Tax professionals reminded of extended portals downtime
The tax office is reminding tax professionals its planned outages will kick in from tonight, and services will not be back online until Monday.
TECHNOLOGY • Thu, 25 Jan 2018
Payroll software suspicions central to FWO’s latest swoop
The Fair Work Ombudsman is pursuing a national franchise for its compliance with workplace laws, and is now alleging one franchisee knowingly used payroll software to ...
TAX • Wed, 24 Jan 2018
Key CPA exec made redundant post-review
CPA Australia has removed one of its highest-paid executives, following recommendations from former auditor general Ian McPhee’s review last year.
REGULATION • Wed, 24 Jan 2018
MYOB plans for ‘exponential’ growth in loans arm
Parallelling a twofold increase of alternative lending to SMEs in a year and predictions that major software providers will move into financing, MYOB Loans is focusing on ...
TECHNOLOGY • Wed, 24 Jan 2018
Accountants eyed in new super fund launch
A super fund set to launch in the first half of this year has accountants in its sights, as it ultimately aims to populate its member base with small business and and the ...
TECHNOLOGY • Mon, 22 Jan 2018
Mid-tier pushes to scrap returns for simple tax affairs
Mid-tier firm BDO has echoed the Henry Review by calling on the government to consider administrative changes so Australians with simple tax affairs don’t have to lodge a ...
TAX • Sun, 21 Jan 2018
‘Relentless pursuit’ of cryptocurrency laced with failures
Though cryptocurrency is not viewed as a currency by the ATO, its “fraudulent” naming is fuelling its worldwide boom, according to one auditor.
ASIC comes knocking on ‘widespread’ form filling practice
The corporate regulator issued its “final warning” for professionals who, often unknowingly or with good intentions, incorrectly and unlawfully complete or witness death ...
Software exec fears for start-ups, add-ons market
BGL’s managing director Ron Lesh has echoed concerns about the failure rate of software start-ups, and the implications for users’ data.
TECHNOLOGY • Fri, 19 Jan 2018