International Accounting Awards is the industry’s foremost recognition of excellence, attracting entries from all over the region and recognising accounting firms, along with regulators, and industry bodies, consultancies and advisories, law firms, technology providers, and individuals that define the cutting edge of work in the accounting arena. The gala awards presentation dinner has grown to be the premier event in the accounting calendar.

WHO SHOULD ENTER?

The awards are open to accounting firms, regulators, industry bodies, consultancies and advisories, law firms, technology providers, in-house departments, and solo practitioners from all countries in Europe.

ELIGIBILITY PERIOD

Entries must be for work conducted between January 2024 to March 2025 in order to be eligible to enter into the International Accounting Awards 2025. Your work must have made an impact during the time period and results you provide must be within this time frame. Elements of your work may have been introduced earlier and continued through this period, but your case should be based on data and results relative to the qualifying time period.

DATES AND DEADLINES

Standard Entry Deadline: Friday 4 April 2025

Finalists Announcement: Monday 28 April 2025

Awards Presentation: Thursday, 26 June 2025

Awards winners will receive a trophy which will be presented at the International Accounting Awards 2025 gala dinner at Hilton Metropole London on 26 June 2025. 

Entrants should follow these simple guidelines to ensure your submission has the best chance of winning.

SUBMISSION RULES

1. Entry qualifying period January 2024 – March 2025
2. Submissions can be made either on behalf of your own company or in recognition of a colleague or partner firm.
3. You can enter more than 1 category. When entering more than 1 category the entry form must be written for that specific category. Do not submit the same entry for each category.
4. Entry must address the award category explicitly, and answer the questions. No generic links to websites or corporate marketing material.
5. Submissions should highlight the key differentiator and competitive nature of the project or implementation.
6. All information is treated in strict confidence and any quotes or information to go into the public domain will be pre-cleared by the Entrant.
7. Submissions made after the publicised cut-off date will be treated on a case-by-case basis.
8. All entries must be a true and accurate. Judges may request further information if details are unclear. 
9. The Judges reserve the right to make no award for any specific category. 
10. The Judges reserve the right to move a submission to a more appropriate category at their discretion 
11. In submitting for more than one category the submissions must be different (see 3).
12. The Judges’ decision is final. Due to the number of entries received judges are unable to provide individual feedback.
    
13. Judges are experts in the industry. Judges are permitted to sign a judging code of conduct. All judges are obliged to declare any interested in a submission. If they do declare an interest, they will not take part in judging that entry.

IMPORTANT NOTES Whilst we recommend you try to submit against as many of the criteria as possible, we appreciate that for some companies this may not be possible. The more you can respond against the stronger your application will be, but we would like to highlight that submitting against all criteria is not mandatory. Each submission is highly recommended to be customised for each new entry to best describe how the case has performed well in the context of the particular category.