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  1. FAAA and NTAA on proposed treasury amendment

    the professional associations have both made recommendations addressing the potential impact on taxpayers. Ahead of the last scheduled public hearing as part of the Australian Parliamentary inquiry on the Treasury Laws Amendments (Tax Reform No. 1) Bill...

  2. CGT reform: is Australia penalising entrepreneurs?

    years. Under the new rules, the $1 million cost base would be indexed for inflation. Using actual inflation figures from the last 20 years, the indexed cost base would have grown to approximately $1.65 million. When the business is sold, an investor...

  3. Division 7A and Bendel: complete clarity or a 16 year journey far from over?

    judicial authority in earlier phases of the case, and indeed arguably universally by specialist advisers for at least the last 16 years. The harsh reality for taxpayers and their advisers While the decision undoubtedly provides a moment of clarity, its...

  4. Accounting firms’ AI investments moving beyond ‘just clerical tasks’

    surveyed 434 accountants, bookkeepers, and other accounting professionals