Practitioner’s Diary – A new resolve

Our West Country general practitioner returns to the fray, and faces the usual tax return backlog.

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Parasol picks up Quay Accounting as it hits acquisition trail

Parasol picks up Quay Accounting as it hits acquisition trail

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Profits down but big five warned against further job cuts

Profits down but big five warned against further job cuts

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Sage50 Business Pack provides accurate, cost-effective and useful monthly reports

Alchemex, the dynamic software vendor specialising in Excel reporting, recently introduced it’s FREE monthly Management Pack service to Sage50 users in a move that could revolutionise monthly financial reporting for SMEs.

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FRC “effective and independent”, says FRC

FRC “effective and independent”, says FRC

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Help with agent authorisation during January

HMRC has put a special process in place for January to help agents when processing 64-8 has not been completed and information is needed from a taxpayer’s file in order to prepare the tax return.

As a special measure, a faxed copy of the 64-8 can be p…

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Tax phishing – Not again!

January would probably be a good time to try to fleece the public with regards to bogus tax refunds, and the criminals are clearly wise enough to jump on the January bandwagon. HMRC reports that there is a renewed attempt at “phishing” and draws taxpayer…

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WON’T PAY ? CAN’T PAY ! By Simon Sweetman

Simon Sweetman wonders whether tax debtors can’t or just won’t pay. Ipsos MORI may have some answers.

Ipsos MORI have prepared a report for HMRC on why taxpayers pay their taxes late and wh…

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Online Filing – current tips

A number of questioners have been raising issues with online filing. These are in the new Themed area of a href=”http://www.accountingweb.co.uk/anyanswers/”>Any Answers, and the debate on a couple of issues is developing. It might be a good time for …

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IT Zone’s technology predictions for 2009

John Stokdyk puts aside his new iPod nano (thanks, Santa!) to consider last year’s technology predictions and the trends that will have the most impact during 2009.

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