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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...

Joining the pod this month to discuss Making Tax Digital's new-found emphasis on VAT are Margaret Curran, Technical Officer from the Chartered Institute of Taxation, Gary Jacobs, director of accountancy practice Eazitax, and Thomson Reuters’ Product Manager – Tax, Mark Purdue.

The rise of Fintech and alternative sources of lending presents an opportunity. Anil Stocker and Bobby Lane discuss how accountants can capitalise and what the future holds for this trend.

After a long period of uncertainty, last week saw the government confirm a revised roadmap for its Making Tax Digital project, with the requirements for digital quarterly reporting being stripped back to cover only VAT. Joining AccountingWEB editor Tom Herbert to react to the news are Andrew Hubbard from taxation magazine, the ACCA's Jason Piper, Rebecca Cave and Thomson Reuters’ Mark Purdue.

California-based accountant Geni Whitehouse shares her unique world view with AccountingWEB's John Stokdyk at the Accelerate 2017 conference in Las Vegas

The policy holiday surrounding taxation has been extended by the general election result on 8 June. This month's MTD podcast presents a progress check and considers the implications of all this uncertainty for HMRC's digital tax project.

The latest Making Tax Digital podcast tackles rumours and myths surrounding the government’s digital taxation project. Joining AccountingWEB’s business editor Tom Herbert for this episode are the site’s global editor John Stokdyk and Mark Purdue from Thomson Reuters.

Joining the AccountingWEB podcast to tackle the launch of the pilot scheme and the impact of the snap election are Rebecca Cave, Mark Purdue and Gary Turner.

AccountingWEB dusts off its occasional 'in conversation with' series to speak with former BBC economics editor Stephanie Flanders, now chief market strategist at JP Morgan Chase. Flanders discusses the Budget, corporation tax and national insurance.

The Spring Budget saw Chancellor Philip Hammond announce a one year deferral of Making Tax Digital (MTD) obligations for smaller unincorporated businesses and landlords until April 2019. While the move was broadly welcomed by businesses, accountants and representative bodies, what do the government's concessions actually mean, and how much of a relief are they actually going to be? Joining the Acc...

Join AccountingWEB's panel of experts to dissect the Chancellor's first (and last) Spring Budget, with measures including a delay to MTD, a rise in Class 4 NICs and a cut in the dividend allowance.

With the latest consultation responses for HMRC's digital taxation plans released, AccountingWEB is joined by Paul Aplin, tax partner at AC Mole and Son, AWEB’s own global editor John Stokdyk, and Mark Purdue, Product Manager - Tax Products at Thomson Reuters to ask what they mean, what questions remain, and what happens next.

Ahead of a Lords committee hearing on 6 February 2017, tax campaigner and City University professor Richard Murphy briefs AccountingWEB on his analysis of HMRC's cost figures for the Making Tax Digital project.