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ICAEW's Ethics CPD course is designed to help you apply the Code of Ethics to everyday situations and uphold the highest standards of professional conduct.
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Opinion, analysis, interviews and features on the profession examining the latest developments and the key issues affecting accountancy and the world of business.
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As a global leader of the finance profession, ICAEW offers a comprehensive range of learning solutions for every stage of professional development, designed for finance teams and finance leaders.
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Helpsheets

Our helpsheets reflect the guidance provided to ICAEW members on our helplines and highlight important issues for members. Access practical technical and ethical guidance, as well as FAQs.
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Ethics CPD course

ICAEW has created a free online ethics course to support members in meeting their changing continuing professional development (CPD) requirements
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How to verify CPD on icaew.com

For content on icaew.com to count towards your verifiable CPD it must be added to your digital CPD record using the AddCPD tool. The AddCPD tool appears as a round icon at the bottom right-hand side of the page. If this icon is missing then the content cannot be verified using the tool, but can count towards your unverified CPD hours.

Latest podcasts

 
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Can we unclog the local audit backlog?
  • Podcast
  • 22 Nov 2024
In this episode of Behind the Numbers, we discuss whether the filing of local authority audited accounts will ever get back on track.
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Budget 2024: a gamble on growth
  • Podcast
  • 01 Nov 2024
In this special episode of Accountancy Insights, we discuss whether the Autumn Budget will provide a much-needed shot in the arm for business confidence and investment activity.
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How to fix VAT
  • Podcast
  • 29 Oct 2024
In this episode we’ll be talking about the problems with VAT and why ICAEW is launching a new campaign, How to Fix VAT.
Guarding against the AI cyber crimewave
Guarding against the AI cyber crimewave
  • Podcast
  • 18 Oct 2024
In this episode of Behind the Numbers, we discuss how the use of new technologies by criminals is putting businesses at risk.
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Audit and assurance

 
Influencing policy to support you: November 2024
  • Article
  • 28 Nov 2024
Following on from the Budget, ICAEW has been considering the government’s proposed industrial strategy, plans on audit reform and proposed changes to apprenticeships.
What to consider when auditing cryptocurrencies
  • Article
  • 27 Nov 2024
ICAEW’s Digital Assets Working Party has produced a publication for auditors that highlights the common risks to be considered in the audit of cryptocurrencies.
Free CPD: ISA 315
  • Article
  • 26 Nov 2024
What changed in the revised ISA 315 auditing standard and how have auditors found applying the revised standard in practice? This article provides free continuing professional development (CPD) verifiable reading and webinars on the topic.
Can we unclog the local audit backlog?
  • Podcast
  • 22 Nov 2024
In this episode of Behind the Numbers, we discuss whether the filing of local authority audited accounts will ever get back on track.

Videos and webinars

ISQM1 – maintaining momentum and feeling safe
  • Webinar
  • 14 Nov 2024
As the ISQM 1 cycle becomes more embedded in firms we take the opportunity to discuss the impact of systems and culture in maintaining momentum. Join our panel as we consider monitoring and remediation as an essential step in the cycle and how these learnings are being used for improved quality assurance.
AUDIT AND ASSURANCE FACULTY Revised Ethical Standard 2024
  • Webinar
  • 14 Nov 2024
The FRC’s 2024 Revised Ethical Standard comes into effect on 15th December 2024. This Audit and Assurance Faculty webcast will highlight the key changes introduced in the revisions, explore some of the requirements in more detail and highlight some emerging issues for firms to consider.
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Business

Inside local government budgets: spending
  • Article
  • 02 Dec 2024
In the second of two articles exploring the work of local authority finance teams, ICAEW takes a look at how councils are spending their funds.
Exclusive Why sustainability reporting standards matter
  • Article
  • 29 Nov 2024
As the world has woken up to the climate crisis, so a proliferation of sustainability reporting standards has emerged. In a recent report, ICAEW maintains that now is the time to take stock of what’s gone before and shape sustainability standard setting so that it can achieve its stated purpose.
Exclusive A framework for successful sustainability standard setting
  • Article
  • 29 Nov 2024
As new standards are introduced to help businesses quantify their impact on people and the planet, the more vital it becomes that all standard-setters build from a consistent base, says Jeremy Nicholls, a contributor to ICAEW’s thought leadership report, ‘Shaping sustainability standard setting’.
Exclusive Navigating the sustainability reporting standard setting landscape
  • Article
  • 29 Nov 2024
Chris Nobes, a member of the steering group that oversaw the production of the ICAEW thought leadership report, ‘Shaping sustainability standard setting’, guides stakeholders through this complex area.

