CCH Accounts Production 2026.2: Release Notes

CCH Accounts Production 2026.2 Release Notes

Release Highlights

This release provides a maintenance and compliance update for many entities. It includes:

The annual update for Academies for changes in the 2026 Academies Accounts Direction made by the Education and Skills Funding Agency.
Enabling of the 2026 Taxonomies
Removes options for Open Integration within Accounts Production as this product has been terminated. Removing these options was first released in 2026.1 SP.

Data can still be read from bookkeeping systems into Accounts Production using the Import option:

If the data is being read from Xero and QuickBooks it can be read directly from the bookkeeping system using the option to import From Software.
For any bookkeeping systems, it is usually possible to export the data from the bookkeeping system as a CSV file and import the file using the option From CSV file.

User Guides are available in Help here and the earlier Release Notes can be found here.

Prerequisites

Installing CCH Accounts Production 2026.2

This release is installed using the Central Suite Installer. This ensures that all prerequisites are in place and that all the products for which you are licensed are installed in the correct sequence. Click here to learn about the Central Suite Installer.

New method for reporting errors or requesting improvements

Currently, CCH are only notified of a problem where a user has raised it with the Support team or one of our customer service representatives. As a result, minor problems dealt with by users themselves are not logged and are unlikely to be fixed. We wish to provide users with a simple way to notify us of errors or make suggestions for improvements.

Note that assistance requests relating to current problems should still be addressed to the Support team in the usual way.

Where users have corrected errors without requiring the assistance of Support, or where they wish to notify CCH about suggested improvements, please email the information directly to the analyst responsible for maintaining the CCH Accounts Production formats, [email protected].

Key information required:

Master pack name
Master pack version
Format page or note number [for statutory database issues, the database node; for name range or nominal code issues, that information]
A very simple description, preferably also identifying the tab and row number for the format (eg "The formatting for the comparative total on row 75 is wrong")
If you think it is relevant, a screenshot

We normally fix reported errors within a few days of their notification and therefore the fix will appear in the next master pack. If you suggest an improvement, you should receive a reply about its feasibility within a few days.

Pensions formats

CCH are trying to establish how widely used the CCH Pension Formats are.
If you do use them, please email [email protected] and let her know roughly how many sets of accounts you produce per year by 31/07/26. This is because we are considering terminating the module.

Legislative & Compliance Updates

Packs updated

The following master packs have been updated for this release. These are discussed in more detail in the following sections.

Limited FRS 102 – pack 57.00
Consolidated FRS 102 – pack 48.00
Limited Micro Entity FRS 105 – pack 40.00
Limited Liability Partnerships FRS 102 – pack 44.00
Limited Liability Partnerships FRS 105 – pack 27.00
Limited IFRS – pack 48.00
Consolidated IFRS – pack 22.00
Unincorporated - pack 29.00
Charity FRS 102 - pack 33.00
Academy - pack 19.00

2026 Taxonomies

The following 2026 taxonomies have been enabled for the relevant entities;

CHAR-FRS102-2026-01-01
FRS-101-DPL-SECR-2026-01-01
FRS-102-DPL-SECR-2026-01-01
Full-IFRS-DPL-SECR-2026-01-01
IE-FRS-101-DPL-2026-01-01
IE-FRS-102-DPL-2026-01-01
IE-IFRS-DPL-2026-01-01

Please note the following for Irish Taxonomies;

The FRS 101 + DPL, FRS 102 + DPL and EU IFRS + DPL taxonomies with a date of 2017-09-01 will no longer be accepted from 1 July 2025.

Note: In addition, the FRS 101 Irish Extension 2026, the FRS 102 Irish Extension 2026 and the EU IFRS Irish Extension 2026 will be accepted from 1 July 2026.

