Insights

  • Time to reflect on your internal audit function

    Time to reflect on your internal audit function

    On 9 January, the Institute of Internal Auditors updated their Global Internal Audit Standards, shaping the professional practice of internal auditing worldwide. We explain what you need to know.

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  • Updates to the FRC Corporate Governance Code 2024

    Updates to the FRC Corporate Governance Code 2024

    On 22 January, following their largest ever stakeholder consultation, the FRC published the UK Corporate Governance Code 2024. We outline three of the key changes, and the effect they will have on reporting processes.

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  • TaxTalk – February 2024

    TaxTalk – February 2024

    Welcome to the February 2024 edition of TaxTalk.

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  • Deal fees: how to outsmart HMRC

    Deal fees: how to outsmart HMRC

    When it’s time to complete your VAT return, early preparation will save you pain and potentially costly penalties later. 

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  • Don’t sell your business short

    Don’t sell your business short

    New Year, new resolutions. If one of yours is to sell your international business, here’s how to stay tax-compliant and keep complications to a minimum.

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  • Residence nil rate band: don’t miss out

    Residence nil rate band: don’t miss out

    None of us like to dwell on a time when we’ll no longer be around. But doing the best for our beneficiaries means careful Inheritance Tax planning.

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  • 2024: Where are we now?

    2024: Where are we now?

    Market Analysis – Q1 2024 This is the first question to ask in strategic planning 101. In order to plan for the future, you need to understand your current circumstances.  Step one usually revolves around an analysis of opportunities and threats in the external environment set against internal strengths and weaknesses.  Once you’ve all stopped…

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  • Deals Review 2023

    Deals Review 2023

    Read all about the transactions and the companies we supported in our Capital Markets Deals Review 2023.

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  • Social Security Coordination Convention update

    Social Security Coordination Convention update

    The new Social Security Coordination Convention between the UK and Iceland, Liechtenstein, and Norway has been implemented. Human Capital Tax Manager, Brenda HU, explains what you need to know.

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  • Payrolling of benefits in kind to be mandated

    Payrolling of benefits in kind to be mandated

    This week HMRC released a tax simplification update, announcing the end of the P11D form. Aisling McCarten, Manager in our Employment Tax team, provides further information on what this could mean for you.

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  • PAYE codes explained

    PAYE codes explained

    It can be a challenge to decipher the meaning behind a new tax code. Here is our guide to understanding the letters and numbers, and why adjustments are made.

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  • Alumni interview: A varied career

    Alumni interview: A varied career

    Mary Stenson, a former Finance Partner, talks about her time with us, picking out some of the highlights from a varied and interesting 35-year career.

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