Videos and webinars

BUSINESS DEPARTMENT Webinar five: Delivering a sustainability reporting transformation
  • Webinar
  • 04 Feb 2025
Practical advice on how to approach designing and implementing a transformation to deliver improvement to sustainability reporting.
Scale-up series: Financial planning and raising finance
  • Webinar
  • 03 Dec 2024
Understand the importance of financial planning and the options available to raise finance.
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Corporate governance

Professional Conduct in Relation to Taxation: a tax perspective on ethics
  • Article
  • 29 Nov 2024
ICAEW’s Conduct Department is dealing with a growing number of disciplinary cases related to poor conduct in relation to tax matters. We look at the key role played by Professional Conduct in Relation to Taxation (PCRT) in setting boundaries and supporting members and firms in meeting their professional and ethical obligations by providing guidance.
PUBLIC POLICY ICAEW REP 081/24 Industrial Strategy consultation response
  • Representation
  • 27 Nov 2024
  • PDF (446kb)
A representation dated 24 November 2024 to a consultation published by the Department for Business and Trade on 14 October 2024.
Companies House reform: ID verification and its impact on accountants
  • Article
  • 26 Nov 2024
Mike Miller, ICAEW’s Economic Crime Manager, outlines the major changes and intended timeline of implementation for Companies House identity verification.
AUDIT AND ASSURANCE FACULTY ICAEW REP 053/24 PCAOB Firm and engagement metrics
  • Representation
  • 26 Nov 2024
  • PDF (269kb)
A representation dated 7 June 2024 to a consultation published by the PCAOB on 9 April 2024.

Videos and webinars

AUDIT AND ASSURANCE FACULTY Revised Ethical Standard 2024
  • Webinar
  • 14 Nov 2024
The FRC’s 2024 Revised Ethical Standard comes into effect on 15th December 2024. This Audit and Assurance Faculty webcast will highlight the key changes introduced in the revisions, explore some of the requirements in more detail and highlight some emerging issues for firms to consider.
Merging firms made simple: culture, tech, and introducing Capium 365
  • Webinar
  • 03 Oct 2024
Insight into merging accountancy firms and the practicalities of bringing together cultures and technology.
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Corporate reporting

Exclusive Why sustainability reporting standards matter
  • Article
  • 29 Nov 2024
As the world has woken up to the climate crisis, so a proliferation of sustainability reporting standards has emerged. In a recent report, ICAEW maintains that now is the time to take stock of what’s gone before and shape sustainability standard setting so that it can achieve its stated purpose.
Exclusive A framework for successful sustainability standard setting
  • Article
  • 29 Nov 2024
As new standards are introduced to help businesses quantify their impact on people and the planet, the more vital it becomes that all standard-setters build from a consistent base, says Jeremy Nicholls, a contributor to ICAEW’s thought leadership report, ‘Shaping sustainability standard setting’.
Exclusive Navigating the sustainability reporting standard setting landscape
  • Article
  • 29 Nov 2024
Chris Nobes, a member of the steering group that oversaw the production of the ICAEW thought leadership report, ‘Shaping sustainability standard setting’, guides stakeholders through this complex area.
CORPORATE REPORTING FACULTY Sustainability disclosures still lacking, progress report finds
  • Article
  • 27 Nov 2024
Investors are still not receiving the information they need to assess and price climate-related risks and opportunities, IFRS Foundation warns.

