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What’s new for charities? with Peter Herbert

An essential update for accountants who prepare, audit or independently examine accounts for charities

Despite the fact that FRS 102 SORP is now well established, there still seems to be an abundance of new rules affecting charity annual reports and accounts.

Course information

This session will explain all the recent developments and also clarify existing rules in a number of common problem areas:

Content will include:

Recent changes to UK GAAP, charity law and company law relevant to the preparation and independent examination of small charity accounts
Common problem areas in charity accounts and how to tackle them
Charity Commission and ICAEW regulatory reports and feedback
Balancing effectiveness and efficiency when performing charity independent examinations

Who should attend the seminar?

Partners, managers and staff in accounting firms who prepare accounts for charities and carry out audits and independent examinations.

Cost

Rate	Cost
Price	£90.00 + VAT
Retired Member	£45.00 + VAT
Career Break Member	£45.00 + VAT

Northern Society is offering delegates a 1/3rd off all of its live webinars up to 31 December 2021.

The discount will apply automatically at checkout.

Acting for Farmers – a comprehensive review with David Missen and Bob Trunchion

An essential update for those with farming clients

Are we about to see an agricultural revolution, either a brave new post-brexit world or the end of UK agriculture as we know it? This intensive half day course will explore the challenges and issues faced by farming and rural communities and the solutions and opportunities available. It is aimed at keeping you up to date on what matters in this specialist sector and the advice your client needs.

Course Information

Topics:

• The state of UK Agriculture in 2021
• Subsidies and farm economics after the Agriculture Act
• Inheritance tax and capital gains tax refresher
• Structures, successions, trusts, Pensions, incorporation and other nitty gritty problems with HMRC etc.
• Capital Tax planning – the dos and don’ts
• Business & Agricultural Property – 100% relief, are you sure?
• Succession planning

Cost

Rate	Cost
Price	£90.00 + VAT
ICAEW Member	£90.00 + VAT
Non-Member	£90.00 + VAT
Retired Member	£45.00 + VAT
Career Break Member	£45.00 + VAT

Northern Society is offering delegates a 1/3^rd off all of its live webinars up to 31 December 2021.

Please note that the respective discount of £30.00 and £15.00 will automatically be applied to the checkout and will be dependent on the membership level of each delegate.

If you are currently on a career break or retired please ensure to answer the form question.

Discounted rate
Price: £60.00 + VAT
Retired/Career break: £30.00 + VAT

Northern Society of Chartered Accountants www.norsca.co.uk

An essential update for those working in practice to ensure that you are compliant.

Accountants working in professional practice face a seemingly endless stream of regulatory changes which affect practice management. Non-compliance can result in a bad outcome at the time of an inspection visit from a professional body.

Course information

This course will explain all the recent changes and also highlight common issues on professional body regulatory visits, helping you to ensure that your practice is well prepared in the event of such a visit. Content will include:

AML procedures reviewed during Practice/Quality Assurance visits and why they matter
Client monies and DPB – where firms go wrong and why
Professional Conduct in Relation to Tax (PCRT)
How to managing risk and quality in a small practice
Preparing for an ICAEW/ACCA inspection visit
Recent regulator feedback on Practice and Quality Assurance compliance – what the disciplinary cases tell us

Who should attend the seminar?
Partners, managers and staff in accounting firms with an interest in anti-money laundering and practice regulation compliance.

Cost

Rate	Cost
Price	£90.00 + VAT
Retired Member	£45.00 + VAT
Career Break Member	£45.00 + VAT

Northern Society is offering delegates a 1/3rd off all of its live webinars up to 30 August 2021.

Making tax digital update

Rebecca Benneyworth has been an advocate of MTD since the consultation period in 2016 and remains keen to ensure that as many smaller firms and businesses as possible take advantage of these changes.

This session is an essential update for anyone working practice in accounts or tax as Rebecca will give delegates a clear idea of what processes they will need to adopt to serve clients in a completely new reporting environment. It would also be suitable for those working in business, although there is little detail as yet on plans for corporation tax.

This session will look at the July 2020 announcements from HMRC in regard to the process not only of the MTD project, but to what might develop with personal and business tax accounts over the next few years. It will cover the current requirements for VAT as a refresher, picking the tricky areas, and then move to the meat of developments to come through to 2023 when we shall see full mandation for income tax.

Content will include:

MTD for VAT requirements – a brief refresher; tricky practical areas
April 2021 developments – full digital links in place – how to achieve this
April 2022 developments – everyone in for VAT! Dealing with very small businesses. To deregister or not?
Income tax self assessment – the timeline. 2023 mandation – who will it affect? What will be needed? How will the mechanics work? What about very small businesses? Landlords and holiday lets.
Corporation tax plans and proposals
Where to with digital tax accounts?

Q4 General Practitioners’ Lunch

Join us for our quarterly lunch where you will meet like minded practitioners and gain valuable hints and tips.

Come along to our quarterly lunch for sole practitioners or those working in 1-2 partner firms to meet members with similar situations to support and share best practice. Our monthly event will commence with a light lunch followed by a speaker or discussion on a typical topic. This event is run by members for members.

