# Accountancy

Last year

2022

# job fairy

Accountancy apprenticeship programme to create 140 jobs

Applications are based in colleges in Cork, Dublin, Galway, Limerick, Monaghan, Waterford and Wicklow.

25.2k

Jun 12th 2022, 6:00 PM

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# Courts

Court quadruples compensation to €34,000 for accountant sacked for failing exam

The civil court has upped a compensation claim for sacked trainee accountant Peter Nowak from the €7,500 he received from the Employment Appeals Tribunal.

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Oct 19th 2016, 3:25 PM

# sponsored by CPA

From treasurers to The Tudors: the hotshot Irish casting director who trained as an accountant

And yet further proof that your parents were right all along.

11.9k

Sep 9th 2016, 4:07 PM

# the road to damascus

Notorious accountant on trial for stealing $9 million before living in the woods for years

How a late-night TV viewer brought Jim Hammes’ long hike to an end.

27.5k

Sep 27th 2015, 7:30 AM

# Happy Days

If you like salary hikes and promotions, you might like being a Chartered Accountant right now

Well, in Leinster, at least…

22.0k

Jul 29th 2014, 4:04 PM

# Oops

Hands up: Department of Finance to adjust figures after mixing-up €101m of VAT with income tax

The department say that the overall level of tax collected remains unchanged.

9.0k

Apr 8th 2014, 11:19 AM

# sponsored by sage

7 Irish duos that work better together

Good separately, but great together.

24.6k

Nov 20th 2013, 4:44 PM

Voices

Column: Legal protection of “accountant” is an essential matter of public protection

You don’t have to look too far to see the consequences of bad financial advice in Ireland – and yet anyone can set themselves up as an accountant, without education, qualifications or experience, writes Joe Aherne.

491

Oct 2nd 2013, 6:00 PM

# Austerity

Families have seen monthly disposable income drop by €300 since 2008

A family with one parent has also seen its tax bill jump by 125 as a result of austerity policies, according to a new report.

5.0k

Oct 2nd 2013, 8:41 AM

# Mortgages

Revenue assures that mortgage write-offs won't be subject to tax

The Revenue Commissioners says it considers a mortgage write-down to be a commercial act and not a ‘gift’ for tax purposes.

6.5k

Mar 26th 2013, 9:32 AM

# Mortgage crisis

Mortgage write-offs 'could be subject to 33pc tax'

An accountants’ body says it believes any debts written off a person’s mortgage could be subject to Capital Gains Tax.

10.2k

Mar 25th 2013, 12:42 PM

# KPMG

KPMG asks staff to warn them of 'inappropriate coverage' of firm on net

An email has been sent to staff at the accountancy firm just weeks after a video of a young girl making repeated references to KPMG was taken down from YouTube.

40.9k

Jan 23rd 2013, 1:03 PM