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News analysis: G8 agree new tax regime
G8 leaders have agreed on further transparency on sharing tax information. They will establish automatic...
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Country report: Netherlands creates a new vision
The Dutch have blazed a trail in Europe with their dramatic regulatory reform. The Accountant...
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Profile: Tony Fernandes
Tony Fernandes has broken through the boundaries of what an accountant might be expected to achieve. From a plum job with...
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The real heroes of sustainability
The trend towards sustainability reporting has grown in the past three years, albeit slowly, as the market...
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ACCA and ESRC sign joint agreement
The Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) and the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) have signed a Memorandum of Concordat (MoC), due to last until 31 March 2016.
The Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) and the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) have signed a Memorandum of Concordat (MoC), due to last until 31 March 2016.
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IIRC holds integrated reporting summit
The International Integrated Reporting Council (IIRC) is holding a summit involving 150 businesses and investors with the aim of promoting Integrated Reporting as a market led solution to corporate reports “that are failing to reveal the true...
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AASB to host IASB roundtable discussion
The Australian Accounting Standards Board (AASB) has called for participants for roundtable discussions on the International Accounting Standards Board’s (IASB) exposure draft proposing requirements for the accounting for leases by lessees and...
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CIMA elects president
Malcolm Furber was elected president of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA) at its AGM on Saturday, 15 June.
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ICAEW signs MoU with Myanmar institute
The Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales today signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Myanmar Institute of Certified Public Accountants (MICPA) to work more closely together.
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News analysis: G8 agree new tax regime
G8 leaders have agreed on further transparency on sharing tax information. They will establish automatic exchange of information between tax authorities as the new global standard and will work with the OECD to develop a model for this.
G8 leaders have agreed on further transparency on sharing tax information. They will establish automatic exchange of information between tax authorities as the new global standard and will work with the OECD to develop a model for this.
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Profile: Tony Fernandes
Tony Fernandes has broken through the boundaries of what an accountant might be expected to achieve. From a plum job with Warner Music Malaysia at 26, to launching an airline, AirAsia, only 10 years later, and buying QPR football club shortly...
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The real heroes of sustainability
The trend towards sustainability reporting has grown in the past three years, albeit slowly, as the market demands more transparency from the business world. Nicola Maher reports on the accounting profession’s role in supporting those companies...
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In focus: Integrated reporting framework
After much anticipation the International Integrated Reporting Council has finally launched its draft of the world’s first integrated reporting framework. Nicola Maher looks deeper at one of this year’s most eagerly awaited consultations on what...
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Profile: Irvin André Alexander
Institute of Management Accountants member and Food Allergy and Research Education CFO Irvin André Alexander has spent much of his life bettering himself through education and building a successful financial career in the non-profit sector. Nicola...
Blogs
You may wonder what a Star Trek movie and a discussion event on the floor of St Paul’s Cathedral featuring a banking CEO may have in common. Read on. Barclays CEO Adrian Jenkins , acknowledged they “had repeatedly let down society” when he took...
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Myanmar needs a strong accountancy profession in order to succeed
Myanmar gets a lot of attention at the moment. This week, ICAEW signed an agreement with the Myanmar Institute of Certified Public Accountants (MICPA), to work together to support and strengthen the accountancy profession in the country. We have...
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We love paying taxes
I recently had a “heated debate” with my mother-in-law about tax – she said it was immoral for Google, Starbucks and Amazon to get away without paying their fair share of corporate tax. I countered by saying that they were not necessarily the bad...
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Innovation and finance
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