CA daily briefing: Wednesday 8 January 2020

Your essential briefing of the morning's top news stories.
Good morning, Hilde Oesterkloeft here with your mid-week news from ICAS and around the globe.
Spotlight on ICAS
Charlotte Barbour considers the wider implications for all tax advisers from the recent Independent Loan Charge Review.
The Financial Reporting Council (FRC) has published revisions to its Ethical Standard. James Barbour and Russel Leitch summaries some of the key changes.
Following the publication of Sir Donald Brydon’s final report on his Independent Review into the Quality and Effectiveness of Audit, this article summarise his proposal for a package of measures around fraud detection and prevention.
Today's top stories from around the web
- Iran attack: Crude oil prices rise after Iraq missile attacks (BBC News)
- UK Greggs awards staff bonus after vegan sausage roll success (Reuters)
- Government to review rollout of controversial IR35 tax reforms (City AM)
- South Western Railway may be nationalised after firm loses £137m (The Guardian)
- Sainsbury's sales slip over the Christmas period (BBC News)
- Iran plane crash: 176 people die in Boeing 737 crash close to Tehran (City AM)
- S4 ringmaster Sorrell adds Circus to stable of takeovers (Sky News)
- Johnson to tell EU chief - no extension to trade deal talks (Reuters)
- Travelex customer: My money is in limbo (BBC News)
- Colombian tribe tries to thwart £240m Amerisur takeover (Sky News)
That's all for today, check back on tomorrow for your Thursday briefing.