ICAEW has published new advice to help members prepare for the UK’s new corporate offence of failure to prevent fraud. The practical framework outlines steps organisations can take to ensure compliance.

Boards should approach risk with greater curiosity and courage and be less reliant on regulators to set a prescriptive approach, Richard Moriarty tells ICAEW members.

The obligation to report non-tax advantaged employment related securities (ERS) data for short-term business visitors (STBV) has been removed where no UK income tax or national insurance contributions (NIC) would be due.

UK Sustainability Reporting Standards (UK SRS) are bringing sustainability reporting in line with international standards. So who will be mandated to use them and how will they apply in practice? The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is consulting on this at the moment. One of the people behind the international standards joins us and ICAEW’s Sustainability Reporting and Assurance Director to discuss the implications of this.

ICAEW has published a new guide for first-time directors to help them understand what audit committees expect of them. It covers roles and responsibilities, the external audit process and non-financial reporting.

Accountancy practices are encouraged to get moving with client sign-ups as the start date for Making Tax Digital (MTD) for income tax approaches.

For ICAEW member Bryhanna Campbell, International Women’s Day is a reminder of the importance of creating safe spaces for people to talk about their experiences and allowing ourselves to be inspired by other people's stories.

Responding to the government’s call for evidence on tax support for entrepreneurs, ICAEW has called for a stable tax framework and targeted technical changes to strengthen key tax incentives and to encourage investment.

There’s just one month to go til Making Tax Digital kicks in for Income Tax; we take a look at how the transition will go. There’s also a lot happening in corporate reporting at the moment – Sally Baker brings us up to speed.

The Chancellor pointed to falling government debt and a slight revising up of forecasts from the Office for Budget Responsibility as reasons to be more cheerful, but the immediate picture still looks muted.