The dust has settled a bit on the anti-money laundering rules.

Tranche 2 commenced on 1 July. Enrolment closed on 29 July. Most firms have done something — enrolled, appointed a compliance officer, bought a program off the shelf.

But the questions haven’t stopped. If anything there are more of them now than there were in June, because firms have moved from reading about the regime to actually applying it to the jobs on their desks. And that is where it falls apart. The guidance tells you what a designated service is. It doesn’t tell you whether the Form 484 you lodged last Tuesday was one.

So we are running a session that does nothing but answer the questions we are actually being asked.

AML Update for Accountants — September 2026
One hour. No recap of the regime. Just answers