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  1. Consumer sentiment 'disappointing'

    “The initial response to a Budget can sometimes be an overreaction that reverses in following months. For example, last year’s Budget showed a similar immediate reaction with the index falling seven per cent in May, with sentiment regaining more than...

  2. Purse strings tighten for accountants

    focus on performance reporting, efficiencies and cost control,” she said. Salaries were stable in professional practice last year, with a number of firms giving only the minimal annual increase, Ms Roeder said. “Candidate movement was seen in the big...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Michael Masterman
    • Category: Business

  3. Red-tape savings passes the House

    Representatives. The federal government successfully passed the Paid Parental Leave Amendment 2014 through the Lower House last night. The minister for small business, Bruce Billson, said if passed by the Senate, the legislation will mean business will...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Michael Masterman
    • Category: Regulation

  4. ATO to scrutinise SMSFs

    from July this year, will give the ATO the ability to fine SMSF trustees who fail to meet their regulatory obligations. Last year, 18,000 SMSF contraventions were lodged with the ATO, of which approximately half could have incurred penalties based on...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Michael Masterman
    • Category: Super

  5. Government must cut compliance costs: William Buck

    has called on the government to accelerate tax and regulatory reform saying that despite making it clear during last year's election that it would target regulation and red tape, the Abbott government has taken little action of any significance to cut...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Michael Masterman
    • Category: Business

  6. Reforms needed to relieve burden on states

    PwC has called for major tax reform to relieve the increased debt burden placed on the states by last week’s federal Budget. Releasing PwC’s analysis of the Budget, PwC partner Paul Abbey said reforms are required to decrease the ballooning debt of...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Michael Masterman
    • Category: Regulation

  7. A hot property market provides a great opportunity

    The property market has dominated media coverage over the last year, as a low interest rate environment attracted thousands of new and repeat investors to the asset class. Accountants across the country will be looking at ways to strengthen their...

  8. NZ Budget shows the way

    great strides it has made in achieving a strong economic recovery,” Mr White said. “By turning around its deficits of the last six years, New Zealand can now spend more money on big ticket issues like research and development, and welfare measures such...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Michael Masterman
    • Category: Business

  9. Have you got the right skills for the job?

    Group of recruitment companies indicated the oversupply of accountants in Australia has doubled to around 1,600 since June last year, something Mr Batty said could be due to a mismatch of skill sets. “It could well be that the people in oversupply,...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Michael Masterman
    • Category: Business

  10. Corporate regulator's funding slashed

    The government's decision to withdraw $120 million in funding to ASIC over the next five years could have significant implications for accountants, with possible changes to the funding model around financial services licensing already being touted. In...

  11. Budget: industry bodies lament short-term vision

    Australia’s major accounting bodies are united in their calls for longer-term taxation reforms following last night’s Budget in which the government confirmed the much touted temporary deficit levy. “By ruling out serious structural reforms, such as...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Michael Masterman
    • Category: Business

  12. ATO in the firing line

    “The Budget forecasts for the 2014/2015 year will see total staffing in the general government sector return to the level last recorded in 2007/2008.

  13. The future of reporting

    by a company as part of their business strategy,” added Mr White. The International Integrated Reporting Council (IIRC) last year released its International Framework to establish globally accepted guiding principles and content elements that govern the...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Michael Masterman
    • Category: Regulation

  14. Business conditions down but confidence up

    better but still soft, profits weaker,” he added. Despite the marginal improvement in confidence, the trend remains down on last year’s highs, with no signs of an immediate reversal. Soft forward orders and headwinds from business investment and a soft...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Staff Reporter
    • Category: Business

  15. Government encouraging tax avoidance: William Buck

    further complexity to the tax system. This again increases opportunities and incentives for tax avoidance,” he said. “The last thing Australia needs to do is create, within our own borders, complex and inefficient tax arrangements that add more...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Michael Masterman
    • Category: Tax

  16. Economy too fragile for cuts, says CPA Australia

    in the Budget, arguing the widely expected deficit levy could be seen as simply an amendment to an already existing tax. Last week, Mr Drum told AccountantsDaily that CPA Australia did not support the deficit levy, saying it would hurt small business,...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Michael Masterman
    • Category: Regulation

  17. Demand for accountants drops

    The oversupply of accounting professionals in Australia has doubled since June of last year, according to the latest Clarius Skills Indicator. The report, which tracks the availability of skilled labour in the Australian market, shows a surplus of...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Michael Masterman
    • Category: Business

  18. Retail turnover figures disappoint

    of momentum consistent with recent readings on consumer sentiment - after surging into solidly optimistic territory late last year, the Westpac-MI Consumer Sentiment Index retraced all those gains in early 2014 to be back slightly below 'neutral' in...

  19. Legislative change is business' number one concern

    economic conditions, people risk and increasing competition to be named as business’ biggest concern. Finishing third in last year’s survey, regulatory and legislative change has been moving up consistently through the top ten risks over the past few...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Michael Masterman
    • Category: Business

  20. FSI to address competition concerns

    Inquiry (FSI), says the inquiry’s chair, David Murray. Speaking at an Australian Business Economists luncheon in Sydney late last week, Mr Murray said it was not surprising that the banking system has become more concentrated since the global financial...

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