Jennifer Adams

Member Since: 19th May 2011

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Bio

Jennifer Adams is Consulting Editor of AccountingWEB and is a professional business author specialising in corporate governance and taxation. She runs her own accounting and consultancy business with offices based in Surrey and Dorset.

Jennifer Adams

AccountingWEB

16th Mar 2020

COVID-19: Helping your clients through the crisis

Larger companies may already have a disaster recovery plan in place. Cybersecurity concerns will have encouraged them to develop a business...

Practice strategy

14th Jan 2020

Self assessment errors: When the accountant is blamed

Picture the scenario: a taxpayer was under investigation for non-disclosure of foreign earnings. The enquiry settlement letter included the...

General practice

11th Nov 2019

The importance of updated articles of association

The processes that a company (other than a dormant company) goes through in its lifetime are the same whatever the reason for incorporation...

General practice

14th Aug 2019

MTD for VAT first main submission: How was it for you?

The first MTD for VAT return deadline has now been and gone. Jennifer Adams examines the issues raised in the first tranche of submissions...

HMRC & policy

10th Jun 2019

Consultation proposes sweeping new powers for Companies House

Jennifer Adams reviews the consultation document published last month detailing the intended increase of powers for Companies House and...

Finance & strategy

14th May 2019

Striking off a company: Get the details right

Jennifer Adams details the procedure and the tax implications when a company is struck off from the Companies House register. When used...

General practice

19th Mar 2019

HMRC campaigns: Where have they gone?

Of the 18 tax campaigns run by HMRC over the past 12 years, only three remain as 'live'. Jennifer Adams considers the success rate of these...

HMRC & policy

22nd Jan 2019

Should accountants emulate HMRC and charge for late delivery of accounts?

Jennifer Adams considers whether hitting clients in the pocket is an effective method of persuasion for delivery of accounts in time to...

Practice strategy

2nd Jan 2019

Should you bother to submit a SARS?

Jennifer Adams considers the role of accountants in anti-money laundering and asks whether the time spent on preparing and submitting SARS...

General practice

18th Sep 2018

Practical tactics for dealing with difficult clients

Following on from Richard Hattersley's article ” when unappreciative clients take up too much time ”, Jennifer Adams looks at tactics that...

Practice strategy