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9am Lowdown: Greece makes history, misses IMF repayment

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1st Jul 2015
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It’s such a beautiful day. Here’s the news.

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Greece makes history, misses IMF repayment

Greece has missed the deadline for a £1.1bn payment to the IMF, hours after Eurozone ministers refused to extend its bailout.

But the ministers say they will discuss a last-minute request from Greece for a new two-year bailout on Wednesday.

Greece is the first advanced country to fail to repay a loan to the IMF and is now formally in arrears.

There are fears that this could put Greece at risk of leaving the euro.

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HMRC to stage Northern Ireland crackdown

HMRC has launched a task force targeting £18 million from a crackdown on wealthy ‘tax cheats’ in Northern Ireland.  

The taxman will investigate individuals with ‘badges of wealth’ such as large houses, boats and aeroplanes and use data from the Land Registry and Merchant Acquirer to identify whether these assets are in keeping with the information they have submitted to HMRC.

Ian McCafferty, task force lead at HMRC, said the taxman had intelligence which suggested the individuals it planned to target had no intention of paying the tax they owed.  

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AccountingWEB’s US sister site launched

Here now, I grant you the power of precognition! AccountingWEB’s new American site has launched and it’s a look into our future.

What do you guys think? 

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By mwngiol
01st Jul 2015 10:35

American site

If that's the future of the UK Aweb then I have no future on UK Aweb.

When websites decide to be 'mobile-friendly' why can't they have a 'actually I'm using a PC so can I have a non-crap display please' button?

The American site is absolutely horrible on a PC.

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By mrme89
01st Jul 2015 11:03

American Site

That site is bloody awful.

 

Everything seems to be in a font size aimed at the blind.

 

 

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John Stokdyk, AccountingWEB head of insight
By John Stokdyk
01st Jul 2015 14:21

The conversation continues...

If you haven't already seen it, MrMe89 posted an Any Answers question asking what people think. If the future design direction of AccountingWEB.co.uk interests you, come on over and visit us there. This will be the first stage in an extensive research process that will go into our overhaul at the end of this year.

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