As college students prepare to look for work experience, professional accounting body ACCA Ireland, has called upon the Government to introduce measures applied in the UK clamping down on the practice of unpaid internships.

Ireland, along with Germany and the UK, is embracing a major expansion of its apprenticeship system. And there are myriad routes to choose, writes Noel Daly

Irish exporters have been warned about further sharp currency fluctuations, should the EU-UK talks end in no trade deal and tough controls over workers.

There has been a call for more detailed accounting practices in the charities sector, with the profession’s umbrella body claiming it was “essential” in providing full transparency.

Celebrating 40 years of Higher Education in 2014, Griffith College has developed a reputation for running some of the most effective, focused and successful undergraduate, postgraduate and Adult Education courses in the country.

A new British tax on companies that shift profits out of the country and into tax havens will target inter-company fees for services like use of intellectual property.

Confidence in the country’s economy has stalled among finance professionals as demand weakens and access to credit becomes more restricted.

Irish companies are still struggling to tap into international trade opportunities and explore new markets, despite improving sentiment levels, according to a new survey.

The Cork and Dublin property markets are making a strong recovery, according to the chairman of Nama, Frank Daly, as the agency gears up to take over IBRC’s loan book.

Nineteen state bodies will come together in Dublin Castle on Oct 22 for a one-stop-shop free event for small businesses.

The ongoing lack of access to credit dragged business confidence down, leading to an sharp decline in the number of people who are optimistic about Ireland’s recovery.

Business confidence in Ireland has fallen in the second quarter of 2013 as access to capital dried up, according to a Global Economic Conditions survey.

Trust has been a casualty of the financial crisis, according to the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) which found that two thirds of investors are sceptical about the information companies provide.

Debt written down as part of a mortgage arrears resolution process could be eligible for capital acquisitions tax at a rate of 33%.

The ACCA is the latest body to call on Minister for Justice Alan Shatter to regulate personal insolvency practitioners.

Staff in two branches of HMV in Limerick have said they will continue their sit-in until they are paid what they are owed.

The appointment of an Administrator in the UK and a Receiver in Ireland to the HMV group has not invalidated any HMV Ireland gift vouchers, an accountancy firm has said today.

Borrowers are being urged against deliberate non-mortgage repayment — in a hope of attracting debt forgiveness — ahead of new legislation being passed.

Homeowners are today being warned against the deliberate non-payment of their mortgage.

Fewer than a quarter of professional accountants in Ireland believe the Government will meet its spending targets over the next five years.

Irish accountants are the most pessimistic in the world in terms of business confidence, with most observing that global trade is drying up.

ACCOUNTING graduates can expect rewarding careers and high salaries.

THE self-employed tax take could be down as much as 30% this year resulting in a significant shortfall for the exchequer.

ACCA Ireland (Association of Chartered Certified Accountants) is warning taxpayers not to reply to emails from the HMRC (the British tax authorities) after Irish-based British taxpayers were targeted with bogus tax refund emails.

THE Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) has asked employers and employees to consider working extra time at no pay before applying pay cuts or lay-offs.

The Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) has announced Mr Brendan Foster as its president for 2008.

THE taxman has stopped imposing the “death penalty”. Dead tax defaulters, or their surviving families, will no longer have to answer for their evasions from beyond the grave after the Revenue Commissioners changed the rules concerning the treatment of dead taxpayers.

IRISH investors spent €3 billion buying foreign properties in the three months to June of this year bringing the total spend this year to €5bn.

Companies may be cherry-picking one set of accounting rules over another to show their financial position in a better light, it was claimed today.

Deane Morrice has been elected as the new president Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA), it was announced today.

ACCA (the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants) has today welcomed the proposed consolidation of the Companies Acts as “the completion of a major milestone in process of reforming and consolidating company law”.

GRIFFITH COLLEGE students have achieved world-class results in the 2006 Association of Chartered Accountants (ACCA) examinations.

ACCA has today warned of a general shortage of accountants in Ireland.

The Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) has today welcomed the move by Minister for Trade and Commerce Michael Ahern to refer the issue of auditor liability to the Company Law Review Group.

AN 80-YEAR-OLD woman who fell out of a hospital harness onto her head died of natural causes five days later, an inquest heard yesterday.

The Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) today warned of a potential “time bomb” for some homeowners, which could result in attractive properties quickly becoming downmarket.

MUNSTER has produced two of the world’s top three new accountants.

CORK accountancy practice, Roberts Nathan Corporate and Private, is celebrating the award of a quality mark by the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA).

THE Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) hosted their first employer’s conference yesterday in Limerick.

HOLDERS of single-premium insurance policies, who have had their details released to the Revenue Commissioners, have been urged not to panic by a national accountants body.

THE Association of Chartered Certified Accountants Ireland has supported its parent body’s becoming lead sponsor of the 17th annual World Congress of Accountants, which will be held in Istanbul in November.

THE Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) has warned that despite recent changes to company law, a number of unqualified persons continue to hold themselves out to be auditors.