www.dofonline.co.uk http://www.dofonline.co.uk Fri, 16 May 2008 20:03:42 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.2 http://www.dofonline.co.uk/images/M_images/dof_logo.png http://www.dofonline.co.uk www.dofonline.co.uk http://www.dofonline.co.uk/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1821&Itemid=114 The Financial Reporting Council has issued a paper on changes to audit firm ownership rules. Thu, 15 May 2008 07:15:34 +0100 http://www.dofonline.co.uk/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1790&Itemid=114 Christian Aid has said that 1,000 children a day die as a result of firms minimising tax liabilities. Mon, 12 May 2008 05:12:36 +0100 http://www.dofonline.co.uk/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1788&Itemid=114 Finance departments spend an average of 7.2 days a month on balance sheet substantiation. Mon, 12 May 2008 03:38:19 +0100 http://www.dofonline.co.uk/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1782&Itemid=114 Accounting firm CLB Littlejohn Frazer has shortened its name to Littlejohn. Fri, 09 May 2008 04:33:56 +0100 http://www.dofonline.co.uk/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1776&Itemid=114 A forensic audit panel will investigate financial management at the London Development Agency and Greater London Authority. Thu, 08 May 2008 09:30:58 +0100 http://www.dofonline.co.uk/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1750&Itemid=114 The value of Treasury department operations is not seen to have a direct impact on EBITDA and so they lack senior management attention. Sat, 03 May 2008 10:56:24 +0100 http://www.dofonline.co.uk/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1731&Itemid=114 Longevity risk can have a serious impact on firms' defined benefit pension liabilities. Wed, 30 Apr 2008 04:54:28 +0100 http://www.dofonline.co.uk/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1721&Itemid=114 Concentration in the audit market is directly linked to higher audit fees, a study claims. Tue, 29 Apr 2008 04:55:42 +0100 http://www.dofonline.co.uk/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1698&Itemid=114 The European Union's finance management has improved, but the Audit Office says big question marks remain. Thu, 24 Apr 2008 17:01:00 +0100 http://www.dofonline.co.uk/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1682&Itemid=114 The Public Accounts Select Committee has cast doubts on the financial management of London hosting the 2012 Olympic Games. Tue, 22 Apr 2008 02:28:37 +0100 http://www.dofonline.co.uk/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1677&Itemid=114 Ernst Young will merge 87 practices in Europe, the Middle East, India and Africa into one unit. Mon, 21 Apr 2008 08:25:59 +0100 http://www.dofonline.co.uk/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1662&Itemid=114 The Guggenheim Bilbao has dismissed its finance director Roberto Cearsolo Barrenetxea for “financial and accounting irregularities”. Wed, 16 Apr 2008 08:54:31 +0100 http://www.dofonline.co.uk/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1653&Itemid=114 Ethel Austin, the 300 store discount retailer based in Liverpool, has gone into administration. Tue, 15 Apr 2008 13:09:24 +0100 http://www.dofonline.co.uk/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1635&Itemid=114 KPMG has been appointed administrators of Erinaceous Group PLC and its Shoreham Airport subsidiary, Erinaceous Managed Services. Mon, 14 Apr 2008 04:11:10 +0100 http://www.dofonline.co.uk/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1627&Itemid=114 Unregistered accountancy service providers have until 1 June to register with HMRC. Thu, 10 Apr 2008 08:54:27 +0100 http://www.dofonline.co.uk/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1624&Itemid=114 The Auditing Practices Board (APB) has published a consultation draft of a revision of Practice Note (PN) 11: The Audit of Charities in the United Kingdom. Thu, 10 Apr 2008 06:02:32 +0100 http://www.dofonline.co.uk/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1614&Itemid=114 The Professional Oversight Board has published the updated operating procedures of its audit inspection unit (AIU) for maintaining the confidentiality of information it obtains from audit firms for the purposes of its inspections. Wed, 09 Apr 2008 04:54:46 +0100 http://www.dofonline.co.uk/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1586&Itemid=114 The co-chairman of KPMG Europe has called for a re-think of the role of public company audits. Thu, 03 