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How to improve the quality of your audits

With new quality management standards for audit on the horizon, there is an opportunity for firms of all sizes to supercharge their audits.
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Latest news

Corporate liability: is the net closing in?
  • Article
  • 24 Jun 2022
The Law Commission has put forward a range of options for enhancing the legal system’s ability to prosecute corporations for economic crime. Do the proposals go far enough?
Denmark reinstates audit for some SMEs to tackle tax fraud
  • Article
  • 24 Jun 2022
After years trying to reduce red tape, the correlation between loss of tax revenue and absence of audit has changed the political appetite to lower the audit threshold.
The challenges and opportunities in supply chain finance
  • Article
  • 24 Jun 2022
The Managing Director for Standard Chartered (Hong Kong) and Chairman of the British Chamber of Commerce in Hong Kong outlines the trends in global trade.

Latest tax news

Adjudicator reports on HMRC complaints
  • Article
  • 21 Jun 2022
Complaints about HMRC received by the independent Adjudicator fell in 2021/22 but remain above pre-pandemic levels. ICAEW’s Tax Faculty summarises the annual report.
Employer Bulletin: NIC thresholds, student loan deductions, PAYE RTI penalties
  • Article
  • 21 Jun 2022
ICAEW’s Tax Faculty summarises some essential reading for employers and payroll agents.
Tax news in brief 22 June
  • Article
  • 21 Jun 2022
Highlights from the broader tax news for the week ending 22 June 2022, including: an increase to late payment interest rates; and a review of the SAYE bonus mechanism.

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.

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Company reform and economic crime
  • 21 Jun 2022
The Economic Crime Act 2022 became law in March and part two of the bill is incoming. From risks to required changes, we explore key considerations for accountants on the issue.
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Quality management
  • 29 Apr 2022
With new quality management standards for audit on the horizon, there is an opportunity for firms of all sizes to supercharge their audits and reap significant knock-on benefits that go beyond ticking the regulatory box.
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Levelling up: making it work
  • 12 Apr 2022
The Levelling Up agenda is hugely ambitious, incorporating everything from infrastructure to education and skills, private investment to public procurement. Many factors must align in order to make a real difference.

Videos

The vital role our profession must play in reaching net zero
The vital role our profession must play in reaching net zero
  • Video
Andrew Griffith FCA, MP is the UK’s Net Zero Business Champion. He discusses the core role the profession has to play in helping all of us reach net zero carbon emissions by 2050 or sooner.
Thinking differently: what are the benefits of neurodiversity in your organisation?
Thinking differently: what are the benefits of neurodiversity in your organisation?
  • Video
We explore how teams of all kinds benefit by including people who think differently, taking cricket as an example. We then examine how chartered accountants can encourage neurodiverse thinking and engage people with neurodivergent conditions in their own or their clients’ organisations, as part of wider efforts to support diversity and inclusion.
What The Dasgupta Review means for Business and Accountancy
What The Dasgupta Review means for Business and Accountancy
  • Video
Professor Sir Partha Dasgupta sat down with ICAEW to talk about his review into the economics of biodiversity and his hopes for the future.
The financial controller who stole £20,000: 4 lessons to help you stop internal fraud
The financial controller who stole £20,000: 4 lessons to help you stop internal fraud
  • Video
The real case of a financial controller who attempted to steal £20,000 from her business, and the steps that chartered accountants can take to help prevent internal fraud from happening in their organisation. Chartered accountants need to be alert to potential signs of fraud and manipulation of accounting records. We examine a real case of a business that discovered it had been the victim of internal fraud.

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

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Data devolution and levelling up
  • Podcast
  • 07 Jun 2022
The latest episode of the Insights podcast, where we analyse the latest news from the world of accountancy, business and finance.
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Economic crime, Russia/Ukraine and the Spring Statement
  • Podcast
  • 29 Mar 2022
On the latest ICAEW Insights podcast, we look at the fight to remove Russian economic criminals from the UK, and whether the Spring Statement does enough to address current economic pressures.
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Death and digital assets
  • Podcast
  • 22 Mar 2022
In this Insights In Focus episode, we look at what happens to your digital assets after you die.

Charts of the week

Chart of the week: railway journeys
  • Article
  • 23 Jun 2022
Our chart illustrates how railway strikes are not the only problem facing Great British Railways, the new publicly owned body being established to run the rail network from next April.
Chart of the week: Foreign travel
  • Article
  • 16 Jun 2022
This week’s chart looks at the number of trips abroad by UK residents before, during and after the pandemic.
Chart of the week: Whole of Government Accounts 2019/20
  • Article
  • 09 Jun 2022
We take a look at the government balance sheet at 31 March 2020 this week, following publication by HM Treasury of the long-delayed 2019/20 audited financial statements for the UK public sector.

Insights by topic

CEO and President's insights
  • Listing
  • 03 Aug 2020
View an archive of blogs from ICAEW CEO, Michael Izza, and from past ICAEW presidents.
Coronavirus (COVID-19) hub Coronavirus is not just a world health emergency; it is an economic one too. The economic impacts are plain to see and emergency provisions are being made worldwide in an attempt to support individuals, business and anyone who advises them. ICAEW is monitoring the situation closely and collating resources as conditions unfold.
Diversity and Inclusion
  • Hub page
  • 30 Sep 2021
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.
COVID-19: global recovery Recovery from the worldwide economic crisis brought about by the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic will be piece-meal but informed by initiatives from around the world. While national government schemes will continue to support business and practice during the immediate crisis, international action will help shape the recovery. Here we track those regional, national and supra-national activities.
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.
Regulatory News
  • Listing
  • 04 May 2020
A round-up of regulatory and conduct updates and communications from the ICAEW Professional Standards Department.
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.
Sponsored content
  • Listing
  • 09 Apr 2020
Hear what our partners are saying on topical issues impacting the accountancy profession.

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