Goodwood House, Goodwood near Chichester

These highly popular (and invariably over-subscribed) half yearly one day seminars in the stately setting of Goodwood House near Chichester, provide busy practitioners and their staff with a practical overview of developments in audit, accounting and tax over the previous six months as well as changes likely to occur in the near future.

Delegates receive comprehensive documentation which provides excellent reference material. The speakers, Stephanie Barber and Bob Trunchion from MacIntyre Hudson are both highly experienced lecturers.

Lectures are held in the magnificent ballroom - a setting surrounded by old masters. The course fee includes a gourmet three course lunch with wine.

This is an example of a lunch menu at Goodwood:

Thinly sliced Goodwood organic bresaola
with rocket lettuce and a salad of char grilled vegetables
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English leg of lamb
Simply roasted with shallots and garlic
And truffle potato cake
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Hot passionfruit soufflé with a chocolate foam
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Coffee and handmade chocolates

TOPICS

The specific topics to be covered are set near the time of the course in order to ensure up to the minute coverage. Topics covered in previous updates have included:

AUDIT & ACCOUNTING

• Accounting and Auditing Standards, UITF Abstracts and Exposure Drafts
• Company legislation
• Practical implications of accounting changes
• Important Audit Monitoring points
• Ethical Standards and professional and regulatory matters
• ICAEW technical releases
• Specialist areas eg charities, solicitors

TAXATION

• Finance Act/Bill
• Topical investigation points
• Recent tax cases
• Revenue statements of practice, concessions and interpretations
• Developments in VAT
• Developments in NIC

There is a race meeting at Goodwood Racecourse after the seminar - why not round off the day with a visit to the races?