Residential Conference for Practitioners 2018

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1 Residential Conference for Practitioners 2018

2 Residential Conference for Practitioners November 2018 ACCA UK s Residential Conference for Practitioners provides an excellent opportunity to refresh your technical knowledge and discuss common issues with like-minded accountants. Taking place over three days, you will gain 21 CPD units from various sessions covering key topics. Hosted by a four star luxury hotel with excellent transport links, your delegate fee includes two nights accommodation, all meals (including two conference dinners), lectures and hand-out materials. Taking place over a Thursday, Friday and Saturday, this three-day conference minimises valuable time away from the office. relevant tailored to cover the latest technical issues affecting practitioners topical ten sessions that cover a wide range of current issues expertise we use expert speakers to keep you informed of the latest developments quality every aspect of our service is of the highest standard networking opportunities an ideal opportunity to share knowledge and ideas with fellow professionals convenient a one-stop update, minimising time spent out of the office. CPD UNITS Attendance at the conference represents up to 21 units of verifiable CPD provided the content is relevant to your professional development. VENUE Carden Park is a four star luxury Cheshire hotel complete with AA Rosette awarded restaurant, two championship golf courses and award winning spa. Nestled in 1,000 acres of rolling Cheshire countryside, Carden Park Hotel is the ideal venue for a relaxing hotel break, pampering spa visit, game of golf or productive conference. Conveniently located just 20 minutes from Chester City Centre, Carden Park offers the luxury of the city with a countryside backdrop. BOOKING fee 739 per person. how to book Book online at cancellations Refunds will only be given where cancellations are notified, in writing, 10 working days or more before the conference. For each cancellation, 10% of the conference fee will be charged. A colleague, however, may be substituted at any time prior to the conference. ACCA reserves the right to cancel or reschedule events without prior notice and to amend or alter published programmes, accommodation and lecturers. joining instructions Joining instructions are usually dispatched five working days before the conference. If you have not received your joining instructions three days before the conference, please contact Professional Courses. ACCA will not be held responsible for non-receipt of joining instructions and refunds will not be issued under these circumstances. helpline For further information, please contact Professional Courses on To register and book online please visit

3 Programme THURSDAY 22 NOVEMBER Lunch and registration ACCA Autumn Budget Update/Forecast Managing and Developing a Profitable Practice break Using Excel to Communicate Graphically break HMRC Compliance Checks, Tax Investigations and Enquiries Drinks reception Dinner FRIDAY 23 NOVEMBER VAT and Making Tax Digital break Property Tax Update break Post GDPR, Data Security Risks and Protection for those in Practice lunch Commercial, Company and Employment Law Update break IHT, CGT and Trusts break Accounting Standards Update break Accounting Standards Update continued Dinner SATURDAY 24 NOVEMBER Anti-Money Laundering Refresher and Update break General Tax Update lunch General Tax Update continued break General Tax Update continued Close Speakers Russell Cockburn Taxation consultant, lecturer and author Louise Dunford LLM LLB Barrister, director LDC Training Ltd, consultant for CompleteHR Ltd. Steve Giles MA (Oxon) ACA Partner, Highview Consultants Bob Hawken ACA Managing director, FinancePD Ltd Dr Stephen Hill BSc (Hons) MLPI CIIP PhD Managing director, Hill Bingham Ltd Alun Morgan BSc FCCA Director, PCP Tim Palmer CTA ATT Senior partner, The Palmer Consultancy Partnership Jason Piper LLB LLM CTA Senior manager, tax and business law professional insights, ACCA Paul Soper FCCA Tax lecturer, consultant and broadcaster Mike Ulrich ACA Dean Wootten FCA CTA Consultant, lecturer and author

