Following our webinar on protecting against professional enabling, we’ve highlighted some common themes raised by viewers and ICAEW’s AML team has provided answers to the key questions.

ICAEW’s Audit and Assurance Faculty outlines what you need to know about reverse stress testing, what it aims to do and the key terminology.

Ahead of the launch of his most ambitious training film yet, Duncan Wiggetts takes us behind the scenes of Crossing the Line. In this Q&A, he reveals the inspiration, challenges and unexpected moments behind a drama designed to spark debate and help raise standards across the audit profession.

This is the second of three articles aimed at firms to help navigate the requirements of International Standard on Quality Management (UK) 1 (ISQM1). This article focuses on what to do with your monitoring findings and getting to the root cause.

Join our inaugural AI Assurance Conference bringing together key industry players including assurance providers, businesses, policy makers, and academics to explore the role of AI Assurance in promoting responsible AI adoption and innovation.

ICAEW is combining its public sector and sustainability expertise to assess the role that ‘green budgeting’ plays in achieving economic and environmental prosperity.

The UK government’s plans to kickstart growth have been thrown off course, but acting to address existing growth barriers could help organisations to weather the storm, says ICAEW.

Scaling up is a complex mission in which only very few businesses succeed. But with the right foundations, you can mitigate most of the risks.

Struggling to plan growth or forecasts during the turbulent Trump tariffs? ICAEW offers practical support to help finance practitioners steer their organisations through uncertainty.

Practical advice on how to approach designing and implementing a transformation to deliver improvement to sustainability reporting.

Explore the implications of AI and Generative AI for Finance teams.

A more positive view among corporates and investors of blockbusting CEO pay is based on a flawed prospectus, warns a leading management expert.

Understanding how to create and nurture the right company culture is a key element in ensuring the success of a growing business.

ICAEW’s first annual update to its e-learning course on ethics covers the 2025 update to the Code of Ethics and implications of the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act.

ShareAction highlights missed opportunities for companies to boost environmental and social impacts, as study finds four largest firms are particularly reluctant to back proposals.

Professional Conduct in Relation to Taxation sets out the fundamental principles and standards for tax planning that all members, affiliates and students who practise in tax must follow. We explain the basics in a new video.

The composition of a CEO’s pay deal can have a direct effect on how a company behaves. Aligning remuneration with corporate operations is key.

In part two of their article, David Wray and Marie-Josée Privyk look at how accounting professionals can apply the materiality principle to produce general purpose financial reports that include both financial and sustainability-related information.

In part one of a two-part article on how accountants should navigate the application of the materiality principle to produce financial reports including both financial and sustainability-related information, David Wray and Marie-Josée Privyk unpack the different scope of materiality for sustainability-related information.

In this episode, we discuss how the Trump administration’s tariffs will hamper the government’s growth plans, the progress made towards Making Tax Digital on its tenth birthday, and how changes to FRS 102 and 105 will affect the nation’s small businesses.

The banking sector faces significant challenges from emerging quantum threats. This webinar will address current gaps and the urgent need for quantum-resilient solutions.

Practical advice on how to approach designing and implementing a transformation to deliver improvement to sustainability reporting.

Following our webinar on protecting against professional enabling, we’ve highlighted some common themes raised by viewers and ICAEW’s AML team has provided answers to the key questions.

ICAEW’s first annual update to its e-learning course on ethics covers the 2025 update to the Code of Ethics and implications of the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act.

The government is continuing to press UK businesses to take a stronger approach to improving cyber resilience and ensure that all organisations of all sizes are prepared for cyber incidents. To this end, the government is issuing a new Cyber Governance Code of Practice. The intention is to highlight the fact that cyber risk should have at least the same prominence as financial or legal risks, and the responsibility and ownership of cyber resilience is a board level matter.

Are you a third-party provider planning on carrying out identity verification checks for Companies House on behalf of your clients? Registration to be an authorised company service provider (ACSP) will now open on 18 March 2025 and firms will then be able to voluntarily verify the identity of clients from 8 April. The mandatory verification requirement will take effect in autumn 2025.

Explore the effects of cybercrime and learn strategies for strengthening your business from experts.

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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Soaring tax concerns and US tariffs have dragged UK business confidence back into the red, according to ICAEW analysis, as accountants call for urgent government action.

A new survey on artificial intelligence by Chartered Accountants Worldwide reveals much willingness among chartered accountants to make use of it, but new skills are needed to properly bed it in.

Research carried out by Ipsos UK on behalf of Chartered Accountants Worldwide, exploring attitudes and adoption of artificial intelligence (AI) tools within the global chartered accountancy profession.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Common enquiries and emerging issues relevant for small practitioners.

See how to get the most from your MTD propositions.

In part two of their article, David Wray and Marie-Josée Privyk look at how accounting professionals can apply the materiality principle to produce general purpose financial reports that include both financial and sustainability-related information.

In part one of a two-part article on how accountants should navigate the application of the materiality principle to produce financial reports including both financial and sustainability-related information, David Wray and Marie-Josée Privyk unpack the different scope of materiality for sustainability-related information.

Practical advice on how to approach designing and implementing a transformation to deliver improvement to sustainability reporting.

HMRC service performance fell in January 2025 due to the self assessment peak and did not recover as expected in February. ICAEW’s Tax Faculty highlights the feedback it is getting from members.

As part of its corporation tax roadmap, the government is consulting on a new process that would give major investment projects increased tax certainty in advance.

Highlights from the broader tax news for the week ending 16 April 2025, including: an update from the government on the proposed consultation on pre-development costs; and new guidance from HMRC on the off-payroll working rules.

This webinar provides an update on all the recent and upcoming changes to payroll, rewards and employment taxes in 2025/26.

Join Caroline Miskin of the ICAEW Tax Faculty, Sharon Cooke, Tax Technical Director at 20:20 Innovation, and other guest speakers for this free webinar series. We'll discuss topical tax issues impacting practice, including developments of HMRC systems and processes, the implications of key fiscal events and government announcements, and essential resources available to support your practice.

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ICAEW’s first annual update to its e-learning course on ethics covers the 2025 update to the Code of Ethics and implications of the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act.

The government is continuing to press UK businesses to take a stronger approach to improving cyber resilience and ensure that all organisations of all sizes are prepared for cyber incidents. To this end, the government is issuing a new Cyber Governance Code of Practice. The intention is to highlight the fact that cyber risk should have at least the same prominence as financial or legal risks, and the responsibility and ownership of cyber resilience is a board level matter.

Explore the implications of AI and Generative AI for Finance teams.