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.

Housing Minister Simon Coveney has pushed ahead with the Help to Buy scheme for first-time buyers despite continuing claims by critics that the only thing it will achieve is higher house prices.

Budget 2016 has been labelled a missed opportunity for the Government to support entrepreneurs despite general approval for specific changes on capital gains tax (CGT).

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

Two senior executives at EMC’s Cork operations, Aidan Trindle and Bill O’Connell, have been promoted to global roles within the company.

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

Exiting the bailout has given businesses a boost in confidence, but the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants has warned it might be temporary.

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.

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.

Nama will offer €2bn to fund building work across the country because it believes the long-term prospects for its property portfolio are positive.

An examiner has been appointed to a company employing 195 people in Dublin and Galway that provides cleaning services to private hospitals and state bodies after the High Court accepted it has a reasonable prospect of survival if certain conditions are met.

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.

A High Court challenge has been brought to Anglo Irish Banks' decision to appoint a member of Nama's board of directors as Receiver to a number of properties in Co Clare.

NORTHERN Ireland could soon be in a position to better challenge the Republic for foreign direct investment after the potential for lowering its rate of corporation tax was raised in yesterday’s emergency British budget.

FORMER taoiseach John Bruton has called for a wide-reaching new development model to be drawn up for Ireland’s future stability, warning that a return to so-called normality cannot be expected once the recession runs its full course.

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 Taoiseach says Ireland is facing very serious choices about its future.

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”.

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.

Complex, outdated EU directives on accounting for SMEs are causing problems and need to be simplified was one of the key points of European Commissioner Charlie McCreevy’s speech at ACCA Ireland’s (Association of Chartered Certified Accountants) Business Breakfast at the Conrad Hotel this morning.

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

A LANDMARK ruling in the British House of Lords could have a damagingaffect on both the cashflow of small businesses in Ireland and their ability to secure bank loans.