Mid-Tier Firms Hire Around AI. Solos Sell Up the Stack.
ICAEW found mid-tier firms are hiring around AI, swapping graduates for school leavers. A solo practice can't. Here's the one lever I actually have.
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Professional body updates, ethics, audit standards, and the business of running a solo cloud-accounting practice, with notes on what the headlines actually mean at the coalface.
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Why I Still Reach for Excel Before Syft on a New Engagement
On a new client engagement the first 90 minutes belong in Excel, not Syft. Here is why audit-trained practitioners still reach for a flexible grid first.
HMRC's New AI Reads the Network, Not Just the Return
HMRC's £175m Quantexa deal builds AI that maps the connections across your companies and directors. Here is what I am changing in my client file notes.
Sanctionable Conduct Is Live. Here Is What I Changed.
From 1 April 2026, HMRC can penalise tax advisers up to 1m for sanctionable conduct. What the new threshold means for grey-zone advice.
HMRC Tax Agent Registration Opens 18 May
Mandatory HMRC tax agent registration starts 18 May 2026. What the minimum standards mean, who needs to register, and what I'm doing before the deadline.
The ICAEW's 'Credible Basis' Test Is Already My Problem
The ICAEW Code of Ethics 1 July 2026 update lands a 'credible basis' test on tax advice. I'm ACCA - why it already applies to me, and what I'm changing.