Making COP count
Through a range of practical content and case studies, this content series looks at the role the accountancy profession can and should play in addressing the climate crisis, and ensuring that any action also restores the earth’s ecosystem and is socially just.
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Global finance teams failing to integrate sustainability
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- 14 May 2024
Rather than waiting for ‘perfect tools’, CFOs and finance teams need to start including sustainability questions into their systems and controls, experts warn.
Audit reform is “a priority for Labour”
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- 14 May 2024
Jonathan Reynolds MP, Shadow Business and Trade Secretary, lays out broad plans for a Labour government should they win the next general election.
Public and private sector collaboration key to fighting corruption
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- 14 May 2024
Closer working ties between businesses and enforcement agencies will boost the battle against corruption, expert speakers at a recent IFAC, ICAEW and IBA event agree.
Tax news in brief 15 May 2024
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- 14 May 2024
Highlights from the broader tax news for the week ending 15 May 2024, including: new guidelines for compliance to help with capital allowances claims; suggestions from the IFS on how to reform IHT; and a reminder for exporters on the move to the CDS.
HMRC rejects ‘brightline’ test for furnished holiday lets (FHLs)
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- 13 May 2024
In response to ICAEW’s letter on the abolition of the FHL regime, HMRC has confirmed that the boundary between property letting and trading will be judged on the facts and by reference to case law.
HMRC confirms VAT treatment of voluntary carbon credits
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- 13 May 2024
With effect from 1 September 2024, the sale of voluntary carbon credits will be standard-rated where the place of supply is the UK.
A listing of one-off Insights specials that focus on a particular subject, interviewing the key people, identifying developing trends and examining the underlying issues.
Making COP count
- 02 Nov 2023
Through a range of practical content and case studies, this content series looks at the role the accountancy profession can and should play in addressing the climate crisis, and ensuring that any action also restores the earth’s ecosystem and is socially just.
Resilience and Renewal: Building an economy fit for the future
- 12 Oct 2023
This content examines economic issues that UK business and chartered accountants are at the centre of tackling to build a better, more resilient future. We explore productivity, skills and international trade.
Recentring ethics
- 29 Sep 2023
Ethics must not fade into the background. For Global Ethics Day on 18 October, ICAEW emphasises the importance of ethics for leadership and culture within the profession.
Videos
Ethical decision making and the challenges of AI
- 13 Oct 2023
A group of international experts discuss the benefits and potential pitfalls of artificial intelligence becoming an integral part of the accountancy profession.
A recipe for growth
- 26 Sep 2023
A local economic success story in Leeds offers broader lessons for how to encourage investment and so boost productivity.
Resilience and Renewal: Building an Economy Fit for the Future
- 19 Sep 2023
A new content series exploring three major economic challenges and the businesses and chartered accountants that are finding solutions.
Sustainability and accounting
- 13 Oct 2023
Accountancy experts from across the globe discuss their views on the inter-relation between professional ethics and sustainability.
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Company size thresholds and CGT on residences
- 13 May 2024
In this episode of the ICAEW Insights podcast, we discuss upcoming changes to company size thresholds and what they mean for reporting requirements.
Lessons in leadership from ICAEW's CEO
- 02 May 2024
In this special episode of Insights In Focus, we meet new ICAEW CEO Alan Vallance to discuss the leadership lessons of his career.
So you want to be a leader?
- 17 Apr 2024
In this Insights In Focus episode, we discuss how accountants can build the skills needed to take on leadership and executive roles during their careers.
Chart of the week: Public sector productivity
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- 10 May 2024
Our chart this week suggests that the public sector is less productive than it was, but difficulties in measuring productivity make it hard to say for sure.
Chart of the week: Cocoa
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- 02 May 2024
Our chart this week looks at the price of cocoa, which has been popping as shifting weather patterns have caused harvests in Ghana and Côte d’Ivoire to collapse.
Chart of the week: Global military spending
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- 26 Apr 2024
While the UK commits to increasing its defence and security expenditure, our chart this week looks at military spending around the world, which has reached $2.4trn.
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Climate hub
Climate change is a crucial issue for the accounting profession. Are you professionally ready to mitigate the risk and maximise the opportunity of climate change? Find inspiration, information and practical resources to support the goals set out in the Paris Agreement and in the UN Sustainable Development Goals.
CEO and President's insights
View an archive of blogs from ICAEW CEO, Michael Izza, and from past ICAEW presidents.
Diversity and Inclusion
ICAEW is committed to Diversity and Inclusion. In this hub we bring together timely D&I resources on the protected characteristics of the Equality Act, along with our latest insights into diversity in the profession.
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