Tax

Family trust rules in desperate need of reform, CPA warns

Calls on the government to reform the family trust rules are continuing to arise as the area remains a contentious...

12 November 2025 • By Imogen Wilson

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Regulation

Ensuring accountants’ compliance with new technology revisions

Accounting professionals need to ensure the veracity of AI-generated information in the face of hallucinations and...

10 November 2025 • By Carlos Tse

Appointments

HLB Mann Judd unveils various appointments to network

The professional services firm has appointed several new partners and directors to its Australasian Association to...

11 November 2025 • By Imogen Wilson

Business

The accountant who thought they were helping (and created a $200k liability...

I've been liquidating businesses for over 35 years now, and lately I'm seeing something that troubles me: accountants...

13 November 2025 • By Eddie Senatore, Eddie Senatore Advisory

Tax

Beware of covert tax audits, tax lawyer says

A tax lawyer has urged accountants to be vigilant after a recent slew of covert ATO audits have resulted in...

10 November 2025 • By Emma Partis

Tax

‘ATO treats tax agents adversarially’: CA ANZ, IPA call for improvement of ATO...

The accounting bodies are weighing in on the Tax Ombudsman’s review into the ATO’s management of GIC remission, with...

10 November 2025 • By Imogen Wilson

Technology

Australian AI Awards 2025 winners unveiled

More than 30 professionals and businesses were announced as winners in the annual Australian AI Awards 2025, held...

07 November 2025 • By Accountants Daily

Tax

‘Punishment doesn’t fit the crime’: ATO upholds $9k penalty to dormant business

A tax agent has called the fairness of the ATO’s penalty regime into question after the Tax Office denied a $9,000...

07 November 2025 • By Emma Partis

Super

Payday Super part 1: understanding the new law

Passage of the Payday Super reforms by parliament this week has cleared the way for employee superannuation to be paid...

07 November 2025 • By Robyn Jacobson, Tax Advocate and Specialist

Business

‘Have the confidence you can, and you will’: Accountant’s hot take on starting...

Founding and building an accounting firm based on personal goals and morals definitely isn’t the easiest of tasks, yet...

07 November 2025 • By Imogen Wilson

Business

Further monetary easing not a ‘done deal,’ economists say

Following hotter-than-expected September inflation, the RBA has made no promises about future interest rate cuts or...

06 November 2025 • By Emma Partis

Super

‘Let the real work begin’: Payday Super laws pass parliament

Widespread support for Payday Super has led to the legislation smoothly passing parliament with a start date of 1 July...

06 November 2025 • By Imogen Wilson

Regulation

TPB cracks down on unregistered Darwin tax practice

The Tax Practitioners Board has been notified by the community that a tax practice in Darwin has continued to provide...

06 November 2025 • By Imogen Wilson

Tax

Lawyer with alleged $2m tax debt fights to keep practising certificate

A Victorian lawyer who allegedly owes $2.6 million in tax, plus the $190,000 owed by his law firm, has failed to stay...

05 November 2025 • By Naomi Neilson

Business

RBA delivers November 2025 rate call

The Reserve Bank has delivered its highly anticipated November interest rate decision. Accounting Home Loans breaks...

04 November 2025 • By Imogen Wilson

Business

Parliamentary inquiry into small business insurance officially kicks off

A new parliamentary inquiry in Canberra has been launched, focusing on challenges in small business and community...

05 November 2025 • By Imogen Wilson

Tax

Treasury concerned about rising income tax rates, pre-roundtable briefing...

Treasury is concerned about Australia's rising income tax burden and its implications for intergenerational fairness,...

04 November 2025 • By Emma Partis

Technology

Intuit QuickBooks launches Open Banking initiative

Intuit has gained accreditation under the government’s Open Banking initiative, enabling it to provide its users with...

04 November 2025 • By Emma Partis