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Professional Standards Update May 2024
- 31 May 2024
This month we highlight the government’s open consultation on the tax advice market, summarise the latest disciplinary cases and provide resources that are relevant to your role.
Insolvency News, Issue 15
- 30 May 2024
Read our latest update for information on some recent changes to our monitoring visit cycles and tips to ensure your visit goes smoothly. We also highlight upcoming events, provide guidance on how often you should reconcile estate accounts and remind you of recent common compliance issues to ensure you are not making similar mistakes.
Tips to improve quality assurance monitoring visits
- 21 May 2024
Since returning to offices post-COVID, some quality assurance monitoring visits for insolvency practitioners (IPs) are taking longer than planned. Please ensure you are helping to ensure the visit goes as quickly and efficiently as possible by ensuring key staff are available, files are accessible and that you respond promptly to our queries.
How often should I reconcile my estate accounts?
- 21 May 2024
ICAEW’s insolvency team recommends that the frequency of estate account reconciliations should be based on a risk-based approach. This may result in more or less frequency than our Clients’ Money Regulations stipulate. We explain what that means in practice and the importance of documenting the reasons for your decision of how often to reconcile.
Monitoring visit changes for insolvency practitioners
- 21 May 2024
Over the past 12 months our Quality Assurance Department’s insolvency team has been reviewing its approach to monitoring visits. The resulting changes may mean your next review date is brought forward, or that you have moved from a three to a six-year cycle. We recap the recent changes insolvency practitioners (IPs) should be aware of.
Debt Relief Order changes
- 21 May 2024
Debt Relief Orders (DROs) have undergone some changes recently to provide more support for people struggling with debt. Here’s what insolvency practitioners (IPs) need to know.
Disciplinary case study: insolvency practitioner fees
- 13 May 2024
Over the past year, ICAEW’s Conduct Department has seen an increase in the number of complaints which relate to the reasonableness of fees charged by insolvency practitioners (IPs). We look at the outcome of a recent disciplinary process which highlights the key issues with levels of remuneration drawn. We also hear from our Quality Assurance Department on what reviewers look at when considering IP fees during monitoring visits.
Government consultation on the tax advice market
- 10 May 2024
As announced in the Spring Budget 2024, the government published a consultation on 6 March on its intention to raise standards in the tax advice market. The consultation sets out three possible options for a strengthened regulatory framework and also proposes that tax advisers will be required to register with HMRC.
Disciplinary update: May 2024
- 08 May 2024
Take note of the latest disciplinary cases to ensure you or your firm are not making similar mistakes.
Quality Assurance monitoring feedback results
- 08 May 2024
Find out what our firms thought of the monitoring review process in Q1 2024.
ICAEW in partnership to research the impact of digital exclusion
- 02 May 2024
ICAEW's Professional Standards Department is working with M.E.L. Research and other legal regulatory bodies to identify challenges faced by those with little or no access to digital information for legal and probate services. This research will help us support them in overcoming barriers to information they need for making informed decisions.
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