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ICAEW produces two podcast series that count towards your CPD: Accountancy Insights and The Tax Track. Subscribe to Accountancy Insights for news from across the profession, and deep dives into major business issues through our Behind the Numbers series; and to The Tax Track for specialist analysis from the ICAEW Tax Faculty.

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Latest podcasts

Chancellor Rachel Reeves prepares to deliver the Budget
Iain Wright, Guy Ruddle and Frances Haque
Ramana McConnon, Jon Morris and Martin Brown
The Tax Track

Budget 25: Do the tax changes meet the tenets?

In this episode, we rate the Budget against ICAEW’s ten tenets for a better tax system, focusing on the government’s decision to freeze the personal allowance and tax thresholds for an additional three years, the new tax on electric vehicles and changes to the NIC treatment of salary sacrificed pension contributions.
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Accountancy Insights

Budget 25: where’s the growth?

This episode is all about the Budget. What was in it? What are the implications? Was there anything positive to glean from it?
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Accountancy Insights

How should audit firms use AI?

This episode focuses on the integration of AI in audit processes, emphasising the need for practical guidance from the Financial Reporting Council (FRC) to build industry confidence, especially with smaller firms.
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Podcasts by topic

Audit and assurance

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Inside the Post Office Inquiry and new mid-tier research
  • 24 Jul 2025
We discuss the findings of the Post Office Horizon IT Inquiry’s first report, including lessons for other companies around culture and values.
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Supporting SME growth and professional judgement in audit
  • 13 Jun 2025
We discuss how SMEs can pursue growth amid economic uncertainty and how auditors should exercise professional judgement and scepticism.
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Can we unclog the local audit backlog?
  • 22 Nov 2024
In this episode of Behind the Numbers, we discuss whether the filing of local authority audited accounts will ever get back on track.
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Group audit and the forthcoming AI Bill
  • 07 Oct 2024
In this episode, we recap revisions to ISA 600 on group audit, and we discuss the likely contents of the AI Bill that is expected to be brought to Parliament before the end of the year.
ep 68
ISQM, preparing and filing accounts, and public practice
  • 09 Feb 2024
In this episode, we discuss how firms can maintain momentum on the International Standard of Quality Management.
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Where next for audit and governance reform?
  • 01 Feb 2024
In this Insights In Focus episode, we discuss the future of audit and corporate governance reform.

Business

Iain Wright, Guy Ruddle and Frances Haque
Budget 25: where’s the growth?
  • 01 Dec 2025
This episode is all about the Budget. What was in it? What are the implications? Was there anything positive to glean from it?
Kemi Badenoch with Alan Vallance at Chartered Accountants' Hall
Kemi Badenoch on growth and the profession
  • 18 Sep 2025
In this special episode of Accountancy Insights, we bring you a timely interview of Kemi Badenoch by ICAEW’s Chief Executive Alan Vallance who sat down with her after a speech she gave at Chartered Accountants’ Hall.
photo of post office building sign
Inside the Post Office Inquiry and new mid-tier research
  • 24 Jul 2025
We discuss the findings of the Post Office Horizon IT Inquiry’s first report, including lessons for other companies around culture and values.
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Investment risk: lessons from Russia
  • 20 Jun 2025
In this episode of Behind the Numbers, we discuss how businesses can best navigate geopolitical risk.
a photo of four colleagues wearing lanyards and standing around a table discussing a work project, while plans are taped to the walls behind them
Supporting SME growth and professional judgement in audit
  • 13 Jun 2025
We discuss how SMEs can pursue growth amid economic uncertainty and how auditors should exercise professional judgement and scepticism.
Photo of Alan Vallance, Chief Executive Officer of ICAEW, recording accountancy insights podcast episode 100.
Rebuilding trust in volatile times
  • 30 May 2025
Celebrating its 100th episode, Accountancy Insights examines the issue of trust and how to maintain it. Guests include ICAEW CEO Alan Vallance.

