Thousands of defunct businesses ‘simply handing back the keys’
About 50,000 business owners a year are simply handing back the keys and walking away, says the chief executive of insolvency body ARITA, due to a “dysfunctional” wind-up ...
TAX • Thu, 09 Mar 2023
Fair Work on warpath over slack payslips, poor record-keeping
Small business pay practices have become a target for Fair Work and big fines await those with compliance shortfalls, says KeyPay co-founder and head of product Phil ...
TAX • Fri, 03 Mar 2023
ATO points trust distribution weapons at wrong target
The ATO is gunning for the wrong target in its s100A approach because the authors of the law never intended it to apply to families, says Tim Munro, CEO of Change ...
BUSINESS • Fri, 17 Feb 2023
Reporting regime has failed to halt ‘shabby’ payment conduct
Four out of 10 issues raised by small business concern “shabby” payment behaviour by the big end of town, says Australian Small Business and Family Enterprise Ombudsman ...
BUSINESS • Fri, 10 Feb 2023
Get real about costs or you’ll be left behind by inflation
Accounting firms need to focus on their real expenses and review their prices or get left behind by inflation and interest rates rises, says Rebecca Mihalic, a director ...
BUSINESS • Thu, 22 Dec 2022
Supporting the next generation of women in finance
F3 — Future Females in Finance was crowned the Women’s Community Program of the Year at the Women in Finance Awards 2022 for its work encouraging young women to start ...
BUSINESS • Fri, 09 Dec 2022
Outdated pricing models mean accountants underpaid
An outdated approach to pricing means accountants have fallen behind other professions and continue to be paid inappropriately for the work they do, according to the head ...
BUSINESS • Fri, 25 Nov 2022
Holistic approach ‘vital’ to hiring and retention
Hiring and retention costs have spiked with the low unemployment rate and a firm’s value proposition has become vital to attracting and keeping talent, says Janet ...
BUSINESS • Mon, 21 Nov 2022
‘Cautious budget’ for tough economic times
Labor’s first budget stuck to its election campaign script but offered only glimpses of a holistic vision and no surprises, says CPA Australia senior policy manager ...
BUSINESS • Fri, 28 Oct 2022
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