Join us on Tues at 10:00am as our panel of accountants share:.👩‍💻 What software trends are sweeping the industry.💪 Where our panel of experts are focussing their efforts.🔍 What to look out for when choosing new software.❓Answer your questions. 🔗 ⭐CPD⭐

After a busy Jan are your thoughts turning to how software can help you streamline practice processes? Technology opens up a raft of options to firms looking to spruce things up. 👩‍💻 Join our panel for tips on how to navigate your software decisions. 🔗

The Scottish government has introduced a new tax rate for higher earners and a new tax threshold. Ian Holloway looks at the details of this week’s Scottish Budget. 👇👇👇.

We will all have clients that move on 👋. Regardless of the circumstances, an efficient, helpful and positive off-boarding experience is important for your reputation and business health. For tips and best practice watch the full episode here:.📺

Do nice guys finish last? In the accounting world they do – and they get the pleasure of having to deal with extra unpaid work too. Richard Hattersley explores the plight of the nice accountant.

Any Answers 💬: "After the initial hype around artificial intelligence and its potential applications to accounting work, a few tools have started to emerge from the undergrowth." .

To give real accounting value to our smallest clients, Kevin Phillips suggests that we should start by thinking about who the numbers are actually for.

A business connecting students with academic writers failed to achieve the results it wanted in this VAT case.

Lord Sugar is about to sue his advisers over a failed tax scheme. If he was that desperate, there are better routes.

Multifaceted cloud solution Zoho used its London conference to reiterate a commitment to the UK market and emphasise the difference between its approach and that of its ‘sales and marketing-driven’ competitors.

🚨BREAKING NEWS:. The Bank of England has finally paused its aggressive interest rate hikes. Will Cole has the story:.

Any Answers: 💬 "Since the re-opening of the Self Assessment public helpline, I have had occasion to call the Agent dedicated line 3 times, and my shortest wait time has been 50 minutes." ☎️.

The first tier tribunal found that a taxpayer’s penalties could not be reduced further as they had not taken reasonable care with a repayment claim made on their behalf.

IR35 tax legislation was intended to crack down on tax avoidance, but the reforms harm legitimate contractors while enabling zero-rights employment relationships.

Soufyan Hamid explains to Neil Cutting how finance teams can get better and faster decisions through storytelling.

Any Answers: "What gaps are apparent when navigating HMRC's systems? Anything you've found particularly infuriating, or have an idea how HMRC can up its digital game?".

Any Answers 💬 "What do you do with your study materials once qualified? How long is it worth keeping them for? I'm considering chucking mine but scared I might need them in practice one day!".

The role of accountants is evolving, meaning that the industry can now offer more than just knowledge of the numbers to their clients.

Any Answers: "Does anyone offer bonuses to their accountancy employees working in practice? If so, what have you found works / doesn't work; how did you implement it?".

The Chartered Institute of Taxation is again looking to better understand agents’ views with a new survey gauging public opinion of HMRC service levels, writes Will Cole.