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ASIC disqualifies director over illegal phoenix behaviour

A Sydney director whose companies owed creditors more than $2.8 million has been banned from managing companies for...

18 May 2021 • By John Buckley

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Accountants should seize upon financial advice to add value

While mounting compliance hurdles have left swathes of accountants offering financial advice deterred, the space...

17 May 2021 • By John Buckley

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What this year’s budget means for accountants and their clients

It’s a big spending budget with an even bigger net debt approaching $1 trillion. But what does it all mean for the...

14 May 2021 • By Robyn Tongol

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Federal budget 2021: Old jobs, new tricks?

Inside the budget lock-up on Tuesday evening, the pervasive sense was that other than pre-announced policies including...

14 May 2021 • By Jo Masters and Johnathan McMenamin, EY Oceania

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Independent watchdog to scrutinise ASIC, APRA

Financial regulators ASIC and APRA will now be subject to oversight from an independent authority after it was found...

14 May 2021 • By Jotham Lian

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Labor vows to criminalise wage theft

Labor Leader Anthony Albanese has promised to criminalise wage theft, just months after the Morrison government dumped...

14 May 2021 • By Jotham Lian

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Xero scores subscriber surge despite slowed revenue

The cloud accounting software provider reported slowed revenue growth in its annual results, even as it secured...

14 May 2021 • By John Buckley

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1 in 5 small businesses left in the dust of digitisation

Nearly half a million small businesses continue to trade with little to no digitisation measures, while 34 per cent of...

13 May 2021 • By John Buckley