Limited FRS 102 Master Pack 57.00

Format amendments

Page6is - Profit and loss account: VSTS 447603 - Amended tests for notes column heading on rows for op profit, discontinued and dividends to consider whether the row is printing.
Page7sofp - Balance sheet: VSTS 447603 - Amended ROU assets split to apply only where #bs999929=2; Removed Stop repeating titles command on row 87 of control tab and the sign tab.
Page7soce - Socie: VSTS 447603 - Flexed description of actuarial and hedging gains.
Note02 - Change in accounting policies: VSTS 447603 - Amended formatting in I67 to should be CY Cr instead of Dr.
Note12 - Employees: VSTS 447603 - Hide redundancy paragraph if empty; amend keep together around costs table.
Note109 - Other creditors due after one year: VSTS 447603 - Amended control tab to simplify tab suppression; added ROI information to Full tab.
Note51 - Grants and deferred income: VSTS 447603 - ROI Grant headings suppressed if no info in paras.
Note55 - Share capital: MP 54.00 Changes: VSTS 384993 - Amended formulae to always hide authorised capital where flag #bn9991524 is set to 'no'.
Note57 - Revaluation reserve: VSTS 447603 - Amended PY closing balance to pick up name range rather than total of column.
Note61 - Hedging and translation reserve: VSTS 447603 - Amended PY closing balance to pick up name range rather than total of column.
Note64 - Retained earnings: VSTS 447603 - Amended PY closing balance to pick up name range rather than total of column.
Validrep - Validation report: VSTS 451300 Changed row 30 logic to look at new #ac resolver rather than #au.

Paragraph amendments

Adoption of Periodic Review - Revenue - Fully retrospective method: VSTS 447603 - Added ' at end of date field.

Name Range amendments

OCIASS Share of OCI of associates 5230+9724

Consolidated FRS 102 Master Pack 48.00

Format amendments

Note02 - Change in accounting policies: VSTS 453358 - Revised page setup formula to include PR 2024.
Note12 - Employees: VSTS 447603 - Hide redundancy paragraph if empty; amend keep together around costs table; tagged redundancy costs.
Note34 - Debtors: VSTS 447603 - Added further tagging.
Note43 - Creditors due within one year: VSTS 447603 - Amended page suppression formula.
Note46 - Creditors due after one year: VSTS 447603 - Reorganised to show amounts >5 years before text.
Note108 - Other creditors due within one year: VSTS 447603 - Amended suppression formula.
Note109 - Other creditors due after one year: VSTS 447603 - Reorganised to show amounts >5 years before text; Amended suppression formula.
Note51 - Grants and deferred income: VSTS 447603 - Replaced #bn999521 with fixed text; Extended keep together for whole table.
Note100 - Prior period adjustment: VSTS 447603 - Removed need to reference a figure in the note tabs as part of attachment processing.
Validrep - Validation report: VSTS 451300 - Changed row 28 logic to look at new #ac resolver rather than #au. VSTS 457406 - For officer signatures, link name and title to parent instead of group.

Paragraph amendments

Adoption of Periodic Review - Revenue - Fully retrospective method: VSTS 447603 - Added ' at end of date field.

Limited FRS 105 Master Pack 40.00

Format amendments

Validrep - Validation report: VSTS 451300 -Changed row 6 logic to look at new #ac resolver rather than #au.

Limited Liability Partnerships FRS 102 Master Pack 44.00

Format amendments

Exrep - Exception report: VSTS 454863 - Make format invisible for Cloud AP.
Page6is - Profit and loss account: VSTS 447603 - Amended tests for notes column heading on rows for op profit, discontinued and dividends to consider whether the row is printing; Changed ref for disposal of operations to note 66.
Page7sofp - Balance sheet: VSTS 447603 - Amend ROU assets split to apply only where #bs999929=2.
Note02 - Change in accounting policies: VSTS 447603 - Amended formatting in I67 to should be CY Cr instead of Dr.
Note12 - Employees: VSTS 447603 - Show redundancy in the table and use paragraph only for breakdown, where required.
Note51 - Grants and deferred income: VSTS 447603 - Replaced #bn999521 with fixed text; Extended keep together for whole table.
Validrep - Validation report: MP 44.00 VSTS 451300 - Changed row 22 logic to look at new #ac resolver rather than #au.

