counterproductive and are sparking scepticism and fatigue in accounting circles, according to KPMG. Research from Deloitte last year shows apps lead the way when it comes to core business and social behaviours like networking, with 79 per cent of mobile...
black.” Chief executive Rick Ellis’ “strategic review” of CA ANZ, which he announced within three months of taking office last year, is starting to take shape in the form of internal policy and personnel changes with aims to ultimately create a...
come before 30 June. Queensland based firm, Divest Merge Acquire (DMA), joined Walker Wayland as a boutique member firm late last week, after several months of talks. A boutique membership effectively formalises a referral relationship for a firm within...
the associations was intended to present a united lobbying front to government on behalf of the accounting profession. The last formalised meeting between the three bodies was in 2012, but CA ANZ chief executive Rick Ellis said he’s in talks with CPA...
Sage, the partnership reinforces its focus on the tax return market in Australia, and is in line with plans it foreshadowed last year to target larger firms. Sage’s traditional base has been firms with less than 10 employees, but its outgoing accounting...
Budget Paper No. 2, the one that has the decisions in it, and as Fairfax journalist David Crowe noted, it looks bigger than last year's, and although some things have been leaked or been speculated about ahead of the budget, I think you can safely say...
be part of a broader risk analysis by the ATO.” New register requirements for digital currency exchange providers introduced last month are also a clear direction of the government’s broader plan to close out any tax loopholes related to cryptocurrency....
you will be able to refine your skillset, develop a stronger profile and address your market more effectively. And the last one: capitalise on the power of content marketing. By reaching out to a targeted audience with relevant and engaging content you...
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hurt, anger, and the extreme disappointment that members have experienced over the events that unfolded in our organisation last year”. It then descended into a frustrating evening for members present when Mr Wilson revealed that the four board-proposed...
Lawyer and financial services executive Terry McMaster wrote to authorised representatives of his Dover licensee business last week, announcing the cancellation of its AFSL following the intervention of ASIC. According to the email, obtained by...
to quash "automatic entitlement" claims. According to the tax office, clothing claims have risen by 20 per cent over the last five years, with 6 million people claiming nearly $1.8 billion in laundry expenses last year. “While many of these claims will...
per cent of internal promotions. The partnership is now 25 per cent female, a slight improvement from 24 per cent this time last year. KPMG’s Alison Kitchen, the firm’s first female chair, marked gender diversity as a top priority around her appointment...
by former auditor-general Ian McPhee. Mr McPhee's recommendation followed the association's corporate governance crisis last year. CPA Advice has struggled from its launch in 2015 to attract members, falling hundreds short of its business projections by...
your investment offshore when you’re not there. About the author Andrew Mault has worked in operational management for the last 25 years, in outsourcing and offshoring for the last 12 years, and has been based in the Philippines for the last 5 years....
morning, Reckon posted a $39.9-million revenue for the six months to June 2018, down 6 per cent from $42.3 million recorded last year. Its net profit attributable to members came up to $5.2 million, down 5 per cent from $5.4 million last year. MYOB’s...
software firm for the past 12 years, admitting to being unable to find optimal work/life balance. “I flew every week for the last two years and, really, for the last 15 years, I’ve flown at least every week or two. While I like to think I was a good...
firm that claimed there were “interrogated” by the ATO while acting on behalf of their clients. In a parliamentary hearing last week, Senator Cory Bernardi raised an issue brought to his attention by an unnamed accounting firm that claimed that they and...
a decision by the Federal Court to dismiss the appeal of a tax agent who was rejected from renewing his registration. Last week, Justice Logan of the Federal Court dismissed the appeal by Philip Ham, upholding the Administrative Appeals Tribunal (AAT)...
to interview certain trustees, to ensure the integrity of the sector is upheld. Speaking at the SMSF Summit in Melbourne last week, ATO assistant commissioner Dana Fleming said the agency’s “secure the front door” program, a compliance program used at...
Dana Fleming said the Tax Office would be dealing with about 39,000 non-lodging SMSFs following its work with such funds last year. “I can’t emphasise how seriously we take the lodgment obligation to lodge an SMSF's return annually – this provides us...
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