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Corporate Accountants Updating Programme 2025

This programme consists of four sessions which makes it a cost-effective way of staying informed of the latest technical issues

Overview

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The Corporate Accountants Update Programme is delivered across four focused sessions, offering a cost-effective way to stay up to date with the latest technical developments.

You have the flexibility to register for individual sessions or take advantage of a discounted rate by booking the full series.

Please refer to the schedule below to select and book specific sessions.

Employment and personal taxes update
Date: Thursday 20 November 2025
Time: 09.30-12:30
Lecturer: Russell Cockburn

Business and corporate taxes update
Date:
Thursday 20 November 2025
Time:
13.30-16:30
Lecturer:
Russell Cockburn

Changes to FRS 102
Date:
Friday 21 November 2025
Time:
09.30-12:30
Lecturer:
Guy Loveday

Common problem in applying FRS 102
Date:
Friday 21 November 2025
Time:
13:30-16:30
Lecturer: Guy Loveday

Key features

  • Recent developments
  • Update on latest changes
  • Review of personal and employee taxation
  • Comment and news from the employment tax world

What will you get out of it?

  • A reminder of the essential law and practice on PAYE taxes
  • Update on recent changes in the Finance Bill/Act
  • Details of recent tax cases and tribunal decisions
  • Review of recent HMRC statements and press releases
  • Summary of current planning issues and hot topics
  • Refresher on Benefits and P11D danger areas

Who should attend

This seminar will be of benefit to anyone involved in dealing with tax compliance and planning for employees and payroll, especially those who deal with the Expenses and Benefits, P11D’s tax regime.

Key features

  • Recent developments
  • Update on latest changes
  • Review of corporate and business taxation.
  • Comment and news from the corporate tax world

What will you get out of it?

  • A reminder of the essential law and practice on business and corporate taxes
  • Update on recent changes in the Finance Bill/Act
  • Details of recent tax cases and tribunal decisions
  • Review of recent HMRC statements and press releases
  • Summary of current planning issues and hot topics
  • Refresher on Current CT and Business Enquiry topics and danger areas

Who should attend

This seminar provides delegates with the essential update on the important recent developments in the world of corporate and business taxes in the UK over the last twelve months.

This seminar will be of benefit to anyone involved in dealing with corporate and business tax compliance and planning, especially those involved in preparing and submitting corporate tax returns to HMRC.

Key features

  • Consequences of changes to FRS 102 including leases, revenue recognition, going concern and supplier financing
  • When is a lease not a lease?
  • FRC Staff guidance on the practical aspects of changes to FRS 102
  • Transfers involving property – a reminder
  • Latest Companies House changes
  • Guidance on failure to prevent fraud

Key features

  • New guidance on identification and disclosure of judgements and estimates
  • Recurring issues involving the preparation of cash flow statements
  • The FRC’s thematic review on offsetting
  • Greenwashing and greenhushing
  • Aspects of the latest FRC corporate review

Guy Loveday

Guy is a partner in the Professional Training Partnership and a director of PTP limited. He is a member of the lecturing panels for the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales and the Chartered Association of Certified Accountants. He specialises in Auditing and Financial Reporting updates (new UK GAAP, IFRS and US GAAP) for accountants in practice and in industry, and in finance courses for members of the wider financial community.

He also provides a consultancy service to assist companies in preparing their annual financial statements and performs desk top reviews of published accounts for all sizes and types of company.

Guy makes occasional television appearances and co-presents Accounting TV, a quarterly on-line programme, with Giles Mooney. Guy was a founder member of the Lou Reed fan club, set up in 1971, has contributed to books about Lou Reed and met him on several occasions.

Russell Cockburn

Russell Cockburn is an independent tax consultant based in Cumbria but with clients all over the UK. He provides tax consultancy services to accountants, lawyers and other professionals as well as looking after his own clients and lecturing on tax around the UK and overseas.

Russell has nearly 40 years’ experience in dealing with UK direct tax matters and specialises in tax planning and advisory services for wealthy individuals and owner managed businesses.

Russell is the author of two books on small business taxation and a regular write on tax for various publications.

If you are unable to join the live webinars, they will be available on-demand 24 hours after the live webinar ends and you will have access to the sessions for 12 months.

Should you wish to view or download the handout materials in advance of the event, they will be available one day prior through your document library at https://events.accaglobal.com.

Price

Price (excluding VAT) 429 GBP

Location

United Kingdom

Date & time

20 November 2025 - 21 November 2025, 09:30 - 16:30

Enquiries

Email enquiries UKCL@accaglobal.com

Course provider

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