Sara White

Pressure is growing on the government to review Making Tax Digital for Income Tax as petition to stop quarterly digital reporting hits 11,600 names

In a shift from traditional on-site work experience, the AAT has gone virtual with launch of remote computer based programme for school pupils, removing traditional barriers

A woman from Leicestershire faces six years in jail after duping director of equity firm into investing hundreds of thousands of pounds in scam financial instrument 

The banking regulator is urging banks to improve the way they support customers who need to access funds in event of bereavement or power of attorney registration

Menzies LLP has made a major move to a new flagship London office, relocating its headquarters from Woking after 50 years

In this week’s career moves, partner promotions and hires at Henderson Loggie, Vibrant Accountancy, Forvis Mazars, FRP, Translink, AAT, ICAEW

Up to 300,000 taxpayers will no longer have to file a self assessment tax return as Treasury increases annual threshold for reporting from current £1,000 figure but not until 2027

Businesses using employer helplines will be affected by another two months of strike action at HMRC’s Newcastle as union calls for HMRC to ‘get around the table’

Big Four accounting giant Deloitte US plans to take compliance with office working rules into account when determining bonuses at annual performance reviews

In this week’s career moves, partner promotions and hires at Shaw Gibbs, Albert Goodman, Armstrong Watson, Wright Vigar, EY, Kreston Global, FSCS

The UK Endorsement Board has announced the very sad death of hugely respected former PwC partner and UKEB board member Sandra Thompson

HMRC is running an advertising campaign in national newspapers and social media to encourage downloads of the HMRC app, and mailing leaflets in letters

In this week’s career news, partner promotions and hires at Grant Thornton, Moore Kingston Smith, Wright Vigar, Armstrong Watson, Hurst, Leonard Curtis, PKF Smith Cooper, TheCityUK

Call centre staff at HMRC in Newcastle have added six dates to their strike action, affecting employer helpline and construction industry scheme helplines, in a bid to reinstate sacked union reps 

In a bid to revive the lacklustre economy, the chancellor delivered a punchy speech announcing plans to develop Oxford Cambridge Growth Corridor and approve Heathrow third runway

In this week’s accountancy career moves, partner promotions and hires at Spencer Gardner Dickins, PwC, KPMG, Wbg, Saint & Co, PKF Smith Cooper, SEC

In this week’s career news, hires and partner promotions at Carpenter Box, Grant Thornton, Evelyn Partners, Forvis Mazars, TC Group, EY, Bishop Fleming, Leonard Curtis

Members of the Public and Commercial Services Union PCS) have confirmed eight days of strike action affecting HMRC offices at Benton Park View in Newcastle

The advertising watchdog has stopped an Islamic investment finance company from using images of bank notes being burnt to promote its sharia compliant financial services 

It is now 80 years since the introduction of PAYE, which saw tax collected on a weekly and monthly basis rather than twice a year for anyone earning over £100