Making COP count
Through a range of practical content and case studies, this content series looks at the role the accountancy profession can and should play in addressing the climate crisis, and ensuring that any action also restores the earth’s ecosystem and is socially just.
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Hardman Lecture takes aim at UK’s biggest tax failings
- Article
- 08 Dec 2023
Campaigner Dan Neidle rounds on key features of the tax system that are bad for productivity, inefficient – and inhumane.
Chart of the week: Incorporations and dissolutions
- Article
- 07 Dec 2023
Our chart this week illustrates how company dissolutions continue to outpace incorporations as the economy remains in first gear.
Why fighting corruption is key to good governance
- Article
- 07 Dec 2023
International Anti-Corruption Day falls on 9 December; this year’s events seek to highlight how anti-corruption efforts contribute to peace, security and development.
HMRC ceases providing tax clearance for members’ voluntary liquidations
- Article
- 08 Dec 2023
Clearance service withdrawn with immediate effect. This includes requests already received by HMRC that have not been responded to.
Government responds to three consultations on customs measures
- Article
- 08 Dec 2023
The responses set out next steps on measures to simplify customs import and export processes for traders.
HMRC acts on tax repayment agents
- Article
- 08 Dec 2023
ICAEW welcomes further HMRC action to protect taxpayers that use repayment agents.
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.
Making COP count
- 02 Nov 2023
Through a range of practical content and case studies, this content series looks at the role the accountancy profession can and should play in addressing the climate crisis, and ensuring that any action also restores the earth’s ecosystem and is socially just.
Resilience and Renewal: Building an economy fit for the future
- 12 Oct 2023
This content series examines economic issues that UK business and chartered accountants are at the centre of tackling to build a better, more resilient future. First, we explore growth, investment and productivity, and then move on to skills. Our final theme covers international trade.
Recentring ethics
- 29 Sep 2023
Ethics must not fade into the background. For Global Ethics Day on 18 October, ICAEW emphasises the importance of ethics for leadership and culture within the profession.
Videos
Ethical decision making and the challenges of AI
- 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
- 26 Sep 2023
A local economic success story in Leeds offers broader lessons for how to encourage investment and so boost productivity.
Resilience and Renewal: Building an Economy Fit for the Future
- 19 Sep 2023
A new content series exploring three major economic challenges and the businesses and chartered accountants that are finding solutions.
Sustainability and accounting
- 13 Oct 2023
Accountancy experts from across the globe discuss their views on the inter-relation between professional ethics and sustainability.
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COP28: what does transition planning mean for accountants?
- Podcast
- 06 Dec 2023
In the first of two special Insights In Focus episodes, guest host Mark Rowland shares news and views from COP28 in Dubai. This episode focuses on the importance of transition plans in achieving net zero.
What’s in the Economic Crime Act 2023?
- Podcast
- 04 Dec 2023
In this Insights In Focus episode, we explore the contents and implications of the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023.
ICAEW/CIPFA dual membership, cyber security trends, and economic renewal
- Podcast
- 03 Nov 2023
In this episode, we explain how ICAEW members can apply for dual membership with the Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy, and much more.
Chart of the week: Incorporations and dissolutions
- Article
- 07 Dec 2023
Our chart this week illustrates how company dissolutions continue to outpace incorporations as the economy remains in first gear.
Chart of the week: Exploding debt
- Article
- 30 Nov 2023
Our chart this week takes a look at how UK public debt has exploded since the financial crisis to more than quintuple from £0.6trn in March 2008 to a projected £3.1trn in March 2029.
Chart of the week: Autumn Statement 2023
- Article
- 23 Nov 2023
Our chart this week illustrates how Chancellor Jeremy Hunt used almost all of the available upside from inflation and fiscal drag to fund his tax measures and a series of business growth initiatives.
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Climate hub
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
View an archive of blogs from ICAEW CEO, Michael Izza, and from past ICAEW presidents.
Diversity and Inclusion
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.
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