Accountant receives prison sentence for tax fraud
A Perth-based accountant has been sentenced to eight years’ imprisonment for obtaining more than $2 million through fraudulent tax returns.
TAX • Sun, 25 Jun 2017
SMEs, accountants reminded of top ATO surveillance area
Two mid-tier partners have reiterated warnings on the risk of making incorrect work-related expense claims in the lead-up to tax time, following the ATO indicating it ...
Accounting performance review preferences shift, research finds
A recruitment firm has indicated a change in the employer feedback preferences for accountants, in particular, showing that accountants and their managers alike would ...
BUSINESS • Sun, 25 Jun 2017
Tax Institute calls out government on ‘unfair burden’
The Tax Institute is urging the government to reconsider the changes to imputation rules that were introduced when the company tax rate reductions were implemented.
Mid-tier liquidators to wind up Octaviar Group companies
Following a recent application by ASIC, the Supreme Court of Queensland has appointed two partners from a mid-tier accounting firm as liquidators to troubled investment ...
REGULATION • Sun, 25 Jun 2017
Mid-size association appoints new chair, eyes expansion
Mid-size accounting association DFK Australia New Zealand has appointed a new chair from within the ranks of one of its firms, who hopes to grow the association’s ...
APPOINTMENTS • Sun, 25 Jun 2017
Ex-Deloitte exec joins board of national accounting network
A national network of professional services firms has announced the appointment of a new non-executive director who was previously a board member on the Deloitte board of ...
BUSINESS • Fri, 23 Jun 2017
ASIC cracking down on liquidators who ‘flout the law’
ASIC has warned it will continue to hold liquidators to account where necessary in its bid to regulate the insolvency and restructuring sector, upon the release of its ...
TAX • Thu, 22 Jun 2017
RSM warns on wide-ranging impact of new accounting standard
A mid-tier accounting firm has highlighted the challenges and unexpected impacts of the new leasing standard on businesses, which will extend beyond their accounting ...
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