Digitising your practice
Mastering mid-tier technology
- Hub page
- 29 Jun 2023
In our first post-pandemic research focused on mid-tier practice technology, we’ve seen some substantial changes in the landscape. Responses have given us cause to be optimistic, but also highlight challenges in the digital transformation journey. Addressing these challenges presents opportunities for firms, software providers and ICAEW.
Advisory is not just about the apps but they do help...
- Article
- 27 Jan 2021
- Andrew Coulson
In this article, Andrew Coulson FCA talks about how to select apps for advisory and how to use them to support delivering business advice.
Develop your digital practice
- Article
- 03 Jan 2024
- Matt Flanagan
How can accountants turn accounting apps to their advantage and use them to generate income? Matt Flanagan from BlueHub shares his tips.
Making Tax Digital
Watch out for winter fuel payment scams, say ICAEW
- 16 Jun 2025
- ICAEW Insights
ICAEW has seen evidence that fraudsters have already begun contacting individuals about winter fuel payments, just days after the government announced that all pensioners in England and Wales will receive the payments later this year.
HMRC working on solution for class 2 NIC issue
- 13 Jun 2025
- ICAEW Insights
HMRC has issued self assessment calculations for 2024/25 collecting class 2 national insurance contributions (NIC) in error. ICAEW’s Tax Faculty explains how the issue has arisen and the action that taxpayers and agents should take.
Government responds to feedback on new carried interest rules
- 10 Jun 2025
- ICAEW Insights
The government has announced that, having listened to feedback from ICAEW and others on the design of the new carried interest rules, it will not introduce the proposed qualifying conditions and will limit the new regime’s territorial scope.
Winter fuel payments to be recovered through tax system
- 10 Jun 2025
- ICAEW Insights
The government has announced that winter fuel payments will be made to all pensioners in England and Wales later this year and that the payments will be recovered in full by HMRC from pensioners with income of more than £35,000.
Free CPD: Keep up to date with MTD
- 05 Jun 2025
- ICAEW Insights
Read, watch and listen to ICAEW content to get up to speed with Making Tax Digital (MTD) for income tax and support your professional development.
HMRC more than doubles its compliance yield from wealthy individuals
- 20 May 2025
- ICAEW Insights
In 2023-24, HMRC collected or protected £5.2bn in tax from wealthy individuals that would otherwise have been lost, up from £2.2bn in 2019-20, the National Audit Office (NAO) has reported.
Tax news in brief 20 May 2025
- 20 May 2025
- ICAEW Insights
Highlights from the broader tax news for the week ending 20 May 2025, including: more Making Tax Digital events from HMRC; and a survey on senior accounting officer processes.
How members are putting MTD into practice
- 19 May 2025
- ICAEW Insights
Many practices are advancing their Making Tax Digital for income tax roadmap, informing clients, researching software solutions and testing early – but the road ahead remains dotted with challenges.
Data analytics
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Ethical use of big data in financial services – case studies
- Helpsheets and support
- 05 Mar 2019
- Financial Services Faculty
ICAEW’s Financial Services Faculty is looking at how firms and consumers can deal with the challenges presented by a big data world.
Data Analytics Transforming Internal Audit
- Report
- 17 Mar 2017
- Stephen Magora
A paper from Credit Suisse entitled: Data Analytics Transforming Internal Audit – Pillars of Success, written by Stephen Magora, Director, Data Analytics at Credit Suisse.
Internal audit in the age of data analytics
- Helpsheets and support
- 16 Jun 2017
- Audit and assurance Faculty
How internal auditors should strengthen their governance frameworks to cover emerging data-analytics risks in the areas of quality, talent, independence and security.
Analytics in Power BI: ICAEW Certificate for Finance Professionals
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