Francois Badenhorst
AccountingWEB.co.uk
United Kingdom
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Past articles by Francois:
Income tax: 'The fine you pay for being productive'
As far as bold marketing strategies for accountants go, labelling income tax as → Read More
Meet the new Chancellor: Sajid Javid
With BoJo ensconced as prime minister, attention has turned to the cabinet pick → Read More
Forecasts are always wrong: The lesson from Yu Group's accounting disaster
The energy supplier Yu Group has recovered from the “serious accounting issue → Read More
The life-changing magic of adjusted net losses
Lyft, the other player in the ride-hailing app game, has published its first fi → Read More
Microsoft finally calls for an end to password resets
Microsoft looks set to eliminate periodic password expiration from Windows' security baseline, sticking another nail in the much maligned policy's → Read More
NetSuite's Brainyard promises useful automation
At last week’s SuiteWorld 2019, the topic of automation cropped up again and → Read More
Holland & Barrett named and shamed for late payment
Holland & Barrett, the high street health food chain, has been named and sh → Read More
AI and business: Disruption shouldn’t be the aim
AI has eliminated many repetitive tasks, but should we be wary of too much inno → Read More
Free food for all: The perks of being an al desko worker
Francois Badenhorst investigates the cult of the free or subsidised meal and as → Read More
Invoice creep: The small mistakes costing businesses big money
From whaling, fake invoices, fiddled expenses, scammers are barraging finance teams from all sides, hoping to compromise the financial heart of the business → Read More
HMRC tightens grip on online VAT fraud
HMRC has issued over 4,600 joint and several liability (JSL) notices to online marketplaces and overseas traders over the past two years. But some critics r → Read More
Future of Audit inquiry offers more questions than answers
The Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) Committee’s future of aud → Read More
Excel can't be replaced, so EiB wants to improve it
Paul Martin is not so much an Excel fan, as an Excel realist. Despite software → Read More
HMRC reinstated as preferred creditor in insolvencies
Nestled between the jokes and vacillations of a rather fluffy Budget speech, th → Read More
My key KPI: EBITDA real growth
‘My key KPI’ is a weekly content series where we ask CFOs and FDs what metrics and measures they use to drive their businesses forward. → Read More
Going cashless: The controversial trend gaining popularity
Going cashless eliminates the faff of counting the float and the risky run to the bank. Not to mention, it cuts costs and gets more customers serv → Read More
My key KPI: Free days
‘My key KPI’ is a weekly content series where we ask CFOs and FDs what metrics and measures they use to drive their businesses forward. → Read More
Break up the Big Four: The radical proposal that's going mainstream
The Big Four is an oligopoly. Don’t take AccountingWEB’s word for it: Bill → Read More
Intuit announces MTD bridging software for QuickBooks Online
Intuit has announced a new bridging software solution that will let businesses → Read More
The four-day work week: A struggle for more time
The historical struggle for free time cropped up again this week as the TUC cal → Read More