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AccountingWEB's Business editor Francois Badenhorst is joined by VAT expert Neil Warren, SAP Concur's Senior director Tim Page and Senior development manager Brendin Cohen to answer your VAT reclaim questions.

Welcome to the ‘On Compliance’ podcast from AccountingWEB, where we discuss the various compliance challenges facing accountants in 2018. This month the podcast panel of experts look at the tax implications of Chancellor Philip Hammond's Spring Statement. Joining AccountingWEB editor Tom Herbert this month is Chas Roy-Chowdhury, head of taxation at ACCA global, Mark Purdue, product manager - tax products at Thomson Reuters, and Alan Soady from the Federation of Small Businesses.

This week the pod tackles ethics in the profession, the thorny issue of EBITDA, Ken Dodd’s inheritance tax and the Chancellor’s Spring Statement.

A stellar panel of accountants joined the AccountingWEB podcast team at QuickBooks Connect to discuss the biggest stories in accountancy this week. Up for discussion this time around were whether directors with no income need to file tax returns, which flavours of Nesquik attracted a zero VAT rating, and what had caught the accountants' eye at the event.

Welcome to the new ‘On Compliance’ podcast from AccountingWEB, where we discuss the various compliance challenges facing accountants in 2018. We’re kicking off the series with a GDPR special, where we ask how prepared accountants are for the new regulation, what firms can do to make a start and how they can turn its introduction into an opportunity. Joining AccountingWEB editor Tom Herbert this month is Matt Portt, accountant and owner of Portt and Co, Ian Cooper, product manager - non-tax products at Thomson Reuters, and Jez John, managing director from Webstars.

Small businesses have plenty to think about in today's current economic climate, and while changes such as the government's Making Tax Digital scheme, IR35 and dividend allowance reductions play a part in this, tax is often not at the forefront of owners' minds. This first Accounting Excellence podcast aims to help accountants tackle these tricky tax issues and stay ahead of legislative changes, To do this, AccountingWEB editor Tom Herbert is joined by Fiona Fraser, Nick Williams and John Stokdyk. To watch the webcast that is referred to on the show visit: https://www.accountingexcellence.co.uk/february-session/?utm_source=accountingweb&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=podcast_february

This week Della Hudson joins the pod to discuss the sale of her practice, as well as a host of other topics, including Oxfam, audits and sweary accountants…

Joining the No Accounting for Taste team this week is Nigel Harris, a partner from Burton Sweet. For someone who has just completed the annual busy season sprint finish, Nigel was a game guest. He needed to be, as our show this week veered wildly between accounting's diversity problems, Apple's taxes, self-assessment season, cryptocurrency and, for the first time, feedback corner. Apologies also for the gull noises in the background. We were in a hot office in Bristol with the window open, not at the seaside!

The fallout from Carillion's collapse headlines this week's podcast but there are plenty of other stories for the editorial team to chew over, including Brexit and client chasing during the busy self assessment season. Joining Tom Herbert on this week's pod are Francois Badenhorst and Richard Hattersley.

Happy New Year! In the first No accounting for taste podcast of 2018, the AccountingWEB editors are joined by Alice Neal from PracticeWEB to delve into the latest news. Making the headlines this week, business editor Francois Badenhorst discusses the latest Open Banking news, practice correspondent Richard Hattersley reviews how accountants are coping with the January rush and PracticeWEB’s Alice Neal looks at what the profession can expect from the year ahead. And making her podcast debut, Valme Claro takes a spin through the Industry Insight page.

Today, 21 December that is, might be the darkest day of the year, but it's brightened somewhat by the release of the latest episode of 'No accounting for taste'. This week, the usual cast of characters are joined by AccountingWEB's paterfamilias John Stokdyk. We cast an eye over the year's top accounting stories. If you like what you hear and you'd like more news and analysis from the AccountingWEB team, then swing on by: https://www.accountingweb.co.uk/

As we move into December and all thoughts turn to Christmas, or self assessment season, depending on your disposition, here at AccountingWEB we thought we’d use this last MTD podcast of the year to round up the last 12 months in the world of Making Tax Digital and look ahead to 2018 and a crucial, some might say pivotal year for the project. Joining AccountingWEB editor Tom Herbert this month are Paul Aplin, tax partner at AC Mole and Son and deputy president of the ICAEW, Mark Purdue, product manager, tax at Thomson Reuters, and Brian Palmer, tax policy expert at the AAT.

The podcast for accountants is back! This week the pod gets to grips with bitcoin regulation, tax tables, skills shortages and termination payments. AccountingWEB's Tom Herbert and Francois Badenhorst are joined by Matt Portt, owner of Portt & Co accountants, and Alice Neal, editor at PracticeWEB.

Budget chat, VAT and Doc Brown references: our new, fortnightly editorial podcast has it all! We take a whistle-stop tour through all the measures that matter from Philip Hammond's second Budget as Chancellor, and discuss whether there should actually be a Budget at all... In this episode, AccountingWEB editor Tom Herbert is joined by business editor Francois Badenhorst and practice correspondent Richard Hattersley.

This month the AccountingWEB Making Tax Digital podcast discussed progress on the MTD legislation, spreadsheets, HMRC webinars and progress on the pilot scheme. Joining AccountingWEB editor Tom Herbert on the podcast were ACCA’s Jason Piper, Thomson Reuters’ Mark Purdue and Gary Jacobs from Eazitax.

The government has finally released draft regulations which provide the operational machinery of Making Tax Digital for income tax and for VAT. While they have provided welcome detail for business and accountants left in legislation limbo by the events of the past few months, they have also raised plenty of questions. Joining AccountingWEB editor Tom Herbert to discuss the regulations are AccountingWEB’s consulting tax editor Rebecca Cave and Mark Purdue, Product Manager – Tax at Thomson Reuters.

Joining the pod this month to discuss Making Tax Digital's new-found emphasis on VAT are Margaret Curran, Technical Officer from the Chartered Institute of Taxation, Gary Jacobs, director of accountancy practice Eazitax, and Thomson Reuters’ Product Manager – Tax, Mark Purdue.

The rise of Fintech and alternative sources of lending presents an opportunity. Anil Stocker and Bobby Lane discuss how accountants can capitalise and what the future holds for this trend.

After a long period of uncertainty, last week saw the government confirm a revised roadmap for its Making Tax Digital project, with the requirements for digital quarterly reporting being stripped back to cover only VAT. Joining AccountingWEB editor Tom Herbert to react to the news are Andrew Hubbard from taxation magazine, the ACCA's Jason Piper, Rebecca Cave and Thomson Reuters’ Mark Purdue.

California-based accountant Geni Whitehouse shares her unique world view with AccountingWEB's John Stokdyk at the Accelerate 2017 conference in Las Vegas