How Making Tax Digital Affects Accountants & Businesses Globally

Episode 17. On today's episode of the Accounting Influencers Podcast, Martin & Rob discuss "How Making Tax Digital Affects Accountants & Businesses Globally." Key shownotes from the whole interview include: ➜ How the MTD initiative has taken over accounting firms in the UK ➜ The role of governments in collecting taxes in a more direct way from businesses ➜ How MTD and similar tax initiatives create compliance opportunities for accounting firms ➜ Less than 5% of companies are not set up for digital tax payments ➜ If accountants are not making their clients ready for MTD or its equivalent, then their competitors will ➜ Why MTD is the direction of travel for countries globally, and why accounting firms must be ready ➜ The implications for accounting firms who do not push the digital tax agenda with their clients ➜ How the speed of change is affecting businesses and the accountants who serve them ➜ Why the UK is the test case for many countries in forcing more frequent digital tax collection NOTE TO LISTENERS: Martin and Rob love to hear from the show's 5000+ listeners in 136 countries around the world. If you have any questions, suggestions, comments or success stories, just type sayhi.chat/aip into your browser and leave us a quick and easy voice message. We may just feature you on the show!