this led to fears that the Retirement Income Covenant may not be a good fit in the fund structure of SMSFs and may instead lead to increased costs and red tape for trustees. For registered superannuation entities, schedule 1 to the exposure draft bill...
Hunter has urged state and territory governments to come clean with their reopening road maps, warning that uncertainty will lead to ongoing closures and compliance breaches. The plea comes as NSW and Victoria revealed differing plans for reopening once...
Disciplinary Board (CADB) following an application by ASIC. The cancellation comes after Mr Evett was fined $10,000 after pleading guilty to criminal charges for failing to ensure that audits of Halifax’s profit and loss statements and balance sheets...
Buck is a natural step in meeting the evolving needs of clients, both now and in the future. “Our vision has always been to lead the way and create opportunities,” he said. “We feel this merger pays respect to our vision by providing us the platform to...
James said although states like NSW continue to face lockdowns – and lockdowns continue to impact businesses – business leaders aren’t as shocked as they once might have been. “As a result, we’re seeing an increase in deal appetite in the Australian...
identify a slew of factors that could be considered to identify whether the director was trading while insolvent in a bid to lead the business out of distress and avoid administration or liquidation. Among them are whether the director remained informed...
of time pressures and the physical and psychological strains of increased household and parental workloads. The study’s lead author, Dr Fiona Macdonald, said the disruption caused by the pandemic is likely to have critical impacts on the careers of...
is the communications and messaging around the change that is being sought.” ADKAR and change communications ADKAR is a leading change-management model developed by consulting firm Prosci several decades ago. It’s an acronym for the five essential...
entrusted to manage the tax affairs of their clients, but they are also taxpayers in their own right. It is important they lead the way by ensuring they comply with their tax obligations in line with both community expectations and tax laws. “Both...
the acquisition, which is the group’s fourth in two years, signals his team’s appetite for being recognised as the region’s leading business software provider. “We are excited to be welcoming Definitiv’s employees, customers and partners to The Access...
As trusted advisers with a high professional regard for ethics, accountants should be tasked with leading the charge on the ethical adoption of artificial intelligence, peak bodies say. A new report published by the Association of Chartered Certified...
technology enablement services, after it appointed Alex Moreno — who joined from Accenture — its first national Salesforce lead. Mr Moreno’s appointment followed the acquisitions of Microsoft partner Hands-On Systems in 2015 and Murex software...
partner Bhavesh Narsey will now head the firm’s not-for-profit services nationally. The announcement of Mr Narsey’s new leadership role comes just over a month after he was promoted to Grant Thornton’s partnership, some nine years after he joined the...
calls, as well as weekly (or sometimes daily) intranet and email updates from a managing partner or divisional lead. The benefit of these initiatives is it allows for a greater proportion of staff to be involved, with some dialling in from their car or...
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Tony Fittler, HLB Mann Judd Australasian Association
A Sydney auditor and an audit firm have now been fined a combined $50,000 after pleading guilty to breaching auditing standards while working on collapsed financial services company Halifax Investment Services. The conviction of Robert James Evett and...
happen in some audit activity areas over the next 12 months. Our claims team predict that the following ATO initiatives will lead to an increase in related audit activity in 2021 and 2022: Employer Obligation audits and reviews (PAYG/SG/FBT) This is...
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Rod Spicer - Associate Director, Accountancy Insurance
has instant insight into what is happening, where it’s happening and why. Reduce risk and fraud Manual reporting can lead to errors, and those errors can have a major impact on the risk and compliance obligations of the organisation. Potential errors...
to prepare for such a shift will require an assessment of genuine critical roles across the organisation — namely, within leadership — to ensure they focus their retention efforts on the right people. It’s time for executive teams and HR to assess what...
“Our data analytics scrutinise returns for rental deductions that seem unusually high. We will ask questions, and this may lead to a delay in processing your return.” Common mistakes include failing to declare all rental income or any capital gains from...
The mid-tier network has now appointed a new chief executive officer to lead its Melbourne office. David Madigan will now lead Melbourne-based McLean Delmo Bentleys as its new chief executive. The CPA joins the firm after a short stint as a consultant...
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