Christine Chen
AUTHOR | No. of articles: 441
Christine Chen is a journalist at Accountants Daily and Accounting Times, the leading sources of news, insight, and educational content for professionals in the accounting sector.
Previously, Christine has written for City Hub, the South Sydney Herald and Honi Soit. She has also produced online content for LegalVision and completed internships at EY and Deloitte.
Christine has a commerce degree from the University of Western Australia and a juris doctor degree from the University of Sydney.
                
                            
                                19 February 2024                            
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                        The deal “harnesses” the cloud accounting software's offerings with the firm’s sprawling network of advisers in ov                        ...                        READ MORE
                    
                
                Technology
How technology helps avoid the dread of compliance work
                            
                                16 February 2024                            
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                        Learning to use software to automate manual tasks can lead to better insights and free up time to spend on clients or re                        ...                        READ MORE
                    
                
                Regulation
ATO mulls delaying GST refunds to weed out bogus claims
                            
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                        Commissioner Chris Jordan has told Senate estimates that tight turnaround times hamper the Tax Office’s ability to pre                        ...                        READ MORE
                    
                
                Appointments
Slipstream adds financial services exec to coaching roster
                            
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                        Darren Smith joins the Brisbane-based boutique to help “foster growth” of accounting firms.
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                Tax
Why employee v contractor comes down to fine print
                            
                                16 February 2024                            
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                        The task of worker classification has been a long-running point of contention but the Commissioner’s response to recen                        ...                        READ MORE
                    
                
                Regulation
ATO defends ‘strong’ GST fraud controls against ANAO criticism
                            
                                15 February 2024                            
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                        The Tax Office says it is equipped to respond to fraud despite a critical report released by the national audit office o                        ...                        READ MORE
                    
                
                Tax
Bracket creep hands top earners biggest tax breaks, survey finds
                            
                                14 February 2024                            
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                        A co-director of the latest HILDA survey says the government must go further than stage 3 cuts to lower the average tax                         ...                        READ MORE
                    
                
                Regulation
Operators, accountant of Chapel Street bars fined $137k
                            
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                        La La Bar Group’s records were “grossly inadequate” but its director and manager showed no contrition or remorse f                        ...                        READ MORE
                    
                
                Regulation
ATO expands employment tax crackdown through random audits
                            
                                13 February 2024                            
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                        The novel tactic involves “all-encompassing” reviews of businesses’ PAYG, FBT and superannuation obligations, mid-                        ...                        READ MORE