The Korea Accounting Institute is reportedly planning to categorize cryptocurrencies like bitcoin as 'liquid assets' in a bid to classify them in financial statements.
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As an actuator expands, the kirigami cuts pop out and propel the robot after deflation. Source: Harvard Because nothing beats creating robots from our nightmares, a group of researchers from the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied …
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Pay for workers in Britain picked up in the fourth quarter and productivity gained as fewer jobs were filled by foreign nationals in the last year. Average weekly earnings excluding bonuses rose 2.5 percent from a year earlier, the most since December 2016, the Office for National Statistics said on
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South Africa's ruling party took a political gamble by increasing sales tax ahead of elections next year as new President Cyril Ramaphosa seeks to stabilize debt and prevent a third junk credit rating. The value-added tax rate will be raised to 15 percent from 14 percent, the first time since the end of
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The collapse of huge companies such as Carillion and BHS, the 2008 banking crash and rampant tax avoidance are all symptoms of a dysfunctional relationship between accountants and the state. With 350,000 professionally qualified accountants, the UK has the highest number per capita in the world:
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