Institute Of Chartered Accountants Of Scotland

The Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland (ICAS) highlights key concerns in response to the Financial Reporting Council’s draft revised UK Corporate Governance Code, and calls for any changes to support wider government objectives to grow the economy. The institute also wants to see e

The Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland (ICAS) has welcomed the announcement of new measures to protect consumers who use tax repayment agents and the publication of an updated HMRC standard for agents. This follows a consultation last year.

The Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland (ICAS) has highlighted the urgent need for the UK Government to prioritise improving tax administration, as a dysfunctional tax system continues to fail taxpayers and tax agents. In a new report – Tomorrow's Tax Administration – ICAS has

The Chartered Institute of Taxation (CIOT) and The Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland (ICAS) are calling on Scotland’s political parties to improve public awareness of devolved taxation in the next Scottish Parliament, as a new poll shows that a third of Scots are unaware that the

The Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland (ICAS) has launched a new paper which calls for several tax reforms and more informed public debate. The Future of Taxation in the UK – published by the ICAS Tax Board – identifies an unwillingness from the government to increase the ma

Leading bodies have issued guidance on the implications of the coronavirus pandemic for pension scheme financial reports and audit. The guide has been prepared jointly by the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (ICAEW), the Institute of Chartered Acc

Scott Lindsay has joined the Law Society of Scotland as executive director of finance and operations. Mr Lindsay, a chartered accountant and member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland (ICAS), has most recently run his own consultancy business, SLL Business Consultants. Prior to tha

The Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland (ICAS) has said that the burdens on businesses in the tourist industry arising from the implementation of the Transient Visitor Levy (TVL) must be kept to a minimum. The ICAS submission was prepared by the ICAS Tax Board which represents the views o

The Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland (ICAS) has found in its latest poll of members that 54% do not think the latest Brexit deal is “positive” for business. The ICAS Brexit Tracker, in association with leading law firm Brodies LLP, is a quarterly snapshot of how chartered a

Aberdeen-based chartered accountancy practice Meston Reid & Co is supporting the career development of five students – two through the only programme of its kind in Scotland. The firm has accepted placement students from Robert Gordon University’s (RGU) accountancy and finance d

The Edinburgh Tax Network, the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland, Chartered Institute of Taxation and Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs, with support from Terra Firma Chambers, will present a joint seminar and discussion on 24th October on the subject of ‘Exiting from Private/Fami

Edinburgh-based LendingCrowd and the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland (ICAS) have today signed a strategic partnership that will see LendingCrowd become ICAS’s preferred partner in its business loans category. LendingCrowd is the only fintech lending platform headquartered in Sco

Jim Pettigrew Scottish Financial Enterprise (SFE) has announced the appointment of Jim Pettigrew as Chairman.