Business

Aussie SME owners value lifestyle over international growth, Xero reveals

The Australian business community isn’t facilitating global growth as data reveals only 17 per cent of small business...

18 August 2025 • By Imogen Wilson

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Business

‘Plan an exit strategy as you go’: Succession planning a must for SME owners

As more people endeavour to start their own small businesses, accounting professionals are urging business owners to...

15 August 2025 • By Imogen Wilson

Tax

Aussie facing $23m tax bill refuses to return to the country

An Australian citizen has failed in his application to resolve a domestic tax dispute in an offshore court, facing...

15 August 2025 • By Emma Partis

Super

‘Not happy, disappointed’: Practitioner slams latest ATO SBSCH decision

Before the upcoming abolishment of the Small Business Superannuation Clearing House, the Tax Office will close it to...

15 August 2025 • By Imogen Wilson

Tax

CPA welcomes ATO’s commitment to service improvements

The Tax Office has pledged to commit to an improvement of its service operations for tax practitioners, a move that...

15 August 2025 • By Imogen Wilson

Technology

AI integration no longer optional for accounting firms

With artificial intelligence rapidly changing how accounting firms deliver services, communicate with clients, and...

14 August 2025 • By Accountants Daily

Tax

Key takeaways from the High Court’s decision in Commissioner of Taxation v...

The High Court of Australia has ruled in favour of PepsiCo, dismissing six appeals brought forward by the Commissioner...

14 August 2025 • By Imogen Wilson

Regulation

ATO furthers fraudster crackdown with expanded data

The Tax Office will double down on its data-matching capabilities to protect taxpayers as reports of fraud have...

14 August 2025 • By Imogen Wilson

Business

Rate cut welcome, yet ‘flailing productivity’ needs more, business advocates say

Professional and business bodies have welcomed the Reserve Bank’s “unsurprising” decision to cut the interest rate by...

14 August 2025 • By Imogen Wilson

Tax

ARTA pauses income tax fraud case to await criminal GST fraud trial

The Administrative Review Tribunal has suspended proceedings on a case of alleged income tax fraud as the applicant...

13 August 2025 • By Emma Partis

Regulation

Ex-PwC partner gets registration terminated for $11m tax shortfall

Former PwC partner Richard Gregg has had his tax agent registration terminated by the Tax Practitioners Board for...

13 August 2025 • By Imogen Wilson

Tax

‘Time for reform?’: Accountant proposes change to tax advice regulation

Australia’s “increasingly difficult to justify” two-tier tax advice regulation system should be considered for...

13 August 2025 • By Imogen Wilson

Business

RBA reveals August 2025 cash rate call

Following last month’s shock hold, find out, in this special announcement brought to you by Accounting Home Loans, if...

12 August 2025 • By Jerome Doraisamy

Business

Use of accountants skyrockets once business revenue hits $100k

Once annual revenue reaches $100,000, businesses are much more likely to engage with external accountants, new...

12 August 2025 • By Jerome Doraisamy

Business

APAC mid-market M&A deals see uplift, data shows

Merger and acquisition volumes in the middle market across the Asia-Pacific region have seen a slight uptick of 3.9...

12 August 2025 • By Imogen Wilson

Tax

‘Bold’ net cash flow tax idea could increase tax complexity, BDO says

Tax practitioners have welcomed the Productivity Commission’s “bold” net cash flow tax idea but warned against...

12 August 2025 • By Emma Partis

Technology

AI, automation, and accuracy

Here’s what Intuit QuickBooks’ latest updates mean for Australian accountants and businesses, writes Amanda Newton.

11 August 2025 • By Amanda Newton

Tax

KPMG responds to ‘large scale tax fraud’ conducted by former employee

Last week, an AFP and ATO raid unearthed that a former KPMG manager had allegedly “orchestrated a large scale tax...

11 August 2025 • By Emma Partis