Hello   December 2020
Briefly speaking
Sage commits £2.9m to new partnership with ACCA

New partnership with Sage to support members setting up new practices.

More awards success for ACCA members

Meet your ACCA winners at the Accounting Excellence Awards 2020!

Talking practice

Join our virtual chats for small and medium-sized practitioners.

Webinars tackling the topics which matter

Our 2020 programme of free webinars for practitioners is now complete and available on demand.

Live and on demand digital training courses

Complete your 2020 CPD with one of our high quality digital events.

How are we lobbying to support members and the businesses they advise?

ACCA’s Policy Team is developing recommendations and lobbying on government policy issues to support members and the businesses they advise. Take a look at our latest activities.

TECHNICAL AND INSIGHT
CJRS – what about the Christmas holiday?

Claims under the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (CJRS) are currently open for pay periods in December 2020 and there are hard stops for these claims.

Audit implications post-transition Brexit

What the UK framework for audit and reporting will look like at the end of the transition period.

The benefits of offering capital advisory services

Graeme Tennick explains why he uses Capitalise to help his clients raise finance, using case studies to illustrate the benefits to his practice and his clients.

Postponed VAT accounting

When you can account for import VAT on your VAT return.

Cross-border VAT in 2020 and beyond

Brexit will result in changes to the VAT treatment of international goods and services.

Be your own boss!

Carl Reader shares invaluable words of wisdom for those considering taking the lead.

Stocktakes during Covid restrictions

Actions auditors can take to support December year-end stocktakes

Three things stopping you moving forward

Most accountants want their practice to be more successful, productive, profitable and efficient.

Marketing your – digital – firm

Your marketing will not work until you have a clearly articulated vision of who you are. So, do you?

Factsheet: accounting for coronavirus

Revised technical factsheet addresses the accounting aspects of some of the grants and reliefs made available by the government due to Covid-19.

Covid and redundancies – accounting under FRS 102 and corporation tax treatment

The accounting and tax treatment of Covid-related redundancy payments for companies.

Trust and integrity within the accounting sector

Trust. It’s a little word with big implications.

Corporate interest restriction – late filing penalties

More about HMRC’s approach to reasonable excuse for the late filing of IRRs.

Starting your own practice – software selection

What’s going in your tech stack at the start?

Companies House: ‘don’t leave it until the last minute’

Company directors and accountants urged to file earlier than usual and online.

Keeping scope creep under control

Scope creep isn’t going away. So how to manage it effectively?

Making content marketing work for your accountancy practice

Content is supposed to be king, isn’t it?

Self assessment – repair or capital?

A recap of what is allowable when it comes to repair or capital.

Self assessment – inaccuracy penalties for incorrect tax returns

Who takes responsibility for inaccuracy penalties?

Engagement letters and sub-contractors

Engagement letters supplemented for practitioners acting as a sub-contractor to a regulated firm engaged in public practice.

Tax implications on loans written off

What are the tax implications if the company decides to write-off a loan?

The roles and responsibilities of the ATOL reporting accountant

New factsheet is essential reading for accountants with ATOL-registered businesses.



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