Paragraph amendments

Accountants Report - Introduction (AAT): VSTS 453358 - Added AAT and CIMA options.
Accountants Report - Introduction (CAI/CPA/IPA): VSTS 453358 - Added line break.
Accountants Report - Introduction (CIMA): VSTS 453358 - Added AAT and CIMA options.
Accountants Report - Opinion: VSTS 453358 - Added AAT and CIMA options.
Accountants Report - Opinion (AAT): VSTS 453358 - Added AAT and CIMA options.
Accountants Report - Responsibilities (AAT): VSTS 453358 - Added AAT and CIMA options.
Accountants Report - Terms of engagement (AAT): VSTS 453358 - Added AAT and CIMA options.
Accountants Report - Terms of engagement (ICAEW/CIMA): VSTS 453358 - Added AAT and CIMA options.
Adoption of Periodic Review - Revenue - Fully retrospective method: VSTS 447603 - Added ' at end of date field.
P&L / SOCI Notes - Employees - Redundancy payments: VSTS 447603 - Use paragraph only for breakdown, where required.

Limited Liability Partnerships FRS 105 Master Pack 27.00

Format amendments

Exrep - Exception report: VSTS 454863 - Make format invisible for Cloud AP.

Paragraph amendments

Accountants Report - Introduction (AAT): VSTS 453358 - Added AAT and CIMA options.
Accountants Report - Introduction (CIMA): VSTS 453358 - Added AAT and CIMA options.
Accountants Report - Opinion: VSTS 453358 - Added AAT and CIMA options.
Accountants Report - Opinion (AAT): VSTS 453358 - Added AAT and CIMA options.
Accountants Report - Responsibilities (AAT): VSTS 453358 - Added AAT and CIMA options.
Accountants Report - Terms of engagement (AAT): VSTS 453358 - Added AAT and CIMA options.
Accountants Report - Terms of engagement (ICAEW/CIMA): VSTS 453358 - Added AAT and CIMA options.

IFRS Master Pack 48.00

Format amendments

Exrep - Exception report: VSTS 460603 - Add condition to hide this format in Cloud.
Validrep - Validation report: VSTS 460283 - New Validation Report for Cloud AP. Invisible to end users.

Consolidated IFRS Master Pack 22.00

Format amendments

Page4sr - Strategic report: VSTS 457406 - For officer signatures, link name and title to parent instead of group.
Page4dir - Directors' report: VSTS 457406 - For officer signatures, link name and title to parent instead of group.
Page4drs - Directors' responsibilities statement: VSTS 457406 - For officer signatures, link name and title to parent instead of group.
Page7sofp - Group sofp: VSTS 457406 - For officer signatures, link name and title to parent instead of group.
Note21 - Dividends: VSTS 447603 - Amended throughout to pick up descriptions and paragraphs from the parent.
Page17sofp - Company sofp: VSTS 457406 - For officer signatures, link name and title to parent instead of group.
Validrep - Validation report: VSTS 460284 - New Validation Report for Cloud AP. Invisible to end users.

Unincorporated Pack 28.00

Format amendments

Page7sofp - Balance sheet: VSTS 453358 - Allowed for override of capital account designations.
Note17 - Fixed capital account: VSTS 453358 - Allowed for override of capital account designation.
Note18 - Current account: VSTS 453358 - Allowed for override of capital account designation.
Validrep - Validation report: VSTS 451300 - Changed row 15 logic to look at new #ac resolver rather than #au.

