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  1. Weaponising trust: When cyber criminals abuse cloud applications

    is not being spared cyber incidents and major data breaches. At least two incidents that occurred in Australia in the last 18 months should be on every financial professional’s mind, and are perfect examples that tight regulations do not shield...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Tony Burnside, Netskope
    • Category: Technology
  2. ATO compliance hotspots for tax time 2024

    Expect them to focus in particular on: Deductions for working from home expenses. The way these could be claimed changed last year, with the introduction of a new 67 cents per hour fixed rate and enhanced substantiation requirements. We expect the ATO...

  3. Insolvency has a gender problem, says Jirsch’s first female trustee

    Bankruptcy Act mandates trustee applicants show at least 4,000 hours of employment at a senior level in insolvency in the last five years – a requirement that Mos fell short of by “a few hundred hours”. While AFSA’s registration committee has the...

  4. Accountants cautioned on ‘unexpected tax consequences’ with Division 7A loans

    on the rules for minimum yearly repayments on complying loans as part of its increased educational focus in this area. Last month, the ATO outlined some of the common mistakes it sees with Division 7A. This included issues such as incorrect accounting...

  5. ‘Take advantage of deductions’ ahead of tax cuts, tax expert advises

    income is taxed at a lower rate in the next financial year, he explained. Another area to be aware of is that this is the last year people can take advantage of the carry-forward rules on unused super contribution concessions from the 2018-19 financial...

  6. Higher-than-expected inflation figures to delay rate cuts, say economists

    2024 quarter. While prices continued to rise for most goods and services, annual CPI inflation was down from 4.1 per cent last quarter and has fallen from the peak of 7.8 per cent in December 2022,” said Marquardt. AMP deputy chief economist Diana...

  7. Family preferred to accountants for money advice, survey finds

    of 1,991 respondents aged between 18 and 65 in a nationally representative sample, conducted between November and December last year. Respondents were asked questions about financial literacy and attitudes towards money management and home ownership....

  8. TPB releases draft guidance on breach reporting obligations

    or the opinion of others without being substantiated will not be based on 'reasonable grounds’.” Since they were announced last year, CPA Australia said there has been considerable confusion and uncertainty around how the obligations will work in...

  9. TPB to implement safeguards against ‘vexatious breach reports’

    practitioners for significant breaches and the potential for vexatious reports to be made since the reforms were legislated last year. From 1 July 2024, registered tax practitioners will need to comply with additional breach reporting obligations under...

  10. Accountant shortage, knowledge gap a ‘grave concern’ for leaders

    who wish to collaborate with the business.” Overcoming skills shortages has been front of mind for many leaders over the last couple of years. Similarly, the finance knowledge gap is quickly becoming a significant issue, prompting intervention from...

  11. ATO to be given ‘notice to produce’ powers under proposed changes

    investigations for tax-related criminal offences in a recent consultation. The government released a consultation paper late last week examining the ATO and Tax Practitioners Board's (TPB) information-gathering powers and whether improvements need to be...

  12. Big 4 partnership caps under consideration by Treasury

    the quality of audit services provided by the big four have raised the temperature on the competition challenge. In its last audit quality report published in October 2022, ASIC said half of Deloitte’s reviewed audits were deficient, meaning its...

  13. $3m super tax likely to progress ‘warts and all’, IPA warns

    on the growth of super balances exceeding $3 million was referred to the Senate Legislative Economic Committee in December last year, with the Committee due to report back at the end of this week. Despite the extensive advocacy work undertaken by the...

  14. Hassle-free migrate from Sage Business Cloud Accounting clients to Intuit QuickBooks

    is the norm We are consistently developing the Australian offering, including two new product releases in just the last year. The QuickBooks platform now includes tax and practice management functionality and we're continually preparing our products to...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Intuit QuickBooks
    • Category: Business
  15. RBA unlikely to change course until next year, economists predict

    CPI readings before adjusting its course". "The central bank maintains a neutral stance, a touch more hawkish than the last one but retaining maximum optionality while closely monitoring global and economic developments," she said. Shivadekar said the...

  16. The latest on payroll tax and the issues impacting medical practices

    audit risks facing medical and allied health practices following the rulings that were issued by various revenue offices last year and what firms need to be doing now to manage these risks. Lancaster also sheds light on other payroll tax issues being...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Jessa Sargento
    • Category: Tax
  17. SMEs still unaware of payment times regime, government told

    the number of invoices paid within 30 days increased by 3 per cent. An independent review of the Payment Times Reporting Act last August also slammed the government’s scheme as “unwieldy”. The report, by economist and former Labor MP Craig Emerson, also...

  18. Popular $20k tax break fails to move needle on SME cost pressures

    businesses, but one in two respondents want more support. The instant asset write-off scheme was the most popular measure in last year’s budget but small businesses say the government needs to do more to ease costs this year, according to a recent...

  19. Foreign student cap ‘will exacerbate accountant shortage’

    However, after the international student population reached a record high of 671,000 in March – a 15 per cent increase on last year – pressure has mounted on the government to control the inflow of migrants. “Labor’s opening of the floodgates to record...

  20. ATO to be granted greater discretion over old tax debts

    over the 5 years from 2023–24. The ATO began contacting taxpayers about debts previously classed as uneconomic to pursue last year, advising them that the debts would be offset against future refunds. This was in response to an audit by the Australian...