4 THURSDAY 22 NOVEMBER FRIDAY 23 NOVEMBER ACCA AUTUMN BUDGET UPDATE/FORECAST The Autumn Budget is the main event in the UK tax policy calendar, and will hold extra relevance this year as the last scheduled opportunity to set fiscal policy before March This session will focus on the key elements of the statement from a client perspective, to put you in a position to lead conversations with clients about the likely impact on their business. The session content will be updated on our website once the date for the budget has been announced. Jason Piper LLB LLM CTA, Senior manager, tax and business law professional insights, ACCA MANAGING AND DEVELOPING A PROFITABLE PRACTICE benchmarking profitability, pricing and billing arrangements and improving practice performance stronger financial control and management of WIP, debtors and cash enhancement of client service measures to grow the business and attract better quality staff and clients building and realising value. the profitability quiz changes in the market place and how to respond focusing on profit and cash reviewing client acceptance and retention procedures reassess policies for fixed fee and transaction based work. Alun Morgan BSc FCCA, Director, PCP USING EXCEL TO COMMUNICATE GRAPHICALLY Not everyone is as comfortable as accountants at assimilating financial information. Some may even be number-phobic. This session will explore different ways to present financial data using Excel to those who would value something other than a table of numbers. choosing the right chart for the right job multiple data sets on the same chart (secondary axes) altering axes to change behaviour mini charts using sparklines advanced conditional formatting. Bob Hawken ACA, Managing director, FinancePD Ltd HMRC COMPLIANCE CHECKS, TAX INVESTIGATIONS AND ENQUIRIES This session will review how and why HMRC opens tax enquiries, the reasons compliance checks start, the methods of selection and risk analysis under the current UK compliance checks regime. It is of particular interest to those with owner-managed clients and will concentrate on current topics, prevention methods, survival techniques. why do cases start? risk analysis techniques current HMRC intelligence gathering techniques preventative methods and techniques recent discovery Tribunal judgements. Russell Cockburn, Taxation consultant, lecturer and author VAT AND MAKING TAX DIGITAL This session aims to cover the HMRC proposals for making tax digital and considers the impact it will have on your client base. Practical solutions will be offered to help you and your clients deal with digitalisation. MTD for VAT from April 2019 what are digital records? what are we uploading? how do practitioners make this work?! which software is best? making the most of this opportunity! topics are flexible and new areas may be added. Dean Wootten, FCA CTA, Consultant, lecturer and author PROPERTY TAX UPDATE This session will cover areas that practitioners encounter when dealing with clients with residential property interests. repairs v improvements impact of the 2017 changes to loan interest dealing with the new cash basis for unincorporated landlords capital gains issues for property practical issues with PPR relief and second homes. Dean Wootten, FCA CTA, Consultant, lecturer and author POST GDPR, DATA SECURITY RISKS AND PROTECTION FOR THOSE IN PRACTICE This session demonstrates how to review the effectiveness of your data security safeguards and adopt some simple measures to protect businesses and individuals from being victims of data loss. This session will also focus on the new GDPR and the significant changes that practitioners will need to adopt. This session will focus on the risks associated to data and how best to protect data from old and emerging threats including social engineering, social media and cloud computing. how is the digital environment challenging data protection? data security risks and emerging threats from cybercrime data protection responsibilities (including new Data Protection Bill) IT governance as a best practice approach GDPR understanding the new directive data security and compliance data loss prevention methods IT and people controls practical tips to protect data. Dr Stephen Hill BSc (Hons) MLPI CIIP PhD, Managing director, Hill Bingham Ltd

5 FRIDAY 23 NOVEMBER (CONTINUED) SATURDAY 24 NOVEMBER COMMERCIAL, COMPANY AND EMPLOYMENT LAW UPDATE This engaging and interactive session will cover the main legal topics affecting accountants dealing with small and medium sized businesses. The topics are likely to include some or all of the following, but will be updated to cover all new legal developments up to the date of the course. Commercial and Company Law company law update including developments on the PSC Register, new UK Trusts Register and new directors duties cases, shareholders agreements, articles of association including the consequences of untimely death of sole shareholder/director, various company law matters, including formalities on share buyback, unfair prejudice cases new developments in TUPE, and purchase and sale of a business GDPR where are we now it is in force? partnership law update implications of the Criminal Finances Act Employment Law employment status, the gig economy cases and what they mean holiday pay and the ECJ decision in Sash Windows what is happening on IR35? monitoring employees electronic communications and other social media issues dealing with sexual harassment complaints unfair dismissal update. Louise Dunford, LLM LLB Barrister, Director LDC Training Ltd, consultant for CompleteHR Ltd. ANTI-MONEY LAUNDERING REFRESHER AND UPDATE the modern financial crime threat landscape money laundering and terrorist financing definitions, scale and risks to accountants summary of the UK s legal position essential update the Money Laundering Regulations 2017 and the Criminal Finances Act 2017 the key controls to manage the risks review of recent cases. Steve Giles MA (Oxon) ACA, Partner, Highview Consultants GENERAL TAX UPDATE a detailed and practical review of all the latest tax changes and how they affect practitioners the recent tax cases and changes in legislation business tax update IR35 refresher and planning NIC, PAYE and benefits refresher practical VAT changes and developments CGT, IHT and stamp duty update personal tax update corporation tax update (including Capital Allowances) general tax planning resulting from recent tax changes case studies. Tim Palmer CTA ATT, Senior partner, The Palmer Consultancy Partnership IHT, CGT AND TRUSTS acquaint delegates with the particular taxation rules concerning assets transferred to trusts liabilities arising to IHT through continued use of trusts disposals made by trustees charges to both CGT and IHT on the transfer of assets outside of trusts new rules requiring ALL trusts with both actual and potential liabilities to register with HMRC make this a critical area. Paul Soper, FCCA, Tax lecturer and broadcaster ACCOUNTING STANDARDS UPDATE So, is it really time for me to sit through another Accounting Standard Update? Surely nothing has changed that much since the last course I attended? As ever, the answer is yes and no There are new versions of FRS 102 and 105 becoming effective for periods commencing 1 January 2019, and we will make sure that we prepare you for, in many cases, the limited number of differences that are in these new versions The remainder of the two sessions will be spent reminding ourselves that we no longer apply the principles of SSAPs, FRSs and, yes, even the FRSSE. Sadly, there is evidence that some accounts issued fall into the trap of if it ain t broke, don t fix it and apply old GAAP inconsistent with the new guidance this will include aspects of revenue recognition, fixed assets (tangible and intangible), provisions including deferred tax, financial instruments and disclosures including related parties. Mike Ulrich ACA To register and book online please visit