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ICAEW Practice Assurance

ICAEW Practice Assurance is a framework of principles-based quality assurance standards ICAEW member firms and practising certificate holders must follow. Firms with a Practice Assurance contract, plus practising certificate holders and member firms, are required to comply with the Practice Assurance Regulations, which set out how the scheme operates.

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ICAEW (Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales)
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What it is

ICAEW states: "Our PA scheme provides ICAEW member firms and practising certificate holders with a framework of principles-based quality assurance standards to operate to." It is a compliance framework, not a certificate.

"ICAEW practising certificate holders, member firms and firms with a contract for Practice Assurance are required to comply with the Practice Assurance Regulations. These set out how the Practice Assurance scheme operates."

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ICAEW owns and operates the Practice Assurance scheme.

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