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  • Framework for the preparation of accounts

    Updated date: 21 January 2026

    The following document provides crucial information on the revised ICAS guidance from June 2020 in relation to chartered accountants' professional responsibilities and more details.

    Categories:

    • Corporate & financial reporting
    • Practice
  • Corporate and financial reporting responses

    Updated date: 5 January 2026

    The following documents centre on ICAS' responses in relation to corporate and financial reporting. Read on for more key information on these responses.

    Categories:

    • Corporate & financial reporting
  • Sustainability research

    Updated date: 23 September 2025

    ICAS publishes research into the sustainability and financial reporting arenas.

  • Categories:

    • Sustainability
    • Research
    • Corporate & financial reporting
  • Guidance on the UK financial reporting framework for small and micro-entities

    Updated date: 31 January 2025

    This guide aims to summarise the key points of the reporting and filing requirements for micro-entities and small companies in the UK.

    Categories:

    • Corporate & financial reporting
  • Guidance on Realised and Distributable Profits under the Companies Act 2006

    Updated date: 27 January 2025

    This guidance should be referred to in the determination of realised profits and losses under the Companies 2006. It represents generally accepted practice at 31 December 2016 in relation to the meaning of realised profits.

    Categories:

    • Corporate & financial reporting
  • Principle Not Rules: Report on Proceedings of Financial Instrument Workshops

    Updated date: 21 January 2025

    The following document focuses on the report published by ICAS and provides crucial information from the report.

    Categories:

    • Corporate & financial reporting
  • Principles Not Rules: A Question of Judgement

    Updated date: 21 January 2025

    The following document centres on the culmination of an ICAS working group project and sets out a detailed report.

    Categories:

    • Corporate & financial reporting
  • Principles-Based or Rules-Based Accounting Standards? A Question of Judgement

    Updated date: 21 January 2025

    The following document brings insight by ICAS' report on the professional, academic and regulatory literature on the Principles versus Rules debate.

    Categories:

    • Corporate & financial reporting
  • Corporate and financial reporting responses 2012

    Updated date: 17 December 2024

    The following documents centre on ICAS' responses in relation to corporate and financial reporting from 2012. Read on for more key information on these responses.

    Categories:

    • Corporate & financial reporting
    • Consultations and responses