The Companies House WebFiling service was suspended last weekend after a user found a potentially serious security flaw. Here’s what happened, and what can be learned from it.

ICAEW’s Tax Faculty highlights key points from HMRC guidance on the new penalty regime that applies to taxpayers who use Making Tax Digital (MTD) for income tax.

The government is consulting on changes to the uncertain tax treatment regime, including extending it to individuals and trusts, introducing an additional trigger and including more taxes.

HMRC is asking for feedback on its plans to modernise and standardise company tax returns, including introducing a prescribed format for computations and requiring amendments to be made online.

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.