Videos and webinars

BUSINESS DEPARTMENT Webinar five: Delivering a sustainability reporting transformation
  • Webinar
  • 04 Feb 2025
Practical advice on how to approach designing and implementing a transformation to deliver improvement to sustainability reporting.
Exclusive CORPORATE REPORTING FACULTY Narrative Reporting Update 2024
  • Webinar
  • 14 Nov 2024
This webinar explores developments in narrative reporting, including sustainability-related disclosures, and considers the drive for connectivity across the annual report and accounts as a whole. Topics covered include the Non-Financial and Sustainability Information statement and climate transition plan disclosures.
More

Ethics

Professional Conduct in Relation to Taxation: a tax perspective on ethics
  • Article
  • 29 Nov 2024
ICAEW’s Conduct Department is dealing with a growing number of disciplinary cases related to poor conduct in relation to tax matters. We look at the key role played by Professional Conduct in Relation to Taxation (PCRT) in setting boundaries and supporting members and firms in meeting their professional and ethical obligations by providing guidance.
November cyber round-up
  • Article
  • 28 Nov 2024
This month we look at criminals’ latest techniques, the 10th birthday of Cyber Essentials, fraud risk in the utilities sector, and how an artificial intelligence grandmother has joined the fight against cybercrime.
Exclusive SOLICITORS COMMUNITY Cybercrime and the impact on the legal sector
  • Article
  • 27 Nov 2024
Cybercrime is expected to cost £8.5 trillion globally by 2025, highlighting the scale and sophistication of the cyber ecosystem. With the legal sector reportedly accounting for over 24% of global cyber-attacks, how can firms protect themselves from the ever-evolving cybercriminal?
Free CPD: Anti-Money Laundering
  • Article
  • 26 Nov 2024
If you’re stepping into the role of money laundering reporting officer or want to brush up on your anti-money laundering (AML) knowledge, this free Continuous Professional Development (CPD) verifiable content will help.

Videos and webinars

Cybercrime trends and the impact on the legal sector
  • Webinar
  • 21 Nov 2024
Explore the effects of cybercrime and learn strategies for strengthening your business from experts.
AUDIT AND ASSURANCE FACULTY Revised Ethical Standard 2024
  • Webinar
  • 14 Nov 2024
The FRC’s 2024 Revised Ethical Standard comes into effect on 15th December 2024. This Audit and Assurance Faculty webcast will highlight the key changes introduced in the revisions, explore some of the requirements in more detail and highlight some emerging issues for firms to consider.
More

Ethics CPD course

This free online course helps you apply the Code of Ethics to everyday situations, uphold the highest standards of professional conduct, and satisfy your ethics continuing professional development (CPD) requirements.

Find out more
ICAEW's Ethics CPD course is designed to help you apply the Code of Ethics to everyday situations and uphold the highest standards of professional conduct.

Personal development

 
Banks: step up for charities, CAF Bank chief urges
  • Article
  • 28 Nov 2024
From difficulties opening accounts to having them closed unexpectedly, the charity sector’s experience of banking continues to fall short. CAF Bank CEO and ICAEW member Alison Taylor explains why there’s more than reputation at stake.
PUBLIC POLICY ICAEW REP 081/24 Industrial Strategy consultation response
  • Representation
  • 27 Nov 2024
  • PDF (446kb)
A representation dated 24 November 2024 to a consultation published by the Department for Business and Trade on 14 October 2024.
Free CPD: ISA 315
  • Article
  • 26 Nov 2024
What changed in the revised ISA 315 auditing standard and how have auditors found applying the revised standard in practice? This article provides free continuing professional development (CPD) verifiable reading and webinars on the topic.
Charities face persistent internal fraud threat, survey finds
  • Article
  • 25 Nov 2024
Misappropriation of cash or assets by staff and volunteers and payment diversion fraud remain the most common types of fraud committed. A new report recommends robust internal controls and an anti-fraud culture.

