Key reminders and updates
Read key findings identified in recent disciplinary cases to ensure you or your firm are not making similar mistakes.
Watch this webinar on demand and find out about the latest developments shaping ethical tax practice. Sophie Wales, Director, Regulatory Policy, Professional Standards, is part of the panel discussing the changes and the relationship between the Code and Professional Conduct in Relation to Taxation.
Read our six key reminders to help you comply with ICAEW’s CPD Regulations.
Our 2026 report highlights our findings from our reviews of firms’ compliance under the PA scheme framework, including analysis from this year’s focus area: cyber security. Read the report to find what issues were identified and what guidance is available to avoid making similar mistakes.
Listen back to hear from Dean Neaves, Senior Manager, ICAEW Quality Assurance Department, and ICAEW Quality Assurance Reviewers, Dan Bevington and Hilary Barrett, as they go through key findings from the quality assurance monitoring reviews conducted in 2025. Accessing the webinar recording could provide up to 1 hour towards verifiable CPD.
Celebrating a year since its release, 500+ firms have now seen our audit training film, with 96% rating it 4 or 5 out of 5. Combining engaging storytelling with practical learning outcomes, the film is a valuable resource for team development and CPD.
ICAEW has published the latest update to its Code of Ethics, which includes new sections on tax planning and related services. Find out more about the changes and the relationship between the Code and Professional Conduct in Relation to Taxation.
Audit
Register for our session focusing on ISQM 1, drawing on findings from ICAEW’s quality assurance monitoring.
Anti-Money Laundering (AML)
We set out the top eight areas where sole practitioners and smaller firms should focus their attention to support compliance with the Money Laundering Regulations.
Watch back our webinar exploring what the Statutory Instrument, laid on 25 March, means for your firm and what to expect when the changes come into force. We also provided an early look at how these updates will be reflected in the CCAB Guidance. In addition, our quality assurance reviewers shared examples of good practice identified during recent firm reviews.
Our next anti-money laundering (AML) webinar is now available to book. Our supervisory team will discuss the results from this year’s supervision report, an update on our supervisory activity and our thematic review.
Major consultancies and finance firms cite 'perpetual Know Your Customer (pKYC)' as the future of customer authentication, but ICAEW’s Head of Anti-Money Laundering, Michelle Giddings, says it may not translate to accountancy.
During our recent webinar ICAEW's AML supervision team provided an update on key regulatory developments and shared practical insights from monitoring reviews across ICAEW-supervised firms in our follow-up article to the webinar.
Parliament has approved a package of AML reforms, introducing 15 targeted changes designed to strengthen the UK's anti-money laundering regime while reducing unnecessary compliance burdens on firms.
Legal services
Read the latest updates from HMCTS including information on current probate service waiting times, action being taken to reduce stopped cases, developments to digital applications, and HMCTS’s latest guidance for professional users following recent legal developments.
Watch back this webinar for an opportunity to hear from a range of speakers providing updates on the regulation of the reserved legal services of probate and oaths administration.
Under the October 2025 Legal Services Regulations, ICAEW-accredited probate firms are also authorised to offer the additional legal service of oaths administration. Access resources to support you if you wish to offer this service to your clients.
Insolvency
Updates are being proposed to Statement of Insolvency Practice (SIP) 2, emphasising the need for thorough analysis, enhanced reporting to regulators and clarity on what constitutes a company’s records. We invite you to review the amendments and share your feedback by responding to the consultation.
Register for this online annual conference (23-24 June 2026) where our speakers explore key challenges facing the profession and talk about what lies ahead, as well as providing some engaging topical technical sessions.
