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Recognising the importance of accounting concepts for tax professionals, Stuart Collins, Assurance and Advisory Partner at PKF, looks at the practicalities of applying UITF 40

 
Recognising the importance of accounting concepts for tax professionals Stuart Collins Assurance and Advisory Partner at PKF looks at the practicalities of applying UITF 40
 
The Urgent Issues Task Force has published the final version of its new abstract 'UITF abstract 40 — Revenue recognition and service contracts'. This is in response to the recent confusion that has arisen over how professional service firms should account for their income.
A brief history of the issue
 
The difficulties began in late 2003 with the publication by the Accounting Standards Board of a...

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