MYOB set to scrap accounting desktop product
MYOB will be discontinuing support services for one of its original accounting desktop products next year.
TECHNOLOGY • Thu, 23 Aug 2018
Tax agent grates on ATO, CPA and police in rego termination case
The Administrative Appeals Tribunal (AAT) backed the Tax Practitioners board in banning an individual who was able to register as a tax agent despite his criminal ...
TAX • Thu, 23 Aug 2018
Hope for limited licence rollback as date set for govt meeting
The government will soon hear that the fallout of the limited licensing regime conflicts with its own stated policy outcomes for the sweeping Future of Financial Advice ...
SUPER • Tue, 21 Aug 2018
Tax rules for multinationals pass parliament
The parliament passed new legislation to give force to an international convention which purports to lessen multinational tax avoidance.
TAX • Thu, 16 Aug 2018
New law set to target liquidators, up ATO refund powers
The federal government has proposed corporation and tax law reforms plus increased powers for the ATO and ASIC, in line with its push to target all parties involved in ...
CPD failures, breaches prompt auditor disqualification
A Queensland-based auditor has been dumped by ASIC after major independence failures and continuing professional development slip-ups.
BUSINESS • Thu, 16 Aug 2018
Tax dodging sees accountant banned in $1.4m mess
A NSW accountant has been barred from managing companies for the maximum period of time allowable, after a messy trail of failing to pay tax and creditors.
CBA defied regulator on super requests, royal commission hears
The Commonwealth Bank defied a request from APRA to accelerate the transfer of 60,000 members to MySuper in order to placate the bank’s aligned advisers, the royal ...
Accounting firm’s auditor given the boot by ASIC
An NSW man has been disqualified as an SMSF auditor after ASIC found serious independence breaches in his work.
SUPER • Tue, 14 Aug 2018