Corporate governance

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Companies House update, scaling up smartly and the Next Generation ACA
  • 11 Sep 2025
In this episode, we discuss the introduction of four statutory instruments to enforce Companies House reform, as well as the common mistakes to avoid when scaling up a business. We also cover the introduction and content of the Next Generation ACA qualification.
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Groupthink: the boardroom’s most pervasive problem?
  • 28 Jun 2024
In this episode of Behind the Numbers, we discuss strategies to prevent and tackle groupthink at board level.
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Where next for audit and governance reform?
  • 01 Feb 2024
In this Insights In Focus episode, we discuss the future of audit and corporate governance reform.
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How should a board approach exec pay?
  • 16 Feb 2023
In this special Insights In Focus episode, we discuss the thorny and often contentious topic of executive pay.
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How a board should balance major strategic issues with staff retention and wellbeing
  • 25 Nov 2022
In the second of two Insights In Focus special episodes an experienced panel discuss a dilemma facing a fictional UK-based food manufacturer.
Factory
How a board should maintain the right culture during periods of fast growth
  • 21 Nov 2022
In the first of two Insights In Focus special episodes an experienced panel discuss a dilemma facing a fictional software company.

Corporate reporting

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Adapting post-tariffs, MTD at 10, UK GAAP changes
  • 09 Apr 2025
In this episode, we discuss how the Trump administration’s tariffs will hamper the government’s growth plans, the progress made towards Making Tax Digital on its tenth birthday, and how changes to FRS 102 and 105 will affect the nation’s small businesses.
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The financial case for sustainability
  • 12 Dec 2024
In this episode of Behind the Numbers, we discuss the progress of sustainability reporting.
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Corporate reporting update and VAT on private hire vehicles
  • 06 Jun 2024
In this episode of Accountancy Insights, we discuss important developments in corporate reporting, including amendments to UK GAAP, new standards IFRS18 and IFRS19, and the timeline for implementing IFRS S1 and IFRS S2.
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What to expect from 2022 – part 2
  • 04 Jan 2022
Chief Executive Michael Izza discusses non-financial reporting, public sector finances, and the big tech trends of 2022.
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SME recovery, sustainability standards and cryptoassets nudge
  • 18 Nov 2021
In this ICAEW Insights podcast we’re joined by the Small Business Minister to discuss recovery, productivity and sustainability, examine the newly formed ISSB, and assess HMRC’s CGT nudge for cryptoasset owners.

Ethics

Ramana McConnon, Jon Morris and Martin Brown
How should audit firms use AI?
  • 11 Nov 2025
This episode focuses on the integration of AI in audit processes, emphasising the need for practical guidance from the Financial Reporting Council (FRC) to build industry confidence, especially with smaller firms.
Philippa Lamb with Martin Wheatcroft
LLMs and spreadsheets, Companies House IDV, and the OBR’s role
  • 28 Oct 2025
In this episode, we’re exploring just how useful Large Language Models (LLMs) are when it comes to spreadsheets; what needs to happen by 18 November when it comes to Companies House ID verification; and how the OBR comes to its conclusions.
Philippa Lamb with Peter Davenport and Michael Hoare
How to bounce back from a cyber attack
  • 14 Oct 2025
In this episode, we discuss how prepared organisations really are for cyber attacks, what to do if and when your business is affected, and how to manage the communications challenges.
Letterhead with Companies House written on it
Companies House update, scaling up smartly and the Next Generation ACA
  • 11 Sep 2025
In this episode, we discuss the introduction of four statutory instruments to enforce Companies House reform, as well as the common mistakes to avoid when scaling up a business. We also cover the introduction and content of the Next Generation ACA qualification.
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A busy new tax year, plus progress on the Economic Crime Act
  • 08 Apr 2024
In this episode, we discuss why the arrival of the 2024/25 tax year is particularly busy for accountants, and the main changes to be aware of from 6 April.
ep 68
ISQM, preparing and filing accounts, and public practice
  • 09 Feb 2024
In this episode, we discuss how firms can maintain momentum on the International Standard of Quality Management.

Sustainability

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The financial case for sustainability
  • 12 Dec 2024
In this episode of Behind the Numbers, we discuss the progress of sustainability reporting.
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COP28: making the business case for nature
  • 11 Dec 2023
In the second of two special episodes, live from COP28 in Dubai, our experts discuss capacity building within the finance profession and making the business case for a nature-positive transition.
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COP28: what does transition planning mean for accountants?
  • 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.
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ISSB standards, E-Commerce Trade Commission, and CPD update
  • 11 Aug 2023
The ICAEW Insights podcast explores the month’s top stories in accountancy.
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Can SMEs keep up with ESG?
  • 30 Jun 2023
In this Insights In Focus episode, we explore how the introduction of sustainability assurance, both voluntary and mandatory, is affecting firms of all sizes.
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What to expect from 2022 – part 1
  • 04 Jan 2022
Chief Executive Michael Izza looks at the biggest issues facing business and the wider economy, with help from experts from around the Institute.

