcon Accountancy Mike Hutchinson, Founder, The Peloton Olly Evans, Director, Evans & Partners This podcast is a follow up to the Accounting Excellence Talks: Secrets of tech-firm firms sessi...

Many have predicted that Open Banking will have a profound effect on the way accountants do their jobs, but what form will this take? Our expert panellists discuss some of the fundamental questions around this shift, including how Open Banking will affect the way firms are run, client risk profiles and whether the banking space risks turning into a tech wild west.

This week accountant and business coach Carl Reader joins the podcast to chew over the FRC's crackdown on ‘seriously poor’ audit practices from the Big Four, how small practitioners are reacting to the government’s Making Tax Digital scheme and what the ubiquitous term ‘advisory services’ means for accounting practices.

This week the No Accounting for Taste team look at the latest IR35 tax case, an argument over what constitutes ‘advice’, the government’s big fintech conference and whether accountants should aspire to emulate Silicon Valley’s entrepreneurial mindset. Joining AccountingWEB editor Tom Herbert to tackle the week’s news in accounting were Richard Hattersley and Francois Badenhorst.

AccountingWEB's Business editor Francois Badenhorst is joined by VAT expert Neil Warren, SAP Concur's Senior director Tim Page and Senior development manager Brendin Cohen to answer your VAT reclaim questions.

Welcome to the ‘On Compliance’ podcast from AccountingWEB, where we discuss the various compliance challenges facing accountants in 2018. This month the podcast panel of experts look at the tax implications of Chancellor Philip Hammond's Spring Statement. Joining AccountingWEB editor Tom Herbert this month is Chas Roy-Chowdhury, head of taxation at ACCA global, Mark Purdue, product manager - tax p...

This week the pod tackles ethics in the profession, the thorny issue of EBITDA, Ken Dodd’s inheritance tax and the Chancellor’s Spring Statement.

A stellar panel of accountants joined the AccountingWEB podcast team at QuickBooks Connect to discuss the biggest stories in accountancy this week. Up for discussion this time around were whether directors with no income need to file tax returns, which flavours of Nesquik attracted a zero VAT rating, and what had caught the accountants' eye at the event.

Welcome to the new ‘On Compliance’ podcast from AccountingWEB, where we discuss the various compliance challenges facing accountants in 2018. We’re kicking off the series with a GDPR special, where we ask how prepared accountants are for the new regulation, what firms can do to make a start and how they can turn its introduction into an opportunity. Joining AccountingWEB editor Tom Herbert this mo...

Small businesses have plenty to think about in today's current economic climate, and while changes such as the government's Making Tax Digital scheme, IR35 and dividend allowance reductions play a part in this, tax is often not at the forefront of owners' minds. This first Accounting Excellence podcast aims to help accountants tackle these tricky tax issues and stay ahead of legislative changes, T...

This week Della Hudson joins the pod to discuss the sale of her practice, as well as a host of other topics, including Oxfam, audits and sweary accountants…

Joining the No Accounting for Taste team this week is Nigel Harris, a partner from Burton Sweet. For someone who has just completed the annual busy season sprint finish, Nigel was a game guest. He needed to be, as our show this week veered wildly between accounting's diversity problems, Apple's taxes, self-assessment season, cryptocurrency and, for the first time, feedback corner. Apologies also f...

The fallout from Carillion's collapse headlines this week's podcast but there are plenty of other stories for the editorial team to chew over, including Brexit and client chasing during the busy self assessment season. Joining Tom Herbert on this week's pod are Francois Badenhorst and Richard Hattersley.

Happy New Year! In the first No accounting for taste podcast of 2018, the AccountingWEB editors are joined by Alice Neal from PracticeWEB to delve into the latest news. Making the headlines this week, business editor Francois Badenhorst discusses the latest Open Banking news, practice correspondent Richard Hattersley reviews how accountants are coping with the January rush and PracticeWEB’s Alice...

Today, 21 December that is, might be the darkest day of the year, but it's brightened somewhat by the release of the latest episode of 'No accounting for taste'. This week, the usual cast of characters are joined by AccountingWEB's paterfamilias John Stokdyk. We cast an eye over the year's top accounting stories. If you like what you hear and you'd like more news and analysis from the AccountingWE...

As we move into December and all thoughts turn to Christmas, or self assessment season, depending on your disposition, here at AccountingWEB we thought we’d use this last MTD podcast of the year to round up the last 12 months in the world of Making Tax Digital and look ahead to 2018 and a crucial, some might say pivotal year for the project. Joining AccountingWEB editor Tom Herbert this month are...

The podcast for accountants is back! This week the pod gets to grips with bitcoin regulation, tax tables, skills shortages and termination payments. AccountingWEB's Tom Herbert and Francois Badenhorst are joined by Matt Portt, owner of Portt & Co accountants, and Alice Neal, editor at PracticeWEB.

Budget chat, VAT and Doc Brown references: our new, fortnightly editorial podcast has it all! We take a whistle-stop tour through all the measures that matter from Philip Hammond's second Budget as Chancellor, and discuss whether there should actually be a Budget at all... In this episode, AccountingWEB editor Tom Herbert is joined by business editor Francois Badenhorst and practice correspondent...

This month the AccountingWEB Making Tax Digital podcast discussed progress on the MTD legislation, spreadsheets, HMRC webinars and progress on the pilot scheme. Joining AccountingWEB editor Tom Herbert on the podcast were ACCA’s Jason Piper, Thomson Reuters’ Mark Purdue and Gary Jacobs from Eazitax.

The government has finally released draft regulations which provide the operational machinery of Making Tax Digital for income tax and for VAT. While they have provided welcome detail for business and accountants left in legislation limbo by the events of the past few months, they have also raised plenty of questions. Joining AccountingWEB editor Tom Herbert to discuss the regulations are Accounti...