Super

Payday super part 2: not quite ‘all systems go’

The reforms are finally law, but now the work to implement payday super begins.

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

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Regulation

AFSA takes former Mackay Goodwin trustee to Federal Court

A former registered trustee has been taken to court by the Inspector-General in Bankruptcy for allegedly...

14 November 2025 • By Imogen Wilson

Business

AFSA outlines vulnerability strategy for 2025–28

The agency has revealed its vulnerability strategy for 2025–28 to highlight how it plans to leverage vulnerability as...

13 November 2025 • By Imogen Wilson

Super

Joint bodies push for amendments to payday super compliance approach

Joint bodies within the accounting and super space have joined forces to emphasise the disproportionate impacts small...

13 November 2025 • By Imogen Wilson

Regulation

ASIC warns private credit funds on disclosure, fees, governance gaps

The corporate regulator has identified inconsistent disclosure, inadequate governance, and opaque fee structures...

12 November 2025 • By Trevor Withane

Tax

Outsourcing contributing to poorer ATO phone service delivery, union says

The ATO’s use of contract workers to staff its phone lines has contributed to poorer service delivery, a public sector...

12 November 2025 • By Emma Partis

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

Business

Payday super transition must be 'fair and practical', CPA says

Accounting industry bodies have called on the ATO to extend compliance support for employers ahead of incoming payday...

11 November 2025 • By Emma Partis

Regulation

TPB releases 2024–25 annual report

The Tax Practitioners Board has unveiled its 2024–25 annual report, which highlights a honed focus on strengthening...

11 November 2025 • By Imogen Wilson

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