London | 12 November
Please note these is a FACE-TO-FACE event being held in the UK.
Attendance is mandatory for CPD.
Please DO NOT REGISTER if you are unable to attend in person.
Join IFA Executive Director - UK Jonathan Barber and your IFA regional ambassador Ermal Krutani at the IFA London regional networking event.
We will be joined by Surya Dinavahi at Capium who will deliver a talk on How Capium can transform your practice and the way that you work.
We are delighted to be joined by Sean Smith from Sage will present MTD for Income Tax: Make Sure You’re Ready.
Making Tax Digital for Income Tax is now rapidly approaching and will become mandatory within the next 6 months for sole traders and landlords with a gross income of over £50,000 per year. We’ll have a refresh of the MTD for Income Tax legislation, take a look at the strategies you can adopt, and look at MTD compliant software, tools and innovation.
This talk will cover:
- Refresh of the MTD for Income Tax legislation
- Implementing effective strategies
- Software and tools available
- Innovation with the Sage MTD Agent
- Addressing questions, you might have
This session is deigned to be both a refresher and a practical session to ensure you’re ready for its implementation in April 2026. It is therefore accessible to all accountants regardless of their background knowledge on the subject.
This is a FACE-TO-FACE NETWORKING EVENT which will also include:
- an IFA update and welcome to new and fellow IFA members; and
- an opportunity to network with other IFA members and professional colleagues.
Open to non-members, we encourage you to bring your colleagues and if you have your own professional contacts, please consider inviting them along as well.
Date: Wednesday 12 November 2025
Time: 6:00pm – 8pm (arrival from 5:30pm onwards with a 6pm start)
Cost: Free
CPD hours: 2
Location:
Please take note of the venue change for this regional meeting:
Northeastern University London - Room 121/123
Devon House
58 St Katharine's Way
London E1W 1LP
Refreshments will be available. To help us cater appropriately it is important that you register.
About the speaker:
Sean Smith, Sage
Senior Product Advocate
A former accountant, Sean is highly passionate about client experience and strives to help firms create seamless client journeys, using frictionless technology to deliver the best client experiences. Sean has spent the past 8 years working with a range of accounting technology firms helping practices manage change.
Surya Dinavahi, Capium Customer Success Lead
Surya has been working in the accounting and finance sector since 2013. He has worked as a bookkeeper and progressed to become an accountant over six years. He studied AAT and then completed a degree in Banking and Finance from the London Institute of Banking and Finance. Surya has successfully been managing Capium’s highly-rated customer success team for over two years.
