ust a few snippets of news:
Well the bad news first... A former ACCA student has failed in a bid to claim the cost of his training course against tax.
DW Perrin claimed tax deductions of £2,491.69 and £2,590.50 for fees paid to study, arguing that the training was a job requirement and so should be deductible.
HMRC argued otherwise, saying Perrin had attended some courses on the weekend when he was not paid and special commissioner Charles Hellier backed its position. The swine.
Helen Brand has been appointed ACCA chief executive. She is currently the managing director for strategy and development, and her new role will begin on 1 September.
A contraversial appointment as, like her predecessor, Allan Blewitt, she does not have an ACCA qualification. 'Running a professional body isn't about being any type of accountant, but having the skills,' Brand said.
Asked about the competition with other accountancy bodies in the UK, she said: 'There’s a role for healthy competition. I think we see that throughout the world, not just in the UK. When talking in the public interest accountancy bodies have shown themselves mature and sensible enough,' she said.
ACCA is quite pleased with itself after revealing that a record 156,000 students sat ACCA examinations in December 2007. So you are with the right body it seems!
Hope youre all well and just to let you know my youngest daughter now takes the "boat to Valletta" when she's having a bath back in England! Now if I can just get her to teach F1.......
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