Videos and webinars

Exclusive FINANCIAL SERVICES FACULTY CASS 5 audits 2024
  • Webinar
  • 17 Oct 2024
This webinar from the Financial Services Faculty will provide helpful insights and hot topics specifically focused on CASS 5 insurance intermediary firms.
Networking positively & confidently
  • Webinar
  • 10 Oct 2024
Explore the skills and tools to help you network effectively and confidently.
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Practice management

 
PRACTICE DEPARTMENT Practice assurance common findings | ISQM 1 | Changes to duty to report misconduct
  • Newsletter
  • 27 Sep 2023
In this issue, we look at common findings from more than 1,500 Practice Assurance reviews; Performing a robust audit of Revenue; Root Cause Analysis themes relating to ISQM 1; changes to duty to report misconduct, and much more.
PRACTICE DEPARTMENT Staff retention | ISQM 1: Root Cause Analysis | Personal financial planning services
  • Newsletter
  • 13 Sep 2023
In this issue, we look at opportunities for staff recruitment and retention; Root Cause Analysis themes relating to ISQM 1; how you can get involved with a personal financial planning value added services focus group; a new 2023 UK GAAP accounts factsheet, and much more.
PRACTICE DEPARTMENT AML supervisory reform: Share your views | Funding and banking for SMEs
  • Newsletter
  • 30 Aug 2023
In this issue, we ask you to share your views on the AML supervisory reform consultation. We also look at seven situations that require a practising certificate; how to develop a meaningful Audit and Assurance policy; Getting started with climate reporting; ESGs and SME funding and much more.
PRACTICE DEPARTMENT Start your ethics CPD now | Helpsheets for leaving practice | Tax updates
  • Newsletter
  • 19 Jul 2023
In this issue, we look at the new, free, interactive Ethics CPD course; why sustainability reporting matters to SMEs; dispelling the common myths about charities; starting and leaving a practice; Tax in Practice July webinar and resources and much more.

Videos and webinars

ISQM1 – maintaining momentum and feeling safe
  • Webinar
  • 14 Nov 2024
As the ISQM 1 cycle becomes more embedded in firms we take the opportunity to discuss the impact of systems and culture in maintaining momentum. Join our panel as we consider monitoring and remediation as an essential step in the cycle and how these learnings are being used for improved quality assurance.
Practice Hot Topics - November 2024
  • Webinar
  • 11 Nov 2024
Common enquiries and emerging issues relevant for small practitioners.
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Sustainability

 
Exclusive Why sustainability reporting standards matter
  • Article
  • 29 Nov 2024
As the world has woken up to the climate crisis, so a proliferation of sustainability reporting standards has emerged. In a recent report, ICAEW maintains that now is the time to take stock of what’s gone before and shape sustainability standard setting so that it can achieve its stated purpose.
Exclusive A framework for successful sustainability standard setting
  • Article
  • 29 Nov 2024
As new standards are introduced to help businesses quantify their impact on people and the planet, the more vital it becomes that all standard-setters build from a consistent base, says Jeremy Nicholls, a contributor to ICAEW’s thought leadership report, ‘Shaping sustainability standard setting’.
Exclusive Navigating the sustainability reporting standard setting landscape
  • Article
  • 29 Nov 2024
Chris Nobes, a member of the steering group that oversaw the production of the ICAEW thought leadership report, ‘Shaping sustainability standard setting’, guides stakeholders through this complex area.
CORPORATE REPORTING FACULTY Sustainability disclosures still lacking, progress report finds
  • Article
  • 27 Nov 2024
Investors are still not receiving the information they need to assess and price climate-related risks and opportunities, IFRS Foundation warns.

Videos and webinars

BUSINESS DEPARTMENT Webinar five: Delivering a sustainability reporting transformation
  • Webinar
  • 04 Feb 2025
Practical advice on how to approach designing and implementing a transformation to deliver improvement to sustainability reporting.
Exclusive CORPORATE REPORTING FACULTY Narrative Reporting Update 2024
  • Webinar
  • 14 Nov 2024
This webinar explores developments in narrative reporting, including sustainability-related disclosures, and considers the drive for connectivity across the annual report and accounts as a whole. Topics covered include the Non-Financial and Sustainability Information statement and climate transition plan disclosures.
More

Tax

 
Inside local government budgets: spending
  • Article
  • 02 Dec 2024
In the second of two articles exploring the work of local authority finance teams, ICAEW takes a look at how councils are spending their funds.
TAX FACULTY ICAEW REP 082/24 Finance Bill 24-25
  • Representation
  • 29 Nov 2024
  • PDF (208kb)
A briefing for MPs on the Finance Bill by ICAEW Tax Faculty
Hardman Lecture shines spotlight on ‘shadow’ tax advisers
  • Article
  • 29 Nov 2024
Government efforts to regulate the tax profession will only work if action is taken to target those advisers who don’t interact with HMRC – and don’t want to, says Ray McCann.
PRACTICE DEPARTMENT MTD for income tax: Your quick start guide
  • Article
  • 29 Nov 2024
As we navigate through the self-assessment season, many accountants are also planning their MTD income tax service offerings. But where do you start?

