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Fire and brimstone

Simon Sweetham has sparked a furious outpouring about the appointment of KPMG by HMRC to review the administrative burden faced by small business taxation. At a cost to all of us of £6 million. Here’s some of the debate:
Simon opines: "But deep down it bothers me that the people doing this work are KPMG,
and that [...]

Arctic Systems – an exercise in torture

The Arctic Systems case is of interest to many professionals. My interest is in how this gets communicated to clients. AccountingWEB talks about the technical approach and Institute guidance. Great.
Menzies previously offered advice in June. Its tone is matter of fact yet accessible for the man in the street. So did Grant Thornton. But [...]

Help is always welcome

Here’s an update. John Stockdyk at AccountingWEB gave us a massive hat tip this morning. Visitors shot through the roof – like 580 visits this morning and 890 since last Sunday morning. I need to tweak the visitor stats thingy to figure out where people are coming from and all that but WOW.
Who else got [...]

Mobile strategies

The announcement that BDO Stoy Hayward is deploying 000’s of mobile devices made me laugh. They’ve made the classic mistake of deploying across multiple hardware (read Blackberry, Orange, etc etc) instead of standardising and then cutting the best deal possible.
There’s also insight into their charging structure. A Blackberry’s usage gets paid for in an extra [...]