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The expected credit loss model in IFRS 9 asks a question older accounting never did: not "which of our receivables has gone bad?" but "how much do we expect to lose on everything we are owed…
Read articleA direct cost can be traced to a specific product, job or customer — the timber in the table, the developer on the client project, the freight on the order. An indirect cost keeps the business…
Read articleVAT on a property purchase runs on one default and a stack of exceptions: property transactions are exempt from VAT by default — but new commercial buildings are standard-rated, sellers can choose…
Read articleInternational tax planning stopped being exotic the day work went remote and customers went global: a UK company with a developer in Spain, a founder relocating to Dubai, a US subsidiary and a…
Read articleRegulatory consulting exists because financial services regulation has become a full-time job that most regulated firms cannot staff full-time: FCA authorisation, the Senior Managers regime…
Read articleFinancial consulting covers the advisory work that sits above routine accounting: helping a business understand its numbers, fix its finance function, raise or restructure money, and make the big…
Read articleEvery UK partnership — ordinary partnerships and LLPs alike — must file its own tax return, the SA800, on top of whatever each partner files personally. The partnership pays no tax itself; the…
Read articleIFRS 18 is the biggest change to the income statement in a generation: from accounting periods beginning on or after 1 January 2027, it replaces IAS 1 and rebuilds how the profit and loss account…
Read articleNot-for-profit accounting runs on a different axis from commercial accounting: the question is not "what profit did we make" but "did we use the money as we promised". That single shift drives…
Read articlePrivate school fees have carried 20% VAT since 1 January 2025 — education, vocational training and boarding alike — and eighteen months in, the policy has moved from political argument to…
Read articleA demerger splits one company or group into two or more separately owned businesses — and done through the right statutory door, it happens without triggering the capital gains, income tax and…
Read articleTelling HMRC about tax you should have paid — before HMRC asks — is the single cheapest way out of almost any tax irregularity. The mechanics are straightforward: notify through the right…
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