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ACCA announces pass rates for the December 2018 exam sitting

ACCA (the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants) today announces the pass rates of the last exam sitting for 2018 The December 2018 exam sitting saw over 132,000 students around the world entering over 169,000 exams A total of 5,470 students completed their final exams to become ACCA affiliates …

Global survey from ACCA highlights international trade concerns among SMEs worldwide

ACCA (Association of Chartered Certified Accountants) has produced Scale-up success: What do SMEs need to supercharge their growth?, a study of companies with 250 employees or less on how their approach to management and governance can aid their future growth…

ACCA responds to reviews of the audit market

ACCA (the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants) has welcomed today’s publication of findings from two major reviews of the UK audit market: the Competition and Markets Authority’s Statutory audit services market study and the Kingman Independent Review of the Financial Reporting Council; and the announcement of a further Brydon Review into UK Audit Standards…

More support needed for SMEs with new online VAT

The Government must address the concerns of small businesses with the potential for a no-deal Brexit set to clash with the introduction of HMRC’s new online VAT system in April 2019, Making Tax Digital (MTD), according to the Association of Certified Chartered Accountants (ACCA)…

'Change to National Accounts to defuse the ticking time bomb of student loans’ – ACCA comments on ONS student loans change

ACCA (the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants) believe a change in how student loans are recorded will produce a more accurate view of the public sector’s financial position, but warns the change must also be supported by the government adopting a sustainable approach to fiscal policy…

New Year deadline looms for tax self-assessment

The tax expert at ACCA (the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants) - Chas Roy Chowdhury - is reminding self-assessment tax payers that midnight 31 January 2019 is the deadline for online filing of tax self-assessment for the tax year 2017 / 18, ending 5 April 2018…

Tax authorities must recognise the risks in implementing digital tax collection tools

Tax administrations have always looked to the latest technological developments to assist in the task of effectively collecting taxes from the population The current shift in the digitalisation of the global economy is an opportunity presented to national tax collectors to make a change in the efficiency of their processes…

ACCA signs three-year agreement with global corporate services provider Vistra

ACCA (the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants) has signed a three-year agreement with leading global trust, fund administration and corporate services provider Vistra to help them to recruit and develop key talent and to partner on events …

Governments must redesign the tax system to support the fight against climate change

The tangible effects of climate change are an ever-growing challenge that society has to face In a fast changing world, tax systems need to adapt too And tax has an important part to play in tackling the unrelenting pace of climate change…

Helping start-ups to scale-up: converting vision into strategy and governance

EU experts said governance, management, finance and enabling ecosystems are crucial interconnected success factors for companies seeking to scale-up at recent joint ACCA, Barclays, ecoDa and SMEunited event in Brussels…