The International Association of Bookkeepers (IAB) is a leading UK and international professional and awarding body for bookkeepers.
Professional membership:
Professional members join us to benefit from:
- Enhanced professional status
- Supervision under the Money Laundering Regulations
- Opportunities for Continuing Professional Development (CPD)
- Regular technical updates
- A range of professional and lifestyle benefits
Additional information about professional membership and supervision can be found here: www.iab.org.uk/join-the-iab/.
Bookkeeping and payroll qualifications:
We offer a range of Ofqual regulated qualifications, covering bookkeeping and payroll. Our qualifications enable individuals to learn highly sought after skills, to use either within their own business or improve their job prospects and open the door to a range of career opportunities. The qualifications can be used to upskill those working in a bookkeeping or accounting role or to gain new skills and knowledge. IAB qualified individuals give small businesses or accounting and bookkeeping practices a competitive edge. Further information about our qualifications can be found via the following links:
Bookkeeping qualifications: www.iab.org.uk/bookkeeping-qualifications/
Payroll qualifications: https://www.iab.org.uk/payroll-careers-qualifications/
How we support bookkeepers and accountants:
We are dedicated to supporting bookkeepers, accountants and SMEs. We do this by:
- Ensuring members are kept up-to-date with the latest news and changes relating to the bookkeeping and accounting sectors through the IAB’s own magazines and e-newsletters, and also the exclusive newsletter from Croner-i, which you receive if you are a professional member. This offers new ways to run your business efficiently and provides information to help you keep up-to-date with bookkeeping, accounting and payroll-related matters.
- Working to raise the profile of bookkeepers and the vital support that our members provide to businesses around the world, by attending business shows where we represent and promote the services of our members and also through local and national press coverage.
- Representing your views to government departments and agencies on a range of areas. This also enables us to keep you updated in relation to changes which will have an impact on bookkeepers, accountants and SMEs. Some of the meetings we have attended in the past year are:
- HMRC working group meetings which are attended by other professional bodies. The main topic raised at these meetings is Making Tax Digital for VAT which comes into effect from April 2019.
- The Pensions Regulator professional body working groups in relation to automatic enrolment and the changes taking place over the next year including further increases to contribution rates from April 2019.
- Meetings in relation to the changes to the Money Laundering Regulations which took place in 2017 and guidance on how to comply.
- We regularly meet with other supervisors and are also involved in Flag It Up which is a campaign run by the UK Government and supported by professional bodies to raise awareness of the warning signs of money laundering, promote best practice in due diligence and encourage the high-quality reporting of suspicious activity. Further information about the campaign can be found here: campaign.gov.uk.
- Meetings with Companies House providing updates in relation to the work they do and changes taking place.
- Upskilling individuals around the world through our bookkeeping and payroll qualifications. This equips people with the knowledge required to either run their own business or to progress or begin their careers as a bookkeeper or in a related role, enabling them to excel and hit the ground running to provide vital support to businesses.
Are you an accountant looking to outsource work to a bookkeeper?
If you’re an accountant and you’re looking to outsource the bookkeeping work for your clients to a bookkeeper then why not choose an IAB professional member? IAB members are not only qualified, but also professional and supervised with all the skills you and your clients need. They are required to continue their professional development – ensuring your clients receive the most professional service.
To find a bookkeeper please visit: www.iab.org.uk/find-bookkeeper.
Contact us
If you have any questions about the IAB, our membership or qualifications and the support we can provide please contact us: [email protected] or +44 (0)1732 897750.
We will be exhibiting at Accountex on 1-2 May so if you attend come and see us on stand 1111.