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The unanimous agreement paves the way for greater co-operation between member states to reduce opportunities for tax avoidance and tax fraud using crypto assets, by amending the directive on administrative co-operation in the area of taxation (DAC).
Better payment practices would reduce the pressure on SMEs to access finance.
In his only UK speech during his visit last week, the US Securities and Exchange Commission’s Mark T Uyeda stressed the importance of a focus on accounting standards in his keynote address at Chartered Accountants’ Hall.
Technology addiction is more prevalent among professionals than you might think. It can lead to a drop in productivity, anxiety, depression and then worse addictions.
As cryptocurrencies and blockchain technology continue to make waves in the financial services sector, central banks have begun to explore the idea of digital currencies.
Anxiety around the impact AI might have on job security is at an all time high as generative AIs such as Chat GPT are being rapidly adopted. Is that worry rational and how should it be managed?
The meteoric rise of artificial intelligence has left many concerned that it could make their jobs redundant. We take a look at what the use of AI means for tax professionals.
Which skills are most sought after by employers, and how can you make the most of the current marketplace?
Artificial intelligence presents the audit and assurance community with many challenges in the fields of skills, standards and ethics, an ICAEW roundtable heard.
Is Artificial Intelligence (AI) the next big thing in accountancy or the end of the profession as we know it? That's the question on the minds of many financial professionals as they grapple with the rise of AI.
This guide from the ICAEW sets out the key features of blockchain, and the challenges it must face to reach widespread adoption. It includes case studies of real-life applications, as well as examining its impact on accountancy.
Blockchain technologies have the potential to disrupt the work of finance teams – particularly those focused on transactional tasks – by offering a system of universal entry bookkeeping, removing the need for independent verification. Here ICAEW’s Tech Faculty and Deloitte outline the basics of this complex and developing technology.
A consultation examines the assessment case for a central bank digital currency, which could have profound implications for consumers, businesses, banks and payment providers within the UK.
With more and more people dipping their toe into the world of crypto, accountants increasingly need to become experts in crypto tax compliance and financial planning. Daniel Howitt looks at how.
This cyber security guide explains how to best protect yourself, your business and your clients from cyber risks and threats. You can also find additional information in our dedicated cyber security resource centre.
The latest government Cyber Security Breaches Survey shows smaller businesses may be dropping cyber security measures as the current economic climate bites.
The UK government published its Fraud Strategy on 3 May, with the aim of reducing fraud and cyber crime by 10% by 2025.
Which skills are most sought after by employers, and how can you make the most of the current marketplace?
Artificial intelligence presents the audit and assurance community with many challenges in the fields of skills, standards and ethics, an ICAEW roundtable heard.
ACA tutors from around the world attended the Tutor Conference this year.
Following on from our webinar “Easier, better faster, stronger? Getting data from your clients”, Franki Hackett explores some of the questions raised by those who attended the live webinar.
It’s a hot topic in finance right now. Rob Binns, CFO at Access Group, discusses why accountants should embrace, not fear, the acceleration of digital transformation.
Finance transformation will be one of the most in-demand skills over the next 10 years, says career coach for financial professionals, Oliver Deacon.
The pandemic has ushered in a new model of working, with many businesses considering adopting more flexibility in the longer term. That’s certainly the case for the Oil and Gas Authority, which is set to adopt a hybrid working method for its post-pandemic way of working.
Hello and welcome back to Excel Tips and Tricks! This week, we have a Creator level post where we explore how to use different components of conditional formatting including data bars, colour scales and icon sets.
Regular readers will recall I took VLOOKUP and HLOOKUP to task recently, before moving on to the INDEX MATCH combination and then XLOOKUP. You don’t always need the latest and greatest though: LOOKUP may seem a less versatile function upon first glance, but it is quite useful for modelling. It’s an “oldie but goodie”.
Should basic Excel training stick to simple formulas and functions or should it extend the horizons of learners to consider the likes of Dynamic Arrays, PivotTables and Power Query?
Here are all the new Excel blogs from the Excel Community in April 2023.
ICAEW has brought together these resources to help you understand how digital technologies are transforming economies and workplaces. Learn what it means for businesses and accountancy practices.
ICAEW has brought together these resources to help you understand artificial intelligence and what it means for finance functions. Here you'll find support on identifying how AI can benefit your organisation and how it to start implementing the technology.
ICAEW has brought together these resources to help you understand Robotic Process Automation (RPA), what it means for your organisation and how it to start implementing the technology.
Digital technologies are set to have a revolutionary impact on the work of accountants, both in business and in practice. ICAEW has gathered together these resources to ensure its members understand how finance functions will change, the skills that will be needed and the role you will play.
Tech Essentials guides are designed to update members on the latest technology issues affecting and transforming the accountancy profession. Our cyber security edition explains how to best protect yourself, your business and your clients.
Our chart this week illustrates how home broadband capabilities have been improving in recent years, although still far short of ambitions to provide ultrafast speeds to most households across the UK.
As the discontinuation of QuickBooks Desktop draws nearer, members highlight the advantages of moving to the cloud – and the main factor behind a successful migration.
The adoption of the cloud by banks is hard to regulate given the rapidly growing supply of services by third parties. But financial regulators are increasingly turning their sights on the megatrend.
Digitalisation is transforming how tax is reported and paid, with significant innovation and investment occurring in countries of all kinds. There is no single pathway to digitalisation, as our case studies show, but there is something to be learned from all of them.
Drawing on real-life experiences, this collaborative thought leadership report by ICAEW and the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) considers how finance functions can harness automation to deliver greater value to business and the skills needed by accountants in the future.
As accountants increasingly innovate with data, AI and other technologies, is the profession’s ethics code fit for purpose in this new world?
Many businesses have had to adapt quickly in the last three months to deal with the impact of Covid-19 and lockdown, by making sure they are able to run their businesses remotely and mainly digitally by using and implementing the right kind of software.
Based on the materials created by ICAEW’s Tech Faculty, these resources became available to the wider ICAEW membership in January 2022.
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