{"href":"http://player.captivate.fm/services/oembed?url=http%3A%2F%2Fplayer.captivate.fm%2Fepisode%2Fbdf35dde-8c31-4fbc-bfc4-c3faac961199","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Captivate.FM","provider_url":"https://www.captivate.fm","width":600,"height":200,"type":"rich","html":"","title":"How Making Tax Digital Affects Accountants & Businesses Globally","description":"Episode 17. On today's episode of the Accounting Influencers Podcast, Martin & Rob discuss \"How Making Tax Digital Affects Accountants & Businesses Globally.\"\n\nKey shownotes from the whole interview include:\n\n\u279c How the MTD initiative has taken over accounting firms in the UK\n\n\u279c The role of governments in collecting taxes in a more direct way from businesses\n\n\u279c How MTD and similar tax initiatives create compliance opportunities for accounting firms\n\n\u279c Less than 5% of companies are not set up for digital tax payments\n\n\u279c If accountants are not making their clients ready for MTD or its equivalent, then their competitors will\n\n\u279c Why MTD is the direction of travel for countries globally, and why accounting firms must be ready\n\n\u279c The implications for accounting firms who do not push the digital tax agenda with their clients\n\n\u279c How the speed of change is affecting businesses and the accountants who serve them\n\n\u279c Why the UK is the test case for many countries in forcing more frequent digital tax collection\n\nNOTE TO LISTENERS:\n\nMartin 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!","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300,"thumbnail_url":"https://artwork.captivate.fm/5a330362-7c4a-44f7-aaec-a68f77832161/89hcwH2r_FcHzMS04pIUyDDZ.jpg"}