Appointments

Small practices that sell a vision can beat Goliaths to staff

Firms have to market themselves as forward-thinking because young candidates care about more than just money.

16 March 2023 • By Philip King

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Business

Business clients need tutoring in tax obligations, ATO says

Accountants are being told to check that clients have correctly registered as some fail to grasp their tax obligations.

14 March 2023 • By Josh Needs

Tax

Triple-pronged approach to Div 7A puts ‘crazy’ demand on accountants

The anti-avoidance law leaves tax professionals in the awkward position of explaining multiple interpretations to...

14 March 2023 • By Josh Needs

Business

ABS app ‘to simplify task of responding’ to business surveys

Returning useful data to businesses should eventually help broaden the sample set, the bureau hopes.

15 March 2023 • By Philip King

Appointments

Take a lesson, teens, from one who knows: accounting’s cool!

CPA Australia will dispatch “ambassadors” to high schools in the hope of recruiting the next generation of tax...

14 March 2023 • By Philip King

Technology

KPMG buys Fiji-based digital transformation business

The addition will supply improved and broader delivery of Microsoft business applications to clients across Australia...

13 March 2023 • By Josh Needs

Regulation

FWO acts over alleged $125k underpayment of migrant cleaners

Five workers on visas were subjected to sham contract arrangements and short-changed up to $50,000, the office claims.

13 March 2023 • By Josh Needs

Regulation

Small business needs a short-cut to survival or exit

A simplified regime for SMEs should be “low-hanging fruit” for the insolvency review, says John Winter of ARITA.

13 March 2023 • By Philip King

Appointments

Dext appoints experienced C-suite innovator to executive team

He joins as chief product and technology officer at the firm after spending almost seven years at Epicor Software.

13 March 2023 • By Josh Needs

Regulation

Fake tax agent repeat offender fined $150k, permanently banned

Federal court imposes “hardship” penalty for more than 600 contraventions over three years.

10 March 2023 • By Philip King

Business

ACT ‘must find cash for small business’ in upcoming budget

Funds for accessing support, digitising processes and supporting those impacted by the renewables transition are...

10 March 2023 • By Josh Needs

Business

Staff want better WFH set-ups and expect bosses to pay, survey finds

Laptops, monitors and chairs top the list of demands as average home workers spend hundreds on equipment.

10 March 2023 • By Philip King

Technology

Xero to cut hundreds of jobs, close Waddle app

UPDATED: Global restructuring is essential to cut costs says freshly installed CEO.

09 March 2023 • By Philip King

Business

Submissions open for 10th Australian Accounting Awards

Nominations and submissions have opened for the Australian Accounting Awards 2023, run in partnership with Intuit...

09 March 2023 • By Malavika Santhebennur

Business

Small business must race to beat instant asset write-off deadline

Once the scheme ends, more onerous depreciation rules return from July says RSM principal.

09 March 2023 • By Philip King

Regulation

ATO interest charges hit highest level in a decade

The general interest charge rate and the shortfall interest charge rate both rise again for the April to June quarter.

09 March 2023 • By Josh Needs

Tax

Three men found guilty over watershed $105m tax fraud

The verdicts come after a six-year investigation by the AFP and ATO, plus an eight-month trial.

09 March 2023 • By Josh Needs

Appointments

MYOB appoints former Virgin Australia exec as marketing chief

The appointment is a signal of intent as the firm is now “wildly different” from its start-up beginnings.

09 March 2023 • By Josh Needs