New Briefing – the Annual
Governance Statement and Coronavirus
A new briefing is available
for CIPFA Better Governance Forum subscribers setting out how the
impact of the pandemic should be considered in the governance
review and the statement itself.
The briefing can be
downloaded from the website.
New deadlines for English
authorities
The regulations to amend
the Accounts and Audit Regulations 2015 have now been published.
This means that authorities in England have until 31 August to
produce their draft AGS and accounts. The final versions must be
published by 30 November. The Accounts and Audit (Coronavirus)
(Amendment) Regulations 2020 can be accessed here.
Following the decision at
the CIPFA/LASAAC meeting yesterday there will be no changes to the
Code for 2019/20. CIPFA’s proposals to simplify and reduce the Code
proved unacceptable to regulators and auditors. CIPFA press release
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