Tax

Iain Wright, Guy Ruddle and Frances Haque
Budget 25: where’s the growth?
  • 01 Dec 2025
This episode is all about the Budget. What was in it? What are the implications? Was there anything positive to glean from it?
Chancellor Rachel Reeves prepares to deliver the Budget
Budget 25: Do the tax changes meet the tenets?
  • 01 Dec 2025
In this episode, we rate the Budget against ICAEW’s ten tenets for a better tax system, focusing on the government’s decision to freeze the personal allowance and tax thresholds for an additional three years, the new tax on electric vehicles and changes to the NIC treatment of salary sacrificed pension contributions.
Stephen Relf with Lindsey Wicks and Rebecca Benneyworth
The latest on MTD income tax
  • 31 Oct 2025
In this episode, we look at recent developments, including HMRC’s plans to contact taxpayers, and we draw on the experience of special guest Rebecca Benneyworth to explain what you can do to prepare for the challenges ahead.
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Tax returns and Finance Bill concerns
  • 01 Oct 2025
In this episode of The Tax Track, we look ahead to the 2024/25 tax return season, highlighting areas to watch out for, and explain our concerns with draft legislation for Finance Bill 2025/26 that promises to make significant changes to the tax system, particularly for agents.
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The inside track from HMRC
  • 03 Sep 2025
In this special episode Jonathan Athow, HMRC's Director General for Customer Strategy and Tax Design, explains how the organisation intends to reform the tax system, improve service and close the tax gap.
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Challenging times for HMRC and agents
  • 01 Aug 2025
We look at the challenges HMRC faces, its plans for new digital services and the proposed changes for agents.

The Tax Track

Don't miss our podcast series: The Tax Track, where members of the Tax Faculty chat about all things tax. Learn how the sector is set to evolve in 2024 and make sure to subscribe so that you never miss an episode.

 
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Technology

Ramana McConnon, Jon Morris and Martin Brown
How should audit firms use AI?
  • 11 Nov 2025
This episode focuses on the integration of AI in audit processes, emphasising the need for practical guidance from the Financial Reporting Council (FRC) to build industry confidence, especially with smaller firms.
Stephen Relf with Lindsey Wicks and Rebecca Benneyworth
The latest on MTD income tax
  • 31 Oct 2025
In this episode, we look at recent developments, including HMRC’s plans to contact taxpayers, and we draw on the experience of special guest Rebecca Benneyworth to explain what you can do to prepare for the challenges ahead.
Philippa Lamb with Martin Wheatcroft
LLMs and spreadsheets, Companies House IDV, and the OBR’s role
  • 28 Oct 2025
In this episode, we’re exploring just how useful Large Language Models (LLMs) are when it comes to spreadsheets; what needs to happen by 18 November when it comes to Companies House ID verification; and how the OBR comes to its conclusions.
Philippa Lamb with Peter Davenport and Michael Hoare
How to bounce back from a cyber attack
  • 14 Oct 2025
In this episode, we discuss how prepared organisations really are for cyber attacks, what to do if and when your business is affected, and how to manage the communications challenges.
Two men having a discussion at work
Should we compensate whistleblowers?
  • 25 Sep 2025
Whistleblowing is a vital process but often fraught with far more risk and emotional upheaval than it should be. In Western Europe, 43% of all occupational fraud cases come to light thanks to whistleblowers.
Bank of England, London
Can history teach us anything about digital money?
  • 20 Aug 2025
In this episode of Behind the Numbers, we explore what the history of money can tell us about its future.

Accountancy Insights Podcast series

ICAEW produces two Accountancy Insights podcast series. Our Accountancy Insights podcasts provide succinct updates on the latest developments in accountancy, finance and business, while our Behind the Numbers podcasts provide a deep dive on a single hot topic.
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