Compulsory Annual Ethics Training

Overview

As tax practitioners, we have a responsibility to our clients, the profession and ourselves to hold accountable to the highest ethical standards, to instil trust and respect for our advice and guidance. The way we can successfully do this is to continually check in with ourselves and be aware of our own moral compass but at the same time hold space and be open to understanding our clients challenges and points of view so that we can advise and guide them to do the right thing.

This seemingly impossible task is something we need to do, regardless of our professional responsibilities as we need to continually reflect on what the ethical decision and action is without undue influence.

This webinar-workshop is designed to give you space to reflect on your own personal journey and consider what you are striving for during these difficult times, as well as what you won't tolerate. It is just as important to know what you won’t tolerate as to know what you hope to inspire and see take shape in the world.

These ideas flow and develop from the personal space, to how we conduct our business and are mantled by our professional responsibilities in terms of your professional bodies’ Code of Professional Conduct. Who we are as a person is not separate from who we are as a professional and as a tax practitioner – a concept we will explore in this webinar-workshop.

The accounting profession demands strict adherence to the principles of ethics. To build and maintain the trust of the public when they think of our profession, practitioners need to be ethical individuals who can be entrusted to give the appropriate advice so that our clients can sleep well at night knowing that they are doing the right thing.

Click here to register for part 1.

Webinar content

The webinar will cover the following topics: 

• What is ethics?
• Ethical fading.
• Conflict of interest and independence.
• Due-care and competency.
• Understanding Non-Compliance with Laws and Regulations (NOCLAR).
• Adhering to rules set by your professional body.
• Understanding your professional code of conduct.
• Recently revised rules.

Real-life examples.

Outcomes

At the end of the webinar-workshop (part 1 and part 2), you should be able to:

• Apply ethical decisions in difficult situations.
• Understand the various rules of professional conduct.
• Apply international norms and legislative prescription critical to all practitioners.
• Provide relevant guidance to clients and have access to source material to navigate your engagements.
• Understand NOCLAR and the general application thereof.

Who should attend?

Tax managers/consultants, heads of tax, financial directors, accountants.

Presenter

Caryn Maitland

BCom(Honours Accounting) [UNP] CA(SA)

Caryn Maitland graduated in 1998 from the University of Natal, Pietermaritzburg (now UKZN), with a BCom Honours degree in Accounting and completed her articles with KPMG in 2001 and qualified as a Chartered Accountant (SA). She has been a member of IRBA as a registered auditor and accountant since 2002 and is also a registered member of SAICA.

Caryn has lectured in Auditing, second and third year subjects, for Varsity College from 1999 to 2001. In 2002, she was appointed as senior lecturer at UKZN and coordinated the Financial Accounting 300 course until June 2006. In addition, she has lectured in Advanced Financial Accounting since June 2006 until December 2011, co-ordinating the module on the Pietermaritzburg campus. During her time at UKZN she also lectured Financial Management for non-financial students registered for the MBA programme as well as the Post Graduate Diploma for Finance Banking and Investment (2002–2006).

Caryn has conducted independent workshops and seminars for professional accountants since 2006 on various topics, and has consulted on a number of technical issues. Since January 2011, she has focused on her own business as technical freelance consultant and trainer to those working within the accounting profession dealing with financial reporting, legislation, assurance and ethics. Caryn has worked closely with the Chartered Secretaries since 2011, which is where her love for legislation and particularly the Companies Act was born. Having recently qualified as a Probe MMX presenter, Caryn enjoys assisting practitioners in a

Caryn is a qualified CA (SA and RA), who has lectured extensively at the University of KwaZulu-Natal (and other institutes) where she lectured Advanced Financial Accounting. Since then, Caryn has specialised in facilitating ethics conversations, keeping assurance practitioners up to date and unpacking legislation for the financial sector.

She has conducted independent workshops and seminars for professional accountants since 2006 on various topics and has consulted on several technical issues. Since January 2011, she has focused on her own business as technical freelance consultant and trainer to those working within the accounting profession. Caryn is a technical advisor to various SAICA Eastern Region Districts as well as serving on various SAICA committees, such as the SAICA Eastern Region Council.

Since 2018, Caryn has worked extensively with commerce and industry, assisting analysts, directors, and other users of financials to interpret, prepare, analyse and forecast based on the results of financial statements.

CPD

This event and successful completion of the online assessment will secure 2.5 hours Ethics and Standard verifiable output Tax CPD points.

Event Investment

100% Discount for All CPD subscribers. Not a CPD subscriber yet? Click here to register now.

This is part two of a two-part webinar – both sessions need to be attended to obtain five ethics and standard verifiable output tax CPD points.

Regular price: R495.00 (part 2)

SAIT price: R395.00 (part 2) 

Company price (five attendees maximum): R950.00 (part 2)

Payments & Cancellations

• All payments must be made by EFT or by credit card, at least 3 working days before commencement of an event.
• Kindly note that should payment not be received 2 days after the event, legal action will be taken
• Proof of payment will be requested at registration, if payment does not reflect on Tax Faculty's bank account.
• Cancellations:
  • Only written notice of cancellation will be recognized.
  • If the cancellation occurs more than 4 working days prior to the event no cancellation fee will be charged.
  • If the cancellation occurs less than 4 working days prior to the event a 100% cancellation fee will apply.
• Delegates who book and fail to attend will be liable for the full event fee.
• Tax Faculty`s liability in the case of an event being cancelled will be limited to a refund or credit of the event fee.
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