Format
This course will be delivered via Zoom on Friday 4 April 2025 from 10am to 12pm. The link to acess this course will be emailed to participants the day before the course is due to take place.
Who should attend
This course is suitable for accountants, and other business professionals, from small and mid-sized practices from across both the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland.
Course overview
Some of the topics to be covered by our speaker panel during this session will include:
- An overview of the some of the findings that arise on a regular basis during Professional Standards Monitoring visits to our member firms.
- The work of our Professional Standards Authorisations Teams and in particular the growing amount of member firm restructuring taking place.
- An update in relation to the likely impacts for those in practice and your clients of the recently announced European Commission Omnibus relating to CSRD and related EU Green Deal measures.
- Recent Tax updates from both jurisdictions on this island by our Tax colleagues Gearóid O'Sullivan and Leontia Doran.
- The Institute's ongoing interactions with key Regulators (such as Revenue, HMRC and the CRO) on behalf of our members; and
- A brief overview of some of the latest Compliance and Technical issues from recent weeks as included in the April edition of Practice Matters.
Key learning outcomes
By the end of this course, participants will be able to:
- Appreciate the key issues impacting both your practice and your clients at this time
Speaker Bio
Conal Kennedy - FCA, Conal is Head of Practice Consulting in Chartered Accountants Ireland. He and his team provide advice and support to practices throughout Ireland, and publish a range of practice toolkits covering audit, accounting and compliance. Over a 18 year period in Practice Consulting, Conal has coached and advised many practices through major change events such as mergers, acquisitions and retirements. He has also advised on practice development and marketing.
Jeremy Twomey - FCA, Jeremy in his role as Practice Consulting Manager works to support our member practitioners across our service areas, with a particular focus on compliance support, training and our associated advisory services. Jeremy is a Fellow of the Institute, having trained with Ernst & Young; he has held senior management positions across both financial and professional services, as well as the public sector.
Note for Legacy CPA Members
Members who joined Chartered Accountants Ireland following the amalgamation on 1 September, please continue to book on the CPA Portal here
to ensure you receive your member discount.
Contact us
If you have any questions regarding this or any other CPD course or
requirements, please feel free to contact the team here or call us at (+353) 01 523 3930