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Comprehensive, fully up-to-date and concise, this 13th edition is your time-saving route to accurate information on the legal and procedural aspects of company administration. It covers all the basic reporting duties, including statutory accounts, membership, directors and capital as well as additional responsibilities, such as employment, health and safety, pensions, insurance, car schemes and taxation.Tolley's Company Secretary's Handbook 13th edition has been fully updated and now contains detailed information on: The revised Combined Code on Corporate Governance Proposals made by the Higgs and Smith Reports Comprehensively revised employment chapter examining all the legal changes made by case law and the Employment Act 2003 The new company law consultation, including raising of statutory audit thresholds and changes involving the Operating and Financial Review Changes in companies House procedures and services, and alterations to the Companies Act 1985 Revised taxation chapter including all the latest changes relating to car schemes, intangible assets and substantial shareholdings Details of the Government proposals for the future of pensions law, including the sweeping chang