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The first No Accounting for Taste podcast of 2020 attempts to find the positive from tax return season, along with the usual news from the world of accountancy. Here on the No Accounting for Taste podcast, we don’t want to dwell on the negativity of tax return season. Oh no! Surely you, dear listener, don’t need us to remind you of the stress that January brings a number of you. Instead, we’re goi...

Recorded on the day of the Conservative Party’s landslide general election victory, the AccountingWEB team spend the final No Accounting for Taste of 2019 discussing what the result will mean for accountants and their clients. While political commentators are still talking about the scale of victory, here at AccountingWEB we want to know what the Conservative Party’s handsome majority means for th...

As we move into tax season, the second part of this podcast series on client collaboration examines how accountants can work more efficiently with their clients in the run-up to the 31 January deadline.

Is it a bird? Is it a plane? No, it’s an accountant. Grab your cape because on this week’s show we debate how, or if, accountants can truly save the world. Joining host Richard Hattersley to debate how the profession can bring about change are tax titan Rebecca Cave, the site's very own head of insight John Stokdyk, and AccountingWEB's editor Tom Herbert. For full details on this week's podcast vi...

This week's No Accounting for Taste comes from Xerocon, where the big news included the rollout of Xero's corporation tax and accounts production tool in March 2020 and a raft of product announcements tooled around cashflow and data management. Joining AccountingWEB editor Tom Herbert to review the news are director of Avery Martin Glenn Martin and the site's very own head of insight John Stokdyk....

This week’s No Accounting for Taste sees the team examine the fallout from the latest IR35 upper tribunal decision, ponder the ethics of the profession and talk Bruce Dickinson from Iron Maiden. Host Richard Hattersley and editor Tom Herbert welcome two guests to the AccountingWEB podbooth. Up first is Tessa Hebditch. Tessa has carved a niche under the moniker of ‘the Ethical Accountant’. We’re al...

Recorded live from the HQ of triple Accounting Excellence award winners flinder, this week’s No Accounting for Taste podcast discusses the importance of having a growth mindset when growing a firm and the usual news from the world of accounting. To celebrate the 50th edition of No Accounting for Taste, the AccountingWEB podteam – Richard Hattersley and Tom Herbert – left the comforts of their Bris...

In the first of a two-part podcast series on client collaboration, AccountingWEB and Thomson Reuters examine the accountant-client relationship, including how it’s changed in recent years and the part that technology has played in this process.

On this week’s No Accounting for Taste, we find out how new firms are navigating the pressures and responsibilities of running their own practice, as AccountingWEB launches the Class of 2019. Ten years have passed since AccountingWEB last surveyed the new firm landscape. Back then The Class of 2009 came out of the ashes of the financial crisis. Accountancy firms had scaled back their recruitment a...

The tumultuous times we're experiencing present a particular dilemma for accountants: if they see that a client's business may be affected by Brexit do they advise them accordingly and risk alienating and potentially losing them, or keep their head down and avoid potential confrontation? Tackling this noodle-scratcher with AccountingWEB editor Tom Herbert this week are Nigel Harris, partner at sou...

On this edition of No Accounting for Taste, a full-powered editorial team review the latest Making Tax Digital hijinks following the first submission and we also summon some the confidence to talk networking.

We’re good neighbours here on the No Accounting for Taste podcast. So when we heard PKF Francis Clark opened a new Bristol office, we did the neighbourly thing and invited its managing partner Mike Lea into the pod booth to talk all things accountancy. Lea joined host Richard Hattersley and pod regulars Francois Badenhorst and Tom Herbert to discuss the last seven days in accountancy, including Ma...

In the third and final episode of our ‘forward-looking finance leader’ podcast series, we take a close look at cybersecurity and the finance function’s role in keeping the business safe. What can finance leaders do to insulate themselves, their team and the business at large from the threat of cybercriminals? We assembled three excellent guests on this podcast to find out: - David Hawes, the finan...

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...