Small firms spend £500m on tax admin each year
Britain’s small business owners spend £500m on keeping on top of burdensome tax administration each year and lose around 12 working days a year as a result, according to new research from the the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB). The UK’s small business community is struggling under the burden of tax admin, the FSB has…
Continua a leggere...Conversation between Patrick Clark, reporter for Bloomberg Businessweek, and Bob Durak, AICPA Director
This week the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants announced a new financial reporting “framework” for small and midsize entities. If you like acronyms, and the folks[1] who created the framework do, that’s the AICPA’s FRF for SMEs. If you want a better sense of what the news means for small business owners, here are…
Continua a leggere...Domestic Consolidation
Read carefully the text below. Some of the lines are correct, and some have a word that should not be there. If a line is correct, put a tick ( ✓ ) by the number in the column on the right. If a line has a word that should not be there, write the word…
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DEPRECIATION[1] Complete the text by inseting the correct form of the verbs in the box charge deduct encourage exist increase involve lose convert spread wear out Fixed assets[2] such as buildings, plant and machinery (but not land) gradually (1)_______ value, because they (2)________ or deacy, or because more modern and efficient versions are…
Continua a leggere...How to limit liability for professional negligence
Although it is not possible to guard against every circumstance in which an accountant or auditor may run the danger of incurring liability for professional negligence[1], the following matters should be borne in mind: a) Before carrying out any work for a client, a member should ensure that the exact duties to be performed, and…
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