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Jun 2010

Stat Accounts Count

Against the background of the focus on risk assessment by HM Revenue & Customs, the Senior Accounting Officer (SAO) regime, and the imminent imposition of mandatory iXBRL-based corporation tax online filing, Tax Automation director Bryony Clinton reflects on the importance of statutory accounts for each legal entity within a group, the related need for accurate accounting and tax data, and the pressure this can place on in-house tax departments.

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Feb 2010

Mixed messages from HMRC

Last year's SAO legislation got us all to focus on internal controls and procedures, and VAT was the area that seemed to appear on most organisations' list of potential problem areas. The reasons for this are varied, but the lack of somewhere to keep the myriad of VAT related details and documentation may well be part of the problem.

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Jan 2010

Alternative technology - in aid of a good cause!

Tax Automation chairman, Donald Drysdale, has spent much of his tax career working with technology. Away from work he enjoys technology of another kind - his classic car, a meticulously restored 1964 Morris Minor convertible called "Trafalgar". This summer he'll be driving Trafalgar across the Swiss Alps on a sponsored drive in aid of mental health charity MDF The Bipolar Organisation. For more information, please see Donald's JustGiving page.

Sep 2009

Practical guide to SAO

If you are unsure of where to start the task of documenting systems and processes, our practical SAO guide, written by our Technical Director Nigel Rainer, sets out the steps an in-house tax team might want to go through to produce the appropriate evidence that their systems and processes meet the legislative requirements.

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Jul 2009

SAO and SOA - what does it mean for tax?

Bryony Clinton discusses some of the recent acronyms being bandied around in the tax and technology worlds, how they relate to one another and how they provide opportunities for tax professionals.

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Jun 2009

Article on proposed changes to IAS 12...

Donald Drysdale, our non-executive Chairman, has written an article for Tax Journal discussing the proposed changes to IAS 12 as part of the IASB's income tax project to reduce the differences between the IFRS standard and FAS 109.

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Oct 2008

Article on delivering tax compliance risk management...

Donald Drysdale, our non-executive Chairman, has written an article for TAXATION discussing corporate tax compliance risk management issues, looking particularly at potential weaknesses in delivery and an approach to remedying these.

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Aug 2008

Article on current tax reporting pressures for in-house tax departments...

Donald Drysdale, our non-executive Chairman, has written an article for Tax Journal examining some of the pressures currently facing Tax Directors and their in-house corporate tax departments at a time of deepening financial stringency.

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Apr 2008

Tax Automation achieves Oracle Partner status...

Tax Automation is delighted to announce that it has achieved Partner status as part of the Oracle PartnerNetwork programme.

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Jul 2007

Article on the future of online filing and HMRC's hunger for business data...

Donald Drysdale, our non-executive director and Chairman, has written an article for Tolley's Practical Tax Newsletter (published by LexisNexis) on the future of online filing and the potential impact on businesses.

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May 2007

Article on the relationship between HMRC and the profession...

Donald Drysdale, our non-executive director and Chairman, has written an article for Tolley's Practical Tax Newsletter (published by LexisNexis) on the sometimes strained relationship between HMRC and the tax profession.

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