New education rules mean $10k training, grads trumping partners
Incoming mandatory education requirements for accountants and advisers are creating a market where it’s easier for graduates to provide advice than accountants with ...
BUSINESS • Wed, 06 Jun 2018
Flexible work ‘recruiting limitation’ for firms on the hunt
Flexible work has just edged out career opportunities as a pull factor for new recruits, and firms with meagre policies are losing out.
BUSINESS • Tue, 05 Jun 2018
Payroll, bookkeeping meddling lands 7-Eleven operators in more hot water
The regulators are again heralding an increased focus on record keeping after the operators of a Queensland-based 7-Eleven outlet were hit with a $192,780 penalty for ...
TAX • Mon, 04 Jun 2018
‘We won’t sell’: Reckon talks plans post MYOB fallout
Reckon had a tough seven months trying to finalise the sale of its accountants group to MYOB, but the failed deal won’t open the door to new buyers in the near future
TECHNOLOGY • Sun, 03 Jun 2018
‘Risks, costs and time’: MYOB boss speaks on scrapping Reckon deal
For MYOB, preparing 41,000 documents for the regulators was the final nail in the coffin for its abandoned $180 million acquisition of Reckon’s accountants practice ...
BUSINESS • Thu, 31 May 2018
MYOB, Reckon acquisition falls through
MYOB will no longer be acquiring Reckon’s Accountants Group, after lengthy delays triggered by reviews from the Australian and New Zealand competition watchdogs.
CA ANZ set for 15% staff cuts by 2019
Redundancies at Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand’s restructure will start in June and be finalised by December next year.
BUSINESS • Mon, 23 Apr 2018
CA appointed to lead AMP as royal commission scandal unfolds
A high-profile chartered accountant will temporarily take the reins at AMP, in a week at the royal commission which saw the second-tier bank admit to giving false and ...
APPOINTMENTS • Fri, 20 Apr 2018
Watchdogs delay MYOB, Reckon verdict
The Australian and New Zealand competition regulators have extended their review of MYOB’s proposed $180 million acquisition of Reckon’s Accountant Group.
TECHNOLOGY • Fri, 20 Apr 2018
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