Category Archives: Accounting and Bookkeeping

Writing on Accounting Wall for RIM

Posted on October 15, 2011 by jonathan

Things go from bad accounts to worse operations at RIM. Continue reading →

Posted in Accounting and Bookkeeping, Accounting in the Economy, Audit and accounts, Financial Statements | Tagged BlackBerry, inventory, outage, Playbook, RIM | Leave a comment

Scandal of Accounting for Parliamentary Expenses

Posted on September 28, 2011 by jonathan

The new system for paying MPs expenses, as described by the National Audit Office, is cumbersome and inefficient. Continue reading →

Posted in Accounting and Bookkeeping, Accounting in the Economy, Bookkeeping | Tagged expenses, House of Commons Public Accounts Committee, Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority, IPSA, MPs, NAO, National Audit Office, scandal | Leave a comment

Whose bank account is it anyway?

Posted on August 24, 2011 by admin

Many bank customers might be very pleased to find that cheques aren’t going to be abolished. Continue reading →

Posted in Accounting and Bookkeeping, Accounting in the Economy, Bank Accounting | Tagged Cheque Guarantee Scheme, cheques, clearing, House of Commons Treasury Committee, Payments Council | Leave a comment

Macmillan accounts for its misdeeds

Posted on July 22, 2011 by admin

The investigation into Macmillan Publishers Ltd offers a lesson in how to deal with a corruption crisis. Continue reading →

Posted in Accounting and Bookkeeping, Accounting in education, Audit and accounts, Bookkeeping, Financial Statements | Tagged Macmillan Publishers Ltd, News of the World, Serious Fraud Office, SFO, World Bank | Leave a comment

Accounting for tabloid stories

Posted on July 8, 2011 by admin

Press freedom is essential except when it comes to paying for information. Continue reading →

Posted in Accounting and Bookkeeping, Accounting in the Economy, Audit and accounts, Bookkeeping, Financial Statements | Tagged false accounting, News of the World, police bribery, press freedom, tabloids, telephone hacking | Leave a comment

Ring-fencing is an accounting issue

Posted on June 15, 2011 by admin

Sensible accounting methods could be an important part of ‘ring-fenced’ banking reform. Continue reading →

Posted in Accounting and Bookkeeping, Accounting in the Economy, Audit and accounts, Bank Accounting | Tagged ICB, Independent Commission on Banking, mark to market, ring-fencing | Leave a comment

Championship Accounting

Posted on June 10, 2011 by admin

A summary of the findings of the Deloitte Business Group Annual Review of Football Finance. Continue reading →

Posted in Accounting and Bookkeeping, Accounting in the Economy, Bookkeeping, Financial Statements | Tagged Annual Review of Football Finance, Championship, Deloitte Sports Business Group, Financial Fair Play, Premier League | Leave a comment

Accounting for plumbers

Posted on May 25, 2011 by admin

The thinking behind the Plumbers Tax Safe Plan Continue reading →

Posted in Accounting and Bookkeeping, Audit and accounts | Tagged HMRC, Liechtenstein Disclosure Facility, Plumbers Tax Safe Plan, PTSP, unpaid tax | 1 Comment

Bribery is a failure to account

Posted on April 1, 2011 by admin

The Bribery Act attempts to guide British businesses away from corrupt practices but fails to spot that proper bookkeeping and accounting would stamp out bribery. Continue reading →

Posted in Accounting and Bookkeeping, Accounting in the Economy, Audit and accounts, Bookkeeping, Financial Statements | Tagged Al Yamamah, BAE, Bribery Act 2010, Kenneth Clarke, Secretary of State for Justice | Leave a comment

Accounting for tax simplification

Posted on March 8, 2011 by admin

Tax simplification is under way but it has a long way to go. Continue reading →

Posted in Accounting and Bookkeeping, Accounting in the Economy | Tagged George Osborne, green paper on the future of VAT, Office of Tax Simplification, tax relief | Leave a comment