Advice & Support

Members have access to comprehensive advice and support from the IFA website and membership area, including information on starting up a business, taxes, returns and payroll, finance and grants and sales and marketing.

Anti-Money Laundering

It is important to remember that you have individual and specific legal obligations under the MLR, and that non-compliance is itself a criminal offence. The maximum penalties range from substantial fines and up to two years imprisonment for failing to comply with procedures, up to five years for failing to report and fourteen years in prison if you are convicted of being involved in a money laundering offence itself.

Please click on the information tabs on the left for further details.

Recruitment of Conduct Committee Members

The IFA is seeking nominations to its independent professional conduct panels (investigation, disciplinary and appeal) from IFA fellows and associates.

Nominees must never have sat on the IFA Council, must not be currently or previously involved in the Institute's work, and must currently be working in a professional capacity (or have retired less than three years ago).

The IFA is also seeking nominations for lay appointments (non-accountants).

There will be no contract between the IFA and conduct panel members and the appointment and duration of tenure will be at the discretion of the Manager of Professional Standards.  The time commitment is likely to be between seven and ten days a year, but this cannot be guaranteed.  Panel members will be entitled to a fee and reasonable expenses.

There will be induction training.
 
For further details and to request an application form, please contact:

Manager of Professional Standards

IFA

Burford House

44 London Road

Sevenoaks

Kent TN13 1AS

MartinN@ifa.org.uk