Format
This session will be delivered via Zoom on Wednesday, 22 October from 2pm to 5:30pm. The Zoom link will be emailed to participants the day before the course is due to take place.
Who should attend
A must attend session for any accounting practitioner who advises or provides Company Secretarial Services to Republic of Ireland based clients.
Course overview
Some of the topics to be covered during this session will include:
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The key company filings with the CRO – how to ensure your clients continue to meet their company law requirements and what is new for Autumn 2025?
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Missing your Annual Return – what can you do?
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The key considerations relating to recent legislation including the Companies (Corporate Governance, Enforcement and Regulatory Provisions) Act 2024, the Employment (Collective Redundancies and Miscellaneous Provisions) and Companies (Amendment) Act 2024 and the Registration of Limited Partnerships and Business Names Bill 2024, as well as the Charities (Amendment) Act 2024.
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Recently enacted changes to the loss of Audit Exemption for late Filing and the practical implementation of these new rules.
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The latest Corporate Enforcement Authority (CEA) enforcement activity updates & guidance issued by the Authority.
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The Register of Beneficial Ownership - the key requirements, dealing with discrepancies, accessing and updating the Register; and
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The most common Company Secretarial changes.
Recent Institute interactions with the CRO will also be a focus area, while time will also be set aside for your questions on this topic.
Key Learning Outcomes
By the end of this course, participants will be able to:
Have a better understanding of the latest key Company Secretarial related issues impacting both their clients and their own practices.
Speaker Bios
Conal Kennedy FCA - Conal is Head of Practice Consulting in Chartered Accountants Ireland. He and his team provide advice and support to practices throughout Ireland, and publish a range of practice toolkits covering audit, accounting and compliance. Over a 18 year period in Practice Consulting, Conal has coached and advised many practices through major change events such as mergers, acquisitions and retirements. He has also advised on practice development and marketing.
Jeremy Twomey FCA - Jeremy in his role as Practice Consulting Manager works to support our member practitioners across our service areas, with a particular focus on compliance support, training and our associated advisory services. Jeremy is a Fellow of the Institute, having trained with Ernst & Young; he has held senior management positions across both financial and professional services, as well as the public sector.
Conor Sweeney - Conor is a qualified Chartered Secretary of in excess of 20 years’ experience, who in 2014 founded CLS Chartered Secretaries. CLS provides specialist company secretarial services to accountants, solicitors, and tax advisors, while Conor also has extensive lecturing experience in this area.
Contact us
If you have any questions regarding this or any other CPD course or requirements, please feel free to contact the team here or call us at (+353) 01 523 3930
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