As accountants feel the pressure over increased scrutiny of their AML reporting, the Treasury has tabled a new consultation that is set to overhaul anti-money laundering supervision as we know it.

The Treasury have put forward four new ideas that could potentially reform the supervision of accountants and lawyers' compliance with money laundering regulations.

The options ranged from bolstering the current supervisors of supervisors OPBAS to the more extreme option of stripping the professional bodies and HMRC of its supervision responsibilities and creating a brand new supervisor - the one supervisor to rule them all.

On this week's podcast, David Winch explores the four potential reforms and offers advice to accountants anxious of upcoming changes. 

Also on the pod, the AWEB team discuss ICAS' recent review of MTD for ITSA and its call to scrap the controversial project's decision  on quarterly reporting, as well as taking a closer look at AI and asking: is this new technology a friend or foe when it comes to tax? 

Podcast speakers:
Richard Hattersley
Tom Herbert
David Winch

Producer/editor:
Will Cole

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No Accounting for Taste ep 142: AML, AI and MTD

The AccountingWEB team dive right into Labour’s landslide victory last week, talking about Keir Starmer and the first female Chancellor, Rachel Reeves. They question whether Reeves will pause and take consultation from those involved in the industry. 

Tom Herbert discusses a popular topic, choosing the right software and apps. He explores the term ‘best’, why that’s not always the case for software and other factors that need to be considered.

Turning back to the election, Richard Hattersley shared that accountancy candidates were obliterated. Has the electorate fallen out of love with accountants and why?

Finally, Matthew Ord sheds light onto HMRC who was criticised for being unable to fix a problem of its own making after the department wrongly refunded voluntary class 2 national insurance contributions.

No Accounting for Taste ep167: Election talk, choosing software and HMRC errors

AccountingWEB’s business editor Tom Herbert speaks to Karen Briggs, KPMG’s new head of Brexit, about forecasting in uncertain times, what the firm is advising their clients and what a head of Brexit actually does...

No Accounting for Taste ep167: Election talk, choosing software and HMRC errors

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