(Not Moderated)
This group is for the discussion of the theory and application of UK
accounting, auditing, taxation and other technical issues faced by
accountants in practice or business. Primarily this means
- UK Accounting Standards;
- Auditing Guidelines;
- Company legislation;
- UK taxation;
- Specific accountancy body pronouncements, including consultation
and discussion papers;
together with practical matters relating to the running of a
professional accountancy practice.
This list is not meant to be exhaustive. For example, discussion of
US and International accounting standards and other international
matters are relevant to the extent that they affect businesses in the
UK.
However the following are not appropriate in this group:
- Discussion of specific foreign tax or company legislation;
- Discussion of implementation/usage of computers or accounting
software;
- Discussion of personal financial matters;
- Discussion of matters relating to insolvency practices;
- Advertising (including job advertisements);
- Binaries (apart from PGP signatures only).
Cross-posting between uk.business.accountancy and any other newsgroup
shall generally be discouraged unless a serious discussion on a
particular topic between the circulation of those groups is warranted.
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