Name range amendments

TXADVERT Tax links MTD - Advertising and promotions 1830..1839+2830..2839+3830..3839
TXENT Tax links MTD - Business entertainment 1870..1879+2870..2879+3870..3879

Charities Pack 33.00

Format amendments

Page5aud2 - Auditor's report 2020: VSTS 447603 - Exclude 'Other information' paragraph concerning Charities Act 2011 where there is no England/Wales reporting required.
Page6sfa - Statement of financial activities: VSTS 447603 - Split out Revaluation transfers from other movements (and therefore changed the transfers rows).
Page7sofp - Balance sheet: VSTS 447603 - Split out Revaluation transfers from other movements; Corrected row suppression for situations where there is a pensions balance.
Note125 - Restricted funds: VSTS 447603 - Changed row suppression for final totals to reference both the pension and revaluation rows above, for current and comparative. VSTS 447603 - Split out Revaluation transfers from other movements, with new name range; Amended column suppression to take account of additional rows.
Note137 - Material funds: VSTS 447603 - Changed row suppression for final totals to reference both the pension and revaluation rows above, for current and comparative. VSTS 447603 - Split out Revaluation transfers from other movements, with new name range; Amended column suppression to take account of additional rows.
Note126 - Unrestricted funds: VSTS 447603 - Changed row suppression for final totals to reference both the pension and revaluation rows above, for current and comparative. VSTS 447603 - Split out Revaluation transfers from other movements, with new name range; Amended column suppression to take account of additional rows.
Note127 - Analysis of net assets between funds: VSTS 447603 - Amended check to balance sheet for unrestricted funds to use URCF instead of URGF.
Validrep - Validation report: VSTS 460282 - New Validation Report for Cloud AP. Invisible to end users.

Paragraph amendments

Audit Report - Authority to act Charities Act: VSTS 418352 - Removed extra blank line at end.
Trustees Report - Significant matters - 2024 Periodic review: VSTS 414457 - New paragraph.

Name range amendments

NEW Name ranges:
URRRBF   UF Revaluation reserve bf   1980
URRRTR   Transfer to general Unrestricted funds   1981
URRRCF   UF Revaluation reserve cf   1980..198Z+1935..193Z
MFRRBF   Revaluation reserve bf   2980
MFRRTR   Transfer to general MF   2981
MFRRCF   Revaluation reserve cf   2980..298Z+2935..2939
RFRRBF   Revaluation reserve bf   3980
RFRRTR   Transfer to general restricted funds   3981
RFRRCF   Revaluation reserve cf   3980..398Z+3935..3939
EFRRBF   Revaluation reserve bf   4980
EFRRTR   Transfer to general funds   4981
EFRRCF   Revaluation reserve cf   4980..498Z+4935..4939

Changes:
TSOFAOP   Total SOFA operating profit   Removed 1925..1934+2925..2934+3925..3934+4925..4934
URRR   UR: Revaluation reserve - old NR   changed description
TONIRAT   TO: Net outgoing or incoming resources   Was [1000..1934]+[2000..2934]+[3000..3934]+[4000..4934]; Now 1000..1920+2000..2920+3000..3920+4000..4920
TOBF   TO: Opening balance   Was [1970..1998]+[2970..2998]+[3970..3998]+[4970..4998]; Now 1970..1980+2970..2980+3970..3980+4970..4980+1990+2990+3990+4990
RFBF   RF: Opening balance   Was [3970..3994]; Now 3970..3980+3990
RFREV   RF: Revaluation of fixed assets   Was [3935..3949]; Now 3935..3939
RFRR   RF: Revaluation reserve - OLD NR   changed description
PENMOV   Defined benefit pension - movements   Was 9301..932Z+9331..934Z; Now 9301..932Z+9331..934Z-9348
MFBF   MF: Opening balance   Was [2970..2994]; Now 2970..2980+2990
MFRR   MF: Revaluation reserve - OLD NR   changed description
EFBF   EF: Opening balance   Was [4970..4994]; Now 4970..4980+4990
EFRR   EF: Revaluation reserve - OLD NR   changed description
URBF   UF: Opening balance   Was [1970..1994]; Now 1970..1980+1990

Chart amendments

NEW Nominal codes:

