Business

Use of accountants skyrockets once business revenue hits $100k

Once annual revenue reaches $100,000, businesses are much more likely to engage with external accountants, new...

12 August 2025 • By Jerome Doraisamy

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Technology

AI, automation, and accuracy

Here’s what Intuit QuickBooks’ latest updates mean for Australian accountants and businesses, writes Amanda Newton.

11 August 2025 • By Amanda Newton

Tax

KPMG responds to ‘large scale tax fraud’ conducted by former employee

Last week, an AFP and ATO raid unearthed that a former KPMG manager had allegedly “orchestrated a large scale tax...

11 August 2025 • By Emma Partis

Tax

‘Window of opportunity’: ATO makes change to tax debts on hold

The Tax Office is starting to include tax debts on hold in taxpayers’ account balances from this month.

11 August 2025 • By Emma Partis

Tax

Fraud, tax debts, digitalisation top the ATO’s 2025–26 priority list

The ATO has released its corporate plan for the 2025–26 financial year, outlining its five top priorities for the...

11 August 2025 • By Emma Partis

Business

‘Increasingly sophisticated’ tax-time scams require proactivity from accountants

Tax season, one CTO says, is a key moment to prove to clients that “you're not just reactive, but proactive”, when it...

08 August 2025 • By Jerome Doraisamy

Tax

Tax practitioners urged to protect Australians from financial abuse in tax...

The tax community is working together to address the financial abuse of vulnerable Australians in the tax system to...

08 August 2025 • By Imogen Wilson

Regulation

Alleged tax fraudster faces charges following search warrant: ATO

The Tax Office has conducted a search warrant at a Sydney residence of a former consultancy firm employee who is...

08 August 2025 • By Imogen Wilson

Regulation

Accountants face AML staffing squeeze

Accounting firms must move quickly on hiring for AML compliance ahead of the July 2026 deadline, one expert has said.

07 August 2025 • By Accountants Daily

Regulation

Accountant’s unfair dismissal appeal upheld after clash with TPB-terminated...

An accountant claimed she was unfairly dismissed following a clash with a colleague who allegedly schemed to continue...

07 August 2025 • By Emma Partis

Technology

AI regulation must come with SME support, says CPA Australia

As the Productivity Commission continues to release interim reports, CPA Australia has said SMEs need support in the...

07 August 2025 • By Imogen Wilson

Regulation

NSW joins crackdown on illicit tobacco to protect SME community

As the ATO continues its battle against illicit tobacco, the NSW government is introducing tough new laws to...

07 August 2025 • By Imogen Wilson

Appointments

Grant Thornton adds new partner to risk consulting team

The professional services firm has expanded its risk consulting team with the appointment of Richard Storey to partner.

06 August 2025 • By Imogen Wilson

Business

Victorian WFH proposal will ‘steamroll’ small businesses, COSBOA says

The Victorian government’s proposal to legislate a legal right for employees to work from home two days a week has...

06 August 2025 • By Imogen Wilson

Tax

And that’s a rap: Div 296 tax gets an upbeat rendition

The Division 296 legislation isn’t something to be laughed at, but one accounting educator decided to try to bring a...

06 August 2025 • By Keeli Cambourne

Technology

Most accountants are tech enablers for clients

New research shows that accounting professionals are increasingly playing a hands-on role in enabling their clients’...

05 August 2025 • By Jerome Doraisamy

Tax

‘The devil will be in the details’: Concerns raised over tax reform proposal

Following the Productivity Commission’s sweeping tax reform proposals, business advocates are pushing for a more...

05 August 2025 • By Imogen Wilson

Tax

ATO vulnerability framework needs ‘training, transparency, support’: The Tax...

The Tax Institute has urged the Tax Office to commit to significant investment in the implementation phase of its...

05 August 2025 • By Imogen Wilson