Videos and webinars

Understanding EU CBAM: What UK traders need to know
  • Webinar
  • 13 Nov 2024
Learn about the EU Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) and its impact on UK traders at this free webinar from the British Chambers of Commerce.
Tackling Self Assessment and MTD for Income Tax with AutoEntry
  • Webinar
  • 07 Nov 2024
Are you ready for the pre-accounting revolution? Get ahead of MTD for ITSA prep with time-saving tools.
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Technology

 
Exclusive EXCEL COMMUNITY Your Excel Community – Highlights from 2024
  • Article
  • 29 Nov 2024
As we approach a new year, it’s time to reflect on the best content from the Excel Community in 2024 and look ahead as the community grows and develops. Whether you’re new or an existing member, we invite you to explore the insights and learnings the community has delivered for you over this last year.
EXCEL COMMUNITY Excel’s GROUPBY & PIVOTBY functions vs PivotTables
  • Article
  • 29 Nov 2024
One of Excel’s most significant updates this decade is without a doubt the new GROUPBY and PIVOTBY functions, these can replicate PivotTables functionality through formulas, so here I will compare and contrast both methods whilst providing possibly the most complete guide on the internet currently of GROUPBY.
PRACTICE DEPARTMENT MTD for income tax: Your quick start guide
  • Article
  • 29 Nov 2024
As we navigate through the self-assessment season, many accountants are also planning their MTD income tax service offerings. But where do you start?
Free CPD: Get to grips with AI
  • Article
  • 28 Nov 2024
What is (and isn’t) artificial intelligence (AI)? What are the different types of AI and what benefits can they deliver in finance? These CPD-verifiable practical resources will help you expand your AI knowledge as well as providing the latest thinking.

Videos and webinars

EXCEL COMMUNITY A beginner's guide to automating in Excel using Office Scripts
  • Webinar
  • 26 Nov 2024
Office Scripts is a feature that allows users to automate repetitive Excel tasks.
Cybercrime trends and the impact on the legal sector
  • Webinar
  • 21 Nov 2024
Explore the effects of cybercrime and learn strategies for strengthening your business from experts.
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Free CPD courses

ICAEW Ethics CPD Course – from theory to practice
The ICAEW Code of Ethics sets out the fundamental principles that govern the profession. Our course is designed to help you apply the Code of Ethics to everyday situations and uphold the highest standards of professional conduct.
Applying Professional Judgment in Audit
This interactive and practical programme enables learners to exercise good professional judgment as an integral part of the audit process.
Finance in a Digital World
Finance in a Digital World is our e-learning programme produced with Deloitte that looks at how technology is driving finance transformation.
Trustee training modules
ICAEW’s online training modules provide an overview of charity trustees’ legal and financial responsibilities and their strategic and operational considerations.

Sector specific support

ICAEW communities provide a range of resources tailored for those working within specific sectors, including live events, webinars and newsletters.

There is support for those working in charities; construction, energy, farming, manufacturing, and many more.

Alongside support for industry sectors there are also ICAEW communities for those working with small and micro businesses and in global trade.

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More CPD resources

ICAEW provides a wealth of CPD resources in various formats to suit your learning needs. 

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A-Z of CPD courses

Whether you need a two-hour update on tax or a two-day refresher on reporting standards, with more than 100 ICAEW CPD courses to choose from there will be something for you.

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Events
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ICAEW events

ICAEW's events programme brings together leading industry speakers across practice and business. Connect and network with your peers while keeping up to date with the latest developments in accountancy.

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Library and Information Service

The ICAEW Library & Information Service offers a range of services and resources, including information on accountancy in different countries and on a variety of technical subjects.

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