1928 - UF Transfer to or from Revaluation reserve
1981 - UF Transfer between revaluation reserve and general funds
2928 - MF Transfer to or from Revaluation reserve
2981 - MF Transfer between revaluation reserve and general funds
3928 - RF Transfer to or from Revaluation reserve
3981 - RF Transfer between revaluation reserve and general funds
4928 - EF Transfer to or from Revaluation reserve
4981 - EF Transfer between revaluation reserve and general funds

Academies Master Pack 19.00

Format amendments

Page2con - Contents: VSTS 447602 - Removed I&E page from list.
Page3inf - Reference and administrative details: VSTS 447602 - Added accountants #aw1.
Page4trr - Trustees' report: VSTS 447602 - Updated for 2026 AAD changes: Removed trade union info; Moved related parties paras above Engagement paras.
Page6sf1 - Statement of financial activities: VSTS 447602 - Removed old stat db adjustments to grant expenditure.
Page8cf - Statement of cash flows: VSTS 447602 - Replace references to 'year' on rows 47 & 49 to 'period' where appropriate.
Note40 - Comparative information: VSTS 447602 - Removed old stat db adjustments to grant expenditure.
Note08 - Expenditure: VSTS 447602 - Replaced old stat db codes for grant expenditure with nominal codes; adjusted C36 to use #cd9 not #CD9.
Note58 - Grant expenditure: VSTS 447602 - Removed old stat db adjustments to grant expenditure, provided variable description and adjusted the comparatives text.
Note09 - Charitable activities: VSTS 447602 - Amended analysis tab A6 to suppress where detail not chosen.
Note14 - Staff costs: VSTS 447602 - Removed suppression for key management personnel paragraph, which should always be shown.
Note32 - Funds: VSTS 447602 - Updated tabs to show full period end date where the current and prior periods end in the same year.
Note35 - Analysis of net assets between funds: VSTS 447602 - Replaced check vs balance sheet totals with updated formulae from the balance sheet.

Paragraph amendments

Accounting policies - critical matters - detail: VSTS 447602 - Updated for 2026 AAD changes: Amend date of valuation.
Governance statement - risk and control framework - internal audit: VSTS 447602 - Updated for 2026 AAD changes: Added "in-house".
Notes - b/s - pension - introduction: VSTS 447602 - Updated for 2026 AAD changes: Changed date for LGPS.
Notes - b/s - pension - tps valuation 3: VSTS 447602 - Updated for 2026 AAD changes: Changed 'will be' to 'was'.
Notes - b/s - pension - tps valuation 6: VSTS 447602 - Removed duplicated 'has'.
Statement of trustees responsibilities - financial controls: VSTS 447602 - Updated for 2026 AAD changes: Remove ref to ESFA.

Software Enhancements

Statutory Database - Clearing the text of a paragraph

Previously if you deleted all the text of a paragraph and pressed 'OK', a message popped up to say that there is a blank text box and if left, you will get an 'ixnonnumeric' and 'malformed XML' error when filing electronically. You should instead use the option to Clear the paragraph which performs slightly differently although it looks the same. Unfortunately some users left the blank paragraph and later encountered these errors. Now, instead of the error message, we automatically Clear the paragraph.

Removal of options for Open Integration

The option for Open Integration was removed in 2026.1 SP. However many users will not have loaded it. So the detail is repeated here.

Open Integration was terminated because very few users used it and it had high maintenance costs.

Alternative methods of reading data from a bookkeeping system are available using the Import option:

If the data is being read from Xero and QuickBooks it can be read directly from the bookkeeping system using the option to import From Software.
For any bookkeeping systems, it is usually possible to export the data from the bookkeeping system as a CSV file and import the file using the option From CSV file.

Quality Improvements

CCH Accounts Production

ADO 460120 - An error occurred in the Year End if you tried to convert to a different entity, e.g. from FRS105 to FRS102

This was connected to the removal of Open Integration and only affected users who loaded version 2026.1 SP.

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