After the AGM we have two invited speakers who will focus on ‘The Future of Collaboration. The afternoon concludes with wine and nibbles and the opportunity to network with fellow members. Programme 13.30 Arrive 13.45 AGM 14.30 Break 14.45 The future of collaboration – the Huddle...

This course is intended for those with no previous accounting experience who need a basic financial awareness, to have a set of accounts demystified and most importantly, why understanding finance is critical in business and decision making. It will explain the...

Introduction: The link between strategy and the daily activities that achieve those goals – ‘the golden thread’ Strategic financial management and budgeting requires a clear link between the organisation’s objectives, the resources that support them and the tasks with achieve them. Do...

•Negotiation and the negotiator: exploring current ideas about skills and qualities of the negotiator, looking at how each individual currently handles negotiations •Preparing for negotiations •Goals: - what do you and others want from the negotiation? •Trades: what do you and the other...

•Review of UK residence and domicile rules •HMRC practices on residence issues •Compliance for employees leaving the UK or arriving •Part time or full time overseas working •Contract issues and planning points •Recent developments on domicile and remittance basis rules •Short...

•Recent Finance Act/Bill changes •Current rates and allowances •Buildings and structures – baseline rules •Legal aspects of property purchases and apportionments •Plant and machinery – definitions and interpretation •Short and long life asset rules •Integral features of the new regime •Enhanced...

•Income tax refresher, chargeable income and persons •Employee benefits and expenses – P11D completion •Form filling and employer obligations •Tax codes and NIC numbers •Calculating tax and NIC liabilities and operating PAYE •Joiners and leavers procedures •Dispensations and PSA arrangements •Travel...

•Recent Finance Act/Bill changes •HMRC statements of practice •Case law developments •Current topical issues •Tax planning points

•Current taxation provisions – FRS 16 and IAS 12 •Current taxation disclosures – FRS 16 and IAS 12 •Accounting for deferred taxation – alternative methodologies •FRS 19 and IAS 12 – the detail and disclosures compared •Case studies

•The scope, the charge and the impact of corporation tax •The Corporation Tax Acts 2009 and 2010 •Company residence •Company accounting periods, financial years, level of corporation tax and accountability •Pro-forma corporation tax computation - Corporation tax return •CTSA - the...