Digitising your practice
Mastering mid-tier technology
- Hub page
- 29 Jun 2023
In our first post-pandemic research focused on mid-tier practice technology, we’ve seen some substantial changes in the landscape. Responses have given us cause to be optimistic, but also highlight challenges in the digital transformation journey. Addressing these challenges presents opportunities for firms, software providers and ICAEW.
Advisory is not just about the apps but they do help...
- Article
- 27 Jan 2021
- Andrew Coulson
In this article, Andrew Coulson FCA talks about how to select apps for advisory and how to use them to support delivering business advice.
Develop your digital practice
- Article
- 03 Jan 2024
- Matt Flanagan
How can accountants turn accounting apps to their advantage and use them to generate income? Matt Flanagan from BlueHub shares his tips.
Making Tax Digital
The SME view: ‘VAT is complicated, even for accountants’
- 09 Jan 2025
- ICAEW Insights
The co-founder of a fast-growing business – and ICAEW member – outlines why VAT could be made much easier for the nation’s entrepreneurs.
Learn more about making tax digital
- 08 Jan 2025
- ICAEW Insights
Agents can prepare for making tax digital for income tax (MTD IT) by attending HMRC’s regional events and listening to the latest episode of ICAEW’s The Tax Track podcast.
2025: a pivotal year for growth, skills and trust
- 06 Jan 2025
- ICAEW Insights
The world leaves 2024 in a very different political and economical state than it started in. Accountants have a critical role to play in navigating this landscape, but they must embrace change, says ICAEW CEO Alan Vallance.
How to fix VAT: digitalising the system
- 19 Dec 2024
- ICAEW Insights
Digitalisation of VAT promised great rewards, but initial attempts have faltered as HMRC navigates unexpected complexities in the system and the range of taxpayers it deals with. Despite some success, more work is needed to push the changes through.
Mixed scorecard for HMRC on making tax digital
- 17 Dec 2024
- ICAEW Insights
In its annual report for 2024, the administrative burdens advisory board (ABAB) has praised HMRC for the quality of its engagement on making tax digital for income tax (MTD IT) and has set out areas where concerns remain.
MTD for income tax: Your quick start guide
- 29 Nov 2024
- ICAEW
As we navigate through the self-assessment season, many accountants are also planning their MTD income tax service offerings. But where do you start?
Technical round-up: November 2024
- 28 Nov 2024
- ICAEW Insights
This month’s top stories feature Budget measures you may have missed; a deadline extension for providing agent codes; and data that suggests improvement on HMRC call handling.
Economy explainers: what is MTD?
- 09 Dec 2024
- ICAEW Tax Faculty
ICAEW's Tax Faculty sets out the key things taxpayers and agents need to know about Making Tax Digital (MTD), including the timeline for the phased introduction of MTD for income tax (MTD IT, formerly MTD ITSA).
Data analytics
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Ethical use of big data in financial services – case studies
- Helpsheets and support
- 05 Mar 2019
- Financial Services Faculty
ICAEW’s Financial Services Faculty is looking at how firms and consumers can deal with the challenges presented by a big data world.
Data Analytics Transforming Internal Audit
- Report
- 17 Mar 2017
- Stephen Magora
A paper from Credit Suisse entitled: Data Analytics Transforming Internal Audit – Pillars of Success, written by Stephen Magora, Director, Data Analytics at Credit Suisse.
Internal audit in the age of data analytics
- Helpsheets and support
- 16 Jun 2017
- Audit and assurance Faculty
How internal auditors should strengthen their governance frameworks to cover emerging data-analytics risks in the areas of quality, talent, independence and security.
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