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The CPAA is a UK based professional association for accountants.

29/10/2026

Autumn Budget 2026: What are the key announcements?

Chancellor John Healey has delivered his first Budget today (28 October), announcing a range of measures affecting businesses, individuals and the wider economy.

For small businesses and accountancy practitioners, key announcements include an increase in the small business rates relief threshold from £12,000 to £18,000, a new Capital Gains Tax Founders' Relief offering a 10% rate on qualifying lifetime gains of up to £10 million, and an increase in the tax-free limit for income from small trading ventures from £1,000 to £3,000.

The Government has also announced further measures to tackle VAT non-compliance among online marketplace sellers, additional HMRC compliance activity and stronger tax debt collection powers.

Other announcements include increased tax-free business mileage rates, a continued freeze on fuel duty, and a £100 energy payment for eligible households.

CPAA will be reviewing the Budget announcements and their implications for smaller accountancy practices and their clients as further details become available.

29/10/2026

📢Webinar: Monthly Tax Update 📢
📆Today!
⏰11am - 12pm

Join Ros Martin for your monthly tax update!

20/10/2026

📢Webinar: Trusts: why we still need them for lifetime & death planning!📢
📆Today
⏰11am - 12pm

Join Amanda Fisher for this essential live webinar focusing on Trusts Planning!

13/10/2026

📢Webinar: Making Tax Digital for Income Tax!📢

📅If you missed it, catch up on CPAA Zone: https://www.cpaazone.co.uk/

Join HMRC for this essential live webinar focusing on Making Tax Digital for Income Tax-ensuring you and your clients are compliant!

07/10/2026

📢Webinar: The Option to Tax: Protecting VAT Recovery on Property 📢
📅If you missed it, catch up on CPAA Zone: https://www.cpaazone.co.uk/

Join Greg McNally for this essential live webinar focusing on Protecting VAT Recovery on Property!

02/10/2026

The CPAA October Newsletter is here!🎃

What to expect:
✅ Industry insights & trends 📊
✅ Expert tips & advice 💡
✅ Exclusive CPAA content you won’t find anywhere else! 🚀
and much more!

📨 Don’t miss out! Click the link to subscribe and view the Newsletter: https://www.cpaaforms.co.uk/250294504481051

01/10/2026

📣 Registration is now open for the next CPAA Professional Certification in Public Practice Accountancy!

Designed with public practice in mind, the Certification is ideal for accountants who are already working in a practice environment, running their own practice, or looking to develop the knowledge needed to progress in public practice.

The Certification Pack includes:
✅ Access to CPAA Learn
✅ Pre-recorded lectures and study notes produced by subject matter experts
✅ Practice quizzes
✅ Live online learning and revision sessions
✅ Two examination sittings
✅ Assessment of your self-reflective piece

The programme culminates in a three-hour, closed-book, remotely invigilated examination covering Financial Reporting and Analysis, Advanced Taxation, and Advanced Ethics and Compliance.

𝗥𝗲𝗴𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗰𝗹𝗼𝘀𝗲𝘀 𝟮𝗻𝗱 𝗙𝗲𝗯𝗿𝘂𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟳.

Find out more and register:
https://www.cpaaforms.co.uk/242553169588065

30/09/2026

📢Don't forget: your CPAA Annual Return must be submitted by 𝟯𝟬𝘁𝗵 𝗡𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿!

The Annual Return isn't simply an administrative exercise. It is an important part of CPAA's regulatory framework and helps us ensure that Members continue to meet the professional standards associated with membership.

Members who fail to submit their Annual Return by the deadline may face regulatory action.

Under CPAA's current Fixed Penalties framework, an inadvertent failure to submit an Annual Return by the due date may result in a £𝟮𝟬𝟬 𝗙𝗶𝘅𝗲𝗱 𝗣𝗲𝗻𝗮𝗹𝘁𝘆.

Continued or more serious non-compliance may instead be dealt with through CPAA's disciplinary process. The Association's Sanctions Guidance provides for indicative financial sanctions of up to £2,000 for a very serious failure to submit an Annual Return.

It is also important to remember that CPAA is committed to transparency in its regulatory work. Accepted Fixed Penalties are published by the Association, as are the outcomes of Regulatory Committee proceedings.

𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗱𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲 𝗶𝘀 𝟯𝟬𝘁𝗵 𝗡𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲.

You can read CPAA's Fixed Penalties and Sanctions Guidance here:
🔹Fixed Penalties:
https://cpaa.co.uk/files/galleries/Fixed_Penalties_2026[79].pdf
🔹Sanctions Guidance:
https://cpaa.co.uk/files/galleries/Sanctions_Guidance_2026[7].pdf
𝗣𝗹𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗲 𝗱𝗼𝗻'𝘁 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗔𝗻𝗻𝘂𝗮𝗹 𝗥𝗲𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗻 𝘂𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗹 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗹𝗮𝘀𝘁 𝗺𝗶𝗻𝘂𝘁𝗲.

24/09/2026

📢Webinar: Remuneration planning for Owner Managed Businesses!📢
📆Today
⏰11am - 12pm

Join Jeremy Mindell for this essential live webinar focusing on Remuneration planning!

23/09/2026

💸Is your Professional Indemnity Insurance sufficient?

Professional Indemnity Insurance (PII) is an important protection for both accountancy practices and their clients.

CPAA requires practices operated by Practising Members to maintain adequate PII. For policies taken out or renewed after 30 June 2026, the minimum levels of cover are:
🔸Annual fee income of £60,000 or less: £150,000
🔸More than £60,000 but less than £400,000: 2.5 times annual fee income
£400,000 or more: £1,000,000
These limits apply on an each and every claim basis.

Members should also check their policy excess. Under CPAA's current requirements, the uninsured excess must not exceed the greater of £3,000 or 3% of the practice's annual fee income.

PII isn't something to think about only when renewing your insurance. If your practice grows during the year, you should make sure your cover continues to be appropriate.

Members leaving public practice must also ensure appropriate run-off cover remains in place for six years.

Practising Members will be asked to provide details of their insurance arrangements as part of the Annual Return process.

𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘴𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘶𝘳𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘭𝘪𝘮𝘪𝘵𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘊𝘗𝘈𝘈'𝘴 2026 𝘊𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘵𝘶𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯.

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