All articles by Umesh Ellichipuram

Umesh Ellichipuram

UK picks Dame Jayne-Anne Gadhia as preferred candidate to chair FRC

Gadhia founded and chaired fintech company Snoop and served as CEO of Virgin Money from 2007 to 2018.

ICAN urges accounting technicians to build digital skills

The institute called on the accounting technicians to keep pace with technologies such as AI, automation and data analytics.

IRS to launch automatic penalty relief for compliant taxpayers

The agency said the new AEP will replace the First Time Abate programme.

FRC study finds cautious, uneven use of AI in UK corporate reporting

According to the findings, companies are largely deploying AI for narrow, lower-risk tasks within reporting processes.

CPA Australia urges caution on 2026 tax returns amid scam risks

The warning follows ATO figures showing that more than 595,000 individual returns were adjusted in the last financial year.

US SEC appoints Paul Knight as chief operating officer

Knight succeeds Charlene Arietti Gold, who served as interim COO for seven months.

CPA Australia urges targeted audit reforms to bolster market trust

A newly released Federal Treasury paper proposes reforms to boost accountability, governance, audit quality and regulatory oversight in the profession.

Global sustainability reporting edges towards uniform standards, study finds

Research by the IFAC, AICPA and CIMA evaluated 1,400 companies in 22 different jurisdictions.

ICAEW picks new independent non-executive board member

Elizabeth Hambley succeeds Malcolm Wood and will serve a three-year term.

China’s audit body censures state lenders over tax failures

The report found that the Bank of China had improperly exploited preferential tax provisions.