Business

‘ALP has never liked trusts’: Government denounced for rushing trust tax reform

The government has failed to “dot their i’s and cross their t’s” in their discretionary trust tax proposals and...

08 October 2026 • By Malavika Santhebennur

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Business

Can paying tax in the wrong year prevent being taxed in the right year? Court...

A recent court case has shown that a taxpayer paying CGT on a sold property in the wrong year did not stop the ATO...

07 October 2026 • By Malavika Santhebennur

Business

Tax reforms leave accountants, clients in planning ‘limbo’

A tax adviser has shared how his accounting firm is grappling with the complexity and uncertainty around the...

07 October 2026 • By Malavika Santhebennur

Business

‘Deplorable’: ATO’s bargain breakdown shifts red dot on business cash flow

With the ATO confirming that it failed to secure a lower surcharge with banks before bringing out the credit card ban...

07 October 2026 • By Carlos Tse

Business

CA ANZ pathways program delivers boost to membership numbers

The professional body plans to further expand accessible pathways into the profession through new student offerings...

08 October 2026 • By Miranda Brownlee

Tax

$15m payroll tax debt hits airline providers

A cleaning and security services provider has been hit with a $15 million payroll tax debt that it has failed to shake...

06 October 2026 • By Naomi Neilson

Business

‘We don’t have crystal balls’: Trust tax rigidity causing angst

The lack of flexibility in the trust tax legislation is a major concern for accountants and is going to require some...

06 October 2026 • By Malavika Santhebennur

Business

‘Placeholder’ SMSF return completion triggers trustee penalties

To ensure complying status (and, in turn, access to the concessionary 15 per cent income tax regime), the obligations...

06 October 2026 • By Matthew Burgess, View Legal

Business

HLB Mann Judd adds 4 new directors

The firm has elevated two senior managers, one associate director, and one former big four senior manager to its...

05 October 2026 • By Carlos Tse

Tax

Punished tax return preparer pockets almost $50k

Hiding his identity behind his clients’ myGov accounts, one tax preparer has been caught red-handed and made $150,000...

05 October 2026 • By Carlos Tse

Business

Businesses should not absorb merchant fees, accountant says

With surcharge removals coming into effect yesterday, one accounting principal has said he will advise his business...

02 October 2026 • By Malavika Santhebennur

Technology

How AI helped this firm win a land tax case against the Queensland Revenue...

An AI-powered start-up law firm has used its internal AI system to win a tax proceeding in Queensland, which not only...

02 October 2026 • By Matthew Taylor

Tax

NTAA concerned by extensive use of ministerial determinations in trust tax...

The deferral of six major matters to ministerial determination in the draft legislation for the trust tax changes...

05 October 2026 • By Miranda Brownlee

Business

AML/CTF: AUSTRAC fires first fines as crackdown begins

AUSTRAC has made its first move against unregistered agencies, with businesses now facing daily fines as the regulator...

02 October 2026 • By Emilie Lauer

Business

Accountants must move past spreadsheets amid budget changes

The significant measures outlined in the budget highlight the need for accountants to ditch the spreadsheet and...

01 October 2026 • By Malavika Santhebennur

Business

R&D changes to ‘completely eliminate’ cash flow support for some startups: RSM

Several aspects of the proposed changes to the R&D tax incentive have "widespread unintended consequences" for the...

02 October 2026 • By Miranda Brownlee

Tax

Weaker economic conditions lead to $8.2bn drop in taxes paid by corporates

The ATO’s latest tax transparency report has revealed that slower growth, declining prices and high interest rates...

06 October 2026 • By Miranda Brownlee

Technology

BlackLine’s detokenisation service achieves security standard validation

The tech company confirms that its PCI Detokenisation Service has now attained Payment Card Industry Data Security...

01 October 2026 • By Carlos Tse