Event information

The cost of the lunch includes tea, coffee and one of the following items. Please confirm at time of booking which item you require from the list below:

Soup of the day
Or
Roasted red pepper and smoked spicy houmous wrap (v)
Or
Cheese & pickle sandwich (v)
Or
Classic tuna mayo sandwich
Or
Roasted ham, tomato and rocket

Cost

Rate	Cost
ICAEW Member	£10.41 + VAT

Programme

Time	Session
12:30	Arrival
12:45	Lunch
13:15	Speaker/discussion
14:00	Close

2020 General Practitioners’ Lunch Series Schedule

Date	Session	Speaker
4 March 2020	Cloud Accountancy update	Chris Mcleod Sage
3 June 2020	Tax Update	Emma Glover Peppercorn Tax
9 September 2020	Use of AI & data analytics	Paul Wardle Inflo Software
2 December 2020	TBC	TBC

Q3 General Practitioners’ Lunch

Join us for our quarterly lunch where you will meet like minded practitioners and gain valuable hints and tips.

Event information

The cost of the lunch includes tea, coffee and one of the following items. Please confirm at time of booking which item you require from the list below:

Soup of the day
Or
Roasted red pepper and smoked spicy houmous wrap (v)
Or
Cheese & pickle sandwich (v)
Or
Classic tuna mayo sandwich
Or
Roasted ham, tomato and rocket

Cost

Rate	Cost
ICAEW Member	£10.41 + VAT

Programme

Time	Session
12:30	Arrival
12:45	Lunch
13:15	Speaker/discussion
14:00	Close

2020 General Practitioners’ Lunch Series Schedule

Date	Session	Speaker
4 March 2020	Cloud Accountancy update	Chris Mcleod Sage
3 June 2020	Tax Update	Emma Glover Peppercorn Tax
9 September 2020	Use of AI & data analytics	Paul Wardle Inflo Software
2 December 2020	TBC	TBC

Q1 General Practitioners’ Lunch

Join us for our quarterly lunch where you will meet like minded practitioners and gain valuable hints and tips.

Event information

The cost of the lunch includes tea, coffee and one of the following items. Please confirm at time of booking which item you require from the list below:

Soup of the day
Or
Roasted red pepper and smoked spicy houmous wrap (v)
Or
Cheese & pickle sandwich (v)
Or
Classic tuna mayo sandwich
Or
Roasted ham, tomato and rocket

Cost

Rate	Cost
ICAEW Member	£10.41 + VAT

Programme

Time	Session
12:30	Arrival
12:45	Lunch
13:15	Speaker/discussion
14:00	Close

2020 General Practitioners’ Lunch Series Schedule

Date	Session	Speaker
4 March 2020	Cloud Accountancy update	Chris Mcleod Sage
3 June 2020	Tax Update	Emma Glover Peppercorn Tax
9 September 2020	Use of AI & data analytics	Paul Wardle Inflo Software
2 December 2020	TBC	TBC

Charities update with John Selwood

The course is an update covering the developments in Charity auditing and accounting.

The course covers all major recent changes and is suitable for accountants in practice and the charity’s accountant.

Event information

The course will cover:

The latest Charity SORP and any hot accounting topics for charities
Impact of the Charities Act 2011
Problem audit areas
Common disclosure errors
A refresher on the external scrutiny regime
Problems in reporting to the Charity Commission and whistleblowing
Problems arising for different types of charity
Accountants and audit reports
New developments

If you attend both the morning and afternoon (Accounts update) course a light lunch will be served.

Cost

Rate	Cost
Price	£90.00 + VAT
Retired Member	£45.00 + VAT
Career Break Member	£45.00 + VAT

The early bird rate will apply automatically at the checkout. Please note that the early bird rate ends 01 April 2020.

Payroll taxes update Cumbria with Rebecca Benneyworth

This course will update you on changes to payroll measures over the last 12 months.

This course will update you on changes to payroll measures over the last 12 months, and flag up any forthcoming changes to keep you right up to date. In April 2020 we are likely to see the introduction of off payroll working rules for all those working through intermediaries, and this will be a major change to deal with. Final legislation may be issued quite close to the commencement date so it is important to ensure that you can advise clients appropriately.

Event information

The course will cover:

Basic changes – PAYE and NIC thresholds; changes affecting the basic operation of PAYE and NIC; Scottish and Welsh income tax changes
Minimum wage update and plans for the future. Minimum wage compliance cases reported recently.
Changes to taxation of benefits in kind in the last 12 months; future changes that have been announced; amendments to earlier changes
Off payroll working – what are the rules; obligations on engagers; the Status Determination Statement; advising affected clients effectively
Director rates of pay – what are the issues this year?
Auto enrolment – re-enrolment

Cost

Rate	Cost
Price	£90.00 + VAT
Retired Member	£45.00 + VAT
Career Break Member	£45.00 + VAT

Budget & Finance Bill 2020 Cumbria with Rebecca Benneyworth

This course will explain the content of the Budget and Finance Bill 2020 relevant to the general practice adviser; It will highlight areas of advice and issues to raise with clients.

Event information

The course will focus on the Finance bill, and is therefore dependent on the exact material in the legislation but is expected cover the following tax areas:
• Business and corporation tax
• Personal income tax including employment taxes and benefits in kind
• Off payroll working – the final version
• Savings and pension tax measures
• Capital gains tax – including changes to private residence relief
• Other capital taxes
• Tax administration.

The course is aimed at all practitioners and staff who work in tax and have a reasonable level of tax knowledge.