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Behind the numbers

Why are we taxing tourists?

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In this episode of Behind the Numbers, we discuss the introduction of tourism taxes in the UK.
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Latest news

The skills most in demand by accountancy recruiters
  • Article
  • 03 Oct 2024
Average CFO salaries in London demand £246k-plus and accountancy employers encourage staff to explore generative AI tools as demand for accountants proficient in digital transformation, automation and AI ramps up.
Accountants vital to future of sustainable business decisions
  • Article
  • 03 Oct 2024
The finance profession needs to help transform how organisations make decisions that ensure natural, human and social capital are properly considered. ICAEW Chief Executive Alan Vallance urges members to shape new guidance.
Cyber security tops business risks, but AI on the rise
  • Article
  • 02 Oct 2024
Poll of chief internal auditors reveals AI, cyber and digital threats will dominate the risk landscape for 2025 and beyond.

Latest tax news

Tax news in brief 2 October 2024
  • Article
  • 01 Oct 2024
Highlights from the broader tax news for the week ending 2 October 2024, including: new guidance on the economic crime levy; and HMRC asks agents for help with preparing businesses for the new digital service for alcohol duty.
ICAEW helps to plot business tax roadmap
  • Article
  • 01 Oct 2024
ICAEW welcomes the government’s commitment to publish a business tax roadmap and has set out its recommendations to the Exchequer Secretary in both a meeting and letter.
The ups and downs of the VAT registration threshold
  • Article
  • 30 Sep 2024
The VAT registration threshold increased to £90,000 in April 2024, but should it be higher? Or would the UK benefit from a lower threshold?

Insights specials

A listing of one-off Insights specials that focus on a particular subject, interviewing the key people, identifying developing trends and examining the underlying issues.

The World’s Fastest Accountant
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Eugene Amo-Dadzie is one of the world’s fastest sprinters, a father of two and and a full-time chartered accountant. This is his story.
Resilience and Renewal: Building an economy fit for the future
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This content examines economic issues that UK business and chartered accountants are at the centre of tackling to build a better, more resilient future. We explore productivity, skills and international trade.
Global Ethics Day
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ICAEW celebrates Global Ethics Day each year. The 2024 theme is "Ethics empowered: using the power of ethics to build a better world”, and ICAEW is examining the vital role ethics must play in the development of technology.

Videos

Private equity: is it here to stay?
Private equity: is it here to stay?
  • Video
  • 22 May 2024
Matt Meadows, Managing Partner, Moore Kingston Smith, and Caroline Monk, Executive Partner, Beever and Struthers, on their views of private equity on the accountancy sector.
Eugene's story
Eugene's story
  • Video
  • 20 May 2024
In 2023 Eugene Amo-Dadzie ran 100m in 9.93 seconds, making him the fourth-fastest Briton and 10th-fastest European in history. All while working as a full time chartered accountant.
Ethical decision making and the challenges of AI
Ethical decision making and the challenges of AI
  • Video
  • 13 Oct 2023
A group of international experts discuss the benefits and potential pitfalls of artificial intelligence becoming an integral part of the accountancy profession.
A recipe for growth
A recipe for growth
  • Video
  • 26 Sep 2023
A local economic success story in Leeds offers broader lessons for how to encourage investment and so boost productivity.

The opinions expressed by external guest speakers in interviews or other publications included on this website are, by their nature, those of the speaker. They are not necessarily fully endorsed by the ICAEW or purport to reflect the official policies and views of the ICAEW or its members.

Podcast episodes

Why are we taxing tourists?
  • Podcast
  • 26 Sep 2024
In this episode of Behind the Numbers, we discuss the introduction of tourism taxes in the UK.
Taxing cryptoassets and reporting suspicions of fraud
  • Podcast
  • 09 Sep 2024
In this episode, we discuss the available guidance on, and the application of general principles to, the taxation of cryptoassets; as well as how auditors should be acting on their obligation to report suspicions of fraud to the regulator.
Business confidence, local authority finance, probate delays, and tax reform
  • Podcast
  • 12 Aug 2024
In this bumper episode, we discuss the latest findings of ICAEW’s Business Confidence Monitor, why three-quarters of councils in England are at least a year behind in publishing audited accounts, and more.

Charts of the week

Chart of the week: Prime Minister’s salary
  • Article
  • 27 Sep 2024
Our chart this week illustrates how PM Keir Starmer’s £172,153 official salary entitlement would have been £305,770 if prime ministerial pay had kept pace with inflation since 2009.
Chart of the week: UK pension funds
  • Article
  • 20 Sep 2024
Our chart this week is on the £2.0tn market value of funded occupational pension schemes on 31 March 2024 and how their assets are invested.
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Chart of the week: UK long-term fiscal projections
  • Article
  • 13 Sep 2024
The OBR’s latest fiscal risks and sustainability report projects that public debt could reach 274% of GDP in 50 years’ time, or 324% if likely economic shocks are included.

Insights by topic

Student Insights Interviews, guides and features giving you fresh insights, innovative ideas and an inside look at the lives and careers of ICAEW students and members. No matter what stage you’re at in your journey with us, you’ll find content to suit you.
Insights index This page provides an entry point to the articles that have formed the daily, monthly and weekly member emails, arranged by section and month. It also contains an index of themed Insights specials and the Quarterly magazine.
Climate hub
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Climate change is a crucial issue for the accounting profession. Are you professionally ready to mitigate the risk and maximise the opportunity of climate change? Find inspiration, information and practical resources to support the goals set out in the Paris Agreement and in the UN Sustainable Development Goals.
CEO and President's insights
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View an archive of blogs from ICAEW CEO, Michael Izza, and from past ICAEW presidents.
Diversity and Inclusion
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ICAEW is committed to Diversity and Inclusion. In this hub we bring together timely D&I resources on the protected characteristics of the Equality Act, along with our latest insights into diversity in the profession.
EU and international trade A range of resources on the implications of the UK leaving the EU on 31 December 2020.
Regulatory News A round-up of regulatory and conduct updates and communications from the ICAEW Professional Standards Department.
Sponsored content
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Hear what our partners are saying on topical issues impacting the accountancy profession.