Format
This session will be delivered via Zoom
on Thursday, 2 October from 9:30am to 1pm. The Zoom link 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, both from small and mid-sized practices and in business,
from across the island of Ireland.
Course overview
While the exact content of this webinar will be agreed
closer to its airing, some of the likely issues to be covered will include:
The main agreed updates to FRS 102 and 105 (these
relate to Lease and Revenue Accounting) coming from the latest FRC Periodic
Review of UK & Irish GAAP and how to help your clients/company prepare for
these.
UK Companies House Reforms, coming from the Economic Crime
and Corporate Transparency Act 2023, and the resulting major impacts ahead for
SME Financial Reporting.
Changes to the
Company Size criteria for both the UK & Ireland, and their impacts on your
clients and practice.
Sustainability
Reporting, where do we stand now after the EU Omnibus.
Typical areas for improvement with relation to
Financial Statements Disclosures and Presentation, as highlighted by
Professional Standards, the Practice Consulting Team, and Regulators, such as
IAASA and the FRC. This session will look to address common scenarios
impacting SMEs across the UK & Ireland, including giving example template
financial statement disclosure notes.
Key Learning Outcomes
By the end of this course,
participants will be able to appreciate the key Financial Reporting issues for your
SME clients and how to address these.
Speaker Bios
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