Molly Macfarlane
Member Since: 1st Nov 2023
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Community and Editorial Assistant AccountingWEB
7th Dec 2023
Accountants encouraged to open up about grief
Grief Awareness Week (2–8 December) is a chance to foster a better understanding of loss, helping people who have been bereaved feel less...
People
5th Dec 2023
Businesses sink as VAT threshold restricts growth
October’s monthly insolvency statistics showed an 18% increase in comparison to October 2022 and as businesses continue to struggle, the...
Business tax
4th Dec 2023
The client tug of war: Small vs large
In a recent Any Answers post, johnthegood questioned the community on whether they would rather have 100 small clients or 10 big ones . He...
General practice
1st Dec 2023
HMRC’s postal tips fail to stamp out frustrations
HMRC has included in issue 114 of its agent update some tips for when you must use post to correspond with the tax authority. Despite...
HMRC & policy
27th Nov 2023
Practitioners split on hiking fees for new clients
The first year of a new client can be hard and time consuming, requiring a lot more effort and resources. The additional burden of training...
Practice strategy
23rd Nov 2023
Accountants react to the ‘Autumn Statement for growth’
Jeremy Hunt’s “Autumn Statement for growth” saw an announcement of 110 measures for the AccountingWEB community to delve into and dissect...
HMRC & policy
20th Nov 2023
Has professional courtesy gone out of the window?
The accounting profession works well when there is a mutual understanding and a good relationship with other accountants – in other words,...
People
20th Nov 2023
Dear Jeremy Hunt, I want a fiscal miracle for Christmas
As Jeremy Hunt gets ready to deliver the Autumn Statement this Wednesday, AccountingWEB readers have been busy writing their Christmas...
HMRC & policy
16th Nov 2023
On the road to increasing mileage rates
The Association of Taxation Technicians (ATT) have submitted a representation urging the government to increase the amount that drivers can...
HMRC & policy
15th Nov 2023
Insolvencies soar while festive hopes glimmer
This week the Office for National Statistics published the monthly insolvency statistics from October 2023. “The number of registered...
Finance & strategy