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Curated news and plain-English analysis for UK practices and finance teams — pulled from the sources we trust, plus what we're learning building automation in the real world.
Making Tax Digital for Income Tax: what practices need to do before April 2026
The MTD ITSA threshold is changing and the clock is ticking. Here's a calm, practical checklist for getting sole-trader and landlord clients ready — and where automation quietly removes the busywork.
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View all →Basis period reform: the questions clients keep asking
A quick reference for the transition year, overlap relief and what to tell worried clients.
Where AI agents actually help accountants in 2026
Cutting through the hype: the back-office tasks where agents are genuinely production-ready today.
We automated HMRC PAYE pulls with RPA — here's what we learned
A field note from a live build: the gotchas, the guardrails, and the hours it gave back.
Pricing advisory work: moving beyond the timesheet
How forward-thinking firms are packaging value rather than billing hours.
India's GST e-invoicing net widens — what it signals for global compliance
Real-time tax reporting is spreading. A look at what UK firms can learn from India's rollout.
The US AI-in-accounting boom, and the trust gap that follows it
Adoption is racing ahead of assurance. Why "human-in-the-loop" is becoming the standard.
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