7 September, 2026 6 min read HMRC-led sign-up for MTD for Income Tax: What accountants need to know HMRC is signing up sole traders and landlords who are required to use MTD for Income Tax but haven’t registered for it. ...
20 August, 2026 10 min read Closing the AI skills gap in your accountancy practice Nearly half of accountants cite a lack of skilled people as an AI barrier. Here's how to build capability, protect junio...
17 August, 2026 10 min read AI ethics and compliance: A practical guide for accountancy practices The PCRT bodies published AI guidance in January 2026, and CCAB has just opened an ethics hub. Here is what both mean fo...
13 August, 2026 10 min read Client data and AI: A security guide for accountancy practices Data security is the profession's biggest AI barrier, cited by 62% of accountants. This guide turns that concern into a ...
11 August, 2026 10 min read How to adopt AI in your accountancy practice in 2026 Here's how to evaluate tools with professional scepticism, test for genuine time savings, and set realistic first-year e...
11 August, 2026 7 min read Curious about AI revolutionising payroll? Here’s what you can do today AI is quietly turning payroll from a monthly source of stress into a genuine business advantage. Here’s how you put it t...
8 August, 2026 17 min read MTD quarterly updates: A practice guide for accountants and bookkeepers Here's what you need to know to make MTD quarterly updates a success for your practice.
3 August, 2026 7 min read How Sage’s suite of embeddable APIs works and why this matters now Banks, fintechs, and SaaS platforms are expected to handle accounting, tax, and payroll in-app. Sage Embedded Services d...
31 July, 2026 12 min read Pricing for MTD: How to charge more, and prove it’s worth it How should you price for Making Tax Digital? Learn why annual fees no longer work and how to charge more while keeping c...
31 July, 2026 8 min read Making Tax Digital for Income Tax penalties: HMRC’s new systems explained Learn how HMRC's Making Tax Digital penalty system works, including penalty points, late payment charges, appeals, and h...
30 July, 2026 10 min read MTD for Income Tax is an operational reset—and the best reason to rebuild your firm’s foundations Learn how MTD for Income Tax is reshaping accounting practices, from workflows and pricing to client management, capacit...
30 July, 2026 1 min read MTD digital links explained: Avoid penalties, understand how to move data Transferring accounting data isn't as simple as you'd think under Making Tax Digital. Learn the digital linking rules an...
29 July, 2026 1 min read Making Tax Digital for VAT: complete guide to compulsory requirements Is MTD for VAT compulsory? Learn who must comply, key dates, penalties, and how businesses and agents can get set up cor...
22 July, 2026 7 min read SME Workforce Pulse research & how to recruit for an expanding business The latest SME Pulse data shows the East Midlands leading the UK on jobs and pay growth. Thinking of expanding there, or...
3 July, 2026 7 min read HMRC multifactor authentication for agents: What it means for your practice and how to prepare Multifactor authentication is coming to HMRC's agents accounts used by accountants and bookkeepers. Here's best practice...
26 June, 2026 12 min read Payrolling benefits in kind: What’s changing from April 2027 and April 2028 Learn what payrolling benefits in kind means, how it works, and how to stay compliant with simple, actionable steps for ...
25 June, 2026 10 min read New legal requirements for private landlords in 2026 and beyond If you let property as a private individual then there's been a handful of key changes in 2026—plus more on the horizon....
25 June, 2026 10 min read UK data protection changes in 2026: What businesses must do now UK data protection has undergone a post-Brexit refresh, with some big changes happening as of June 2026 and beyond. Here...
23 June, 2026 8 min read SME Workforce Pulse & how to plan pay rises you can keep giving Sage's research paints a picture of payroll conducive to planning pay rises for your employees. Here's how to go about i...
19 June, 2026 8 min read The hidden hours behind late payments The debate around late payments is really a debate about time. Who absorbs it, who loses it, and whether incoming legisl...
16 June, 2026 8 min read What HMRC’s digital transformation is doing to the hidden hours of accountancy At Accountex 2026, the conversation wasn’t really about AI. It was about pressure—and the growing operational burden sit...
15 May, 2026 7 min read Accountex 2026: Accounting work has changed. Most firms are still structured for what it used to be Accountex 2026 revealed a profession under pressure. Read our report to find out what this means for you.
29 April, 2026 6 min read The AI pricing trap: How accountants can avoid it Unless firms re-engineer workflows, governance and pricing, they give away the value of AI. Our article explains the way...
29 April, 2026 6 min read Stop experimenting with AI: How AI operational skills are defining the accounting profession Firms that move fastest are not ones that dabble with clever prompts. They’re the ones with repeatable workflows, and ou...