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National procurement network ‘key to NHS audit resilience’
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- 22 May 2025
A single national procurement framework to help NHS bodies appoint auditors and encourage NHS bodies to engage more with audit firms during the audit procurement process are among the solutions touted in a report from the FRC.
Technical round-up: April 2025
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- 30 Apr 2025
This month’s top stories feature new sanctions for tax advisers; a warning for couples with furnished holiday lets; and a dip in HMRC performance.
Technical round-up: March 2025
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- 27 Mar 2025
This month’s top stories feature 300,000 people who no longer need to submit a tax return, 10 tax changes taking effect from this April, and HMRC launching a new agent query resolution service.
Proposed public sector accounting standards ‘could encourage greenwashing’
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- 25 Mar 2025
The narrow definition of climate-related public policy programmes in the International Public Sector Accounting Standards Board’s latest exposure draft could increase the risk of greenwashing, warns CIPFA and ICAEW.
Technical round-up: January 2025
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- 30 Jan 2025
This month’s top stories feature Parliament accusing HMRC of damaging trust in the tax system; a warning to not respond to a fraudulent agent services text message; and more from the How to fix VAT campaign.
Chart of the week: Commonwealth of Australia balance sheet
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- 20 Dec 2024
Our chart this week heads down under for some warmer weather and to take a look at the Australian federal government balance sheet in its recently published consolidated financial statements for the year ended 30 June 2024.
Technical round-up: December 2024
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- 18 Dec 2024
This month’s top stories feature issues with HMRC’s customer service performance raised by ICAEW; the Scottish and Welsh Budgets; and a range of articles on why the UK must reform VAT.
Chart of the week: UK public sector pension liabilities
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- 13 Dec 2024
Our chart this week looks at how public sector net pension obligations reduced by £1.2tn from £2.6tn to £1.4tn during the financial year ended 31 March 2023 as a consequence of a sharply rising discount rate.
Proposed public-sector sustainability standard takes broad approach
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- 10 Dec 2024
ICAEW’s Public Sector team examines a draft climate-related disclosures standard, setting a global baseline for public sector ESG reporting. How does it compare with IFRS S2 and GRI?
Comparing IPSASBs draft climate disclosures standard with IFRS S2 and GRI
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- 09 Dec 2024
The International Public Sector Accounting Standards Board (IPSASB) has issued a draft public sector specific climate standard. What are the unique features of this standard and how does it compare to IFRS S2 and GRI?
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