The Briefcase #61: Taxing Temptation
By: AccountingCPD | Posted on: 2nd Oct 2026
A fancy chocolate bar hiding in your cupboard might seem like a private indulgence, but these extravagances are more often than not a matter of…
The Briefcase #60: 6 Very Difficult Questions Tax Tribunals Have Been Faced With
By: AccountingCPD | Posted on: 17th Sep 2026
Tax law covers employment, property, investment, business expenses, marriage, divorce, and basically everything you could ever hope to do, or hope not to do. It’s…
The Briefcase #58 : Excel Features Everyone Forgets Exist
By: AccountingCPD | Posted on: 4th Sep 2026
Excel has been around since 1985, which means it has had more than 40 years to accumulate buttons. Some of those buttons have become part…
The Briefcase #55: The World’s Weirdest Tax Deductions
By: AccountingCPD | Posted on: 13th Aug 2026
Spend enough time as an accountant and you’ll hear all sorts of theories about what people think they can claim as a tax deduction. Barristers…
The Briefcase #50: The Accountant’s Survival Guide to Meetings
By: AccountingCPD | Posted on: 10th Jul 2026
Decades ago, everyone got together and conclusively decided that 90% of meetings were a complete waste of time. But, like most meetings, despite unanimous agreement…
The Briefcase #49: The Accountant’s Guide to Critical Thinking
By: AccountingCPD | Posted on: 3rd Jul 2026
Nobody wakes up in the morning and thinks, “today, I shall make several incoherent decisions based on half-understood information, personal bias and a complete disregard…
The Briefcase #47: 5 Excel Shortcuts That Save Accountants Hours
By: AccountingCPD | Posted on: 19th Jun 2026
Accountants spend countless hours with Excel. Many of us spend more time with the software than we do with our own loved ones. But loads…
The Briefcase #45: Accountants Negotiate More Than They Think
By: AccountingCPD | Posted on: 5th Jun 2026
You might not think of yourself as a negotiator, but you are. It’s easy to imagine negotiations as something besuited young men with flash haircuts…
The Briefcase #44: Suspicious Stuff – Some Scandalous Stories of Serious Scams
By: AccountingCPD | Posted on: 28th May 2026
The recent collapse of Mars FX, a hedge fund where roughly $600 million has vanished off the face of the earth, inspired us to revisit…