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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...

With the curtain about to fall on another eventful year in accountancy, the podcast team bring 2018's biggest headlines (and a few of their lesser-known favourites) to the end-of-year party. For this round-up of the year in accountancy, podcast host Tom Herbert was joined by Francois Badenhorst, Richard Hattersley and John Stokdyk, and the show was edited and produced by Valme Claro. If you'd like...

In this special edition of the Accounting Excellence podcast Tom Herbert and John Stokdyk discuss the trends and winners from this year's Awards, in the company of Della Hudson of Hudson Business Advice and Glen Collins from the ACCA.

The AccountingWEB team reviews this month’s disciplinary orders and asks a larger question about how accountants can manage their online reputation. Plus, the team unpicks the Lord’s report on HMRC’s “pernicious” 2019 loan charge and asks when does a sales invoice become a valid legal document? Joining Tom Herbert this week are practice correspondent Richard Hattersley and Sift portfolio finance d...

In a packed episode the AccountingWEB podcast team tackle the compliance-advisory debate, find out what happens when tax and Brexit collide, and John Stokdyk rounds up a busy conference season. In recent years compliance for accounting firms has taken a bit of a beating. Routinely pronounced dead at conferences, in social media posts, or any gathering where an accountant is in earshot. The message...

AccountingWEB's editor Tom Herbert is joined by Mark Purdue from Thomson Reuters and Nigel Burton from Burton Sweet to discuss what this year's budget means for accountants.

In a week saturated by wall-to-wall Budget analysis, the pod decided to wash its hands of Hammond's fiscal fiddling and look at what else has been happening in the accounting world. Topics up for discussion included whether accountants should wade into the murky waters of app advisory, confusing accountancy institute fines, Open Banking, and an introduction to the world of the portfolio finance di...

After months of waiting, the Making Tax Digital for VAT pilot has finally opened to half a million business. In the podcast we'll be looking at the latest developments and deferments, and asking what it means in practice for accountants.

The No Accounting for Taste team was not short of topics after Making Tax Digital, Brexit, and of course, the Budget dominated the news this week.

Pod regular Della Hudson joins the No Accounting for Taste podcast team to discuss mental health in the profession, the cashless economy and her new book. For the shownotes and links to all the stories mentioned visit https://www.accountingweb.co.uk/tech/tech-pulse/no-accounting-for-taste-ep24-mental-health-in-accountancy

New practice director Katie Bladen joins the No Accounting for Taste podcast to discuss making partner and the latest news, including the Labour Party conference and the Accounting Excellence awards.

Are you really AML compliant? In this podcast, esteemed AccountingWEB member David Winch and AML expert Richard Simms review the recent AML changes and explain how you can strengthen your compliance.

On this week’s No Accounting for Taste, Jen Gerrard from charity-focused firm Gerrard Financial stops by the pod to discuss why she went down the charity niche, the thorny issue of pricing and whether the four day week really is possible.