The classics

How audit quality is achieved in practice, including illustrations and examples of good practice.

The decisions made by the audit profession in the coming years could prove influential in shaping the future value of professionalism. We hope this report will encourage greater collaboration and debate across all the professions.

A series of thought leadership essays by ICAEW’s Audit and Assurance Faculty consider issues directly or indirectly relevant to the international debate about the future of audit.

This paper explores the particular challenges posed by differences in the national environments in which financial statements are prepared and audited.

This discussion paper explores what is involved in making an audit reliable.

Understanding how auditing standards affect audit quality and making the case for change.

Understanding what auditors do now is key to reimagining the audit of the future.

A radical new way of thinking about assurance, directed by its users.

An extensive guide to finance business partnering which discusses whether business partnering is the right approach for organisations and if so, the ‘what’, ‘why’, and ‘how’.

A framework showing the interconnected activities typically undertaken by finance functions and how these activities are shaped.

This report looks to develop our understanding of how business crime is treated in an international context.

Business in all its forms has been around for centuries – but what should the future forms of business be to suit the world we will inhabit?

Crises and scandals in business and professional life are very frequently blamed on a lack of integrity. But what is integrity, and how do you foster it in an organisation?

Crises and scandals in business and professional life are very frequently blamed on a lack of integrity. But what is integrity, and how do you foster it in an organisation?

This report explores how the public interest can be assessed using a framework of issues to consider.

A guide and inspiration to support people creating systems change that can be adapted to their own contexts and circumstances.

This volume reports on first steps to bring together people from across the UK system change world to address the challenge of language in systems change.

This PD Leake lecture reflects on how accounting can help make the needs of the vulnerable more visible, and influence policy for the better.

The Corporate Report was a discussion paper submitted to ICAEW's Accounting Standards Steering Committee in 1975. It was a foundational document for a wider discussion on corporate reporting in the UK.

An engaging and thought-provoking podcast series that taps into some of the major issues of today by providing clarity and understanding about the relevance – and power – of the number, with leading experts and thought leaders providing insight.

A conceptual framework for finding solutions to our current crisis that are economically sound, ecologically sustainable, and socially just.

This report analyses the role of accountants in sustainability by considering how information supports mechanisms through which market activity is directed towards more sustainable and, in that sense, better outcomes.

This toolkit includes a step-by-step guide on how to run the workshop, a suggested session plan, and templates for both Global Goals cards and presentation slides.

This comprehensive report highlights exactly where our money goes, while busting some common myths about how these taxes are spent by the government.

Ten simple principles that can be applied by tax authorities to improve how they legislate for and administer tax.

The impact of artificial intelligence and the opportunities it presents for the accountancy profession.

How digital technology is used by international tax administrators to reduce costs and improve compliance and tax yields, while crucially assessing the future challenges these economies face.

How the accountancy profession is changing as a result of digital technologies, and what the profession needs to do to stay relevant.

This manifesto for audit distils knowledge and insights from ICAEW’s AuditFutures initiative into five principles for building a modern audit profession.