Apr 2008 03:59:22 +0100 http://www.dofonline.co.uk/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1561&Itemid=114 Double the number of UK pension schemes are preparing for buyout within the next 10 years than were a year ago. Tue, 01 Apr 2008 06:04:54 +0100 http://www.dofonline.co.uk/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1532&Itemid=114 Philip Neal, a former finance director at Mid Essex Health Trust, has been jailed for forgery. Thu, 27 Mar 2008 04:39:11 +0100 http://www.dofonline.co.uk/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1505&Itemid=114 Tim Copnell looks at ten things audit committees should do when considering their 2008 agendas. Thu, 20 Mar 2008 04:03:54 +0100 http://www.dofonline.co.uk/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1501&Itemid=114 The Auditing Practices Board has issued updated guidance on anti-money laundering. Wed, 19 Mar 2008 06:04:35 +0100 http://www.dofonline.co.uk/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1468&Itemid=114 Financial directors have come to know that changes to longevity assumptions mean only one thing - higher disclosed pension liabilities. Thu, 13 Mar 2008 08:10:57 +0100 http://www.dofonline.co.uk/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1406&Itemid=114 The Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (ICAEW) has warned that the impact of ill-thought through policy proposals undermines the UK’s competitiveness as an economy. Thu, 06 Mar 2008 01:20:41 +0100 http://www.dofonline.co.uk/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1377&Itemid=114 Adam Nicholl, managing consultant at specialist finance search and selection firm GRS Group shines a light on the perfect career path in audit. Fri, 29 Feb 2008 02:01:16 +0100 http://www.dofonline.co.uk/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1304&Itemid=114 Watson Wyatt cautions pension schemes about blindly following the Pensions Regulator's trigger points on mortality assumptions. Fri, 15 Feb 2008 04:39:08 +0100 http://www.dofonline.co.uk/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1303&Itemid=114 An audit could be the best way to get to grips not only with advertising costs but also the whole advertiser/advertising agency relationship, as Stephen Broderick reports. Fri, 15 Feb 2008 02:48:35 +0100 http://www.dofonline.co.uk/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1299&Itemid=114 The number of senior accountancy jobs would seem to suggest that investment banking recruitment should remain relatively healthy - for accountants at least. Thu, 14 Feb 2008 08:43:46 +0100 http://www.dofonline.co.uk/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1138&Itemid=114 US retail co-operative Ace Hardware considered switching from being a dealer-owner co-operative to becoming a for-profit corporation, when it discovered a $152 million accounting shortfall. Mon, 11 Feb 2008 07:53:54 +0100 http://www.dofonline.co.uk/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1267&Itemid=114 Chester District Housing Trust (CDHT) has bucked the trend for stuffy annual reports. Fri, 08 Feb 2008 07:51:03 +0100 http://www.dofonline.co.uk/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1266&Itemid=114 Ever thought a financial statement or annual report sounded too good to be true? Business researchers in the United States are working on software that would analyse text to detect fraud. Fri, 08 Feb 2008 06:49:53 +0100 http://www.dofonline.co.uk/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1259&Itemid=114 Nearly half the FTSE100 with defined benefit pension schemes changed their mortality assumptions last year, according to actuaries Watson Wyatt. Thu, 07 Feb 2008 08:35:32 +0100 http://www.dofonline.co.uk/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1092&Itemid=114 Local authorities are to prepare their accounts following International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) from 1 April 2010, it has been announced. Wed, 09 Jan 2008 07:55:41 +0100 http://www.dofonline.co.uk/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1091&Itemid=114 A major recruitment drive to find the town hall finance chiefs of the future has got underway in the capital. Tue, 08 Jan 2008 16:00:00 +0100 http://www.dofonline.co.uk/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1075&Itemid=114 A former CIMA president and two members of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA) plus three CIPFA members have been honoured in the New Year's Honours list. Mon, 07 Jan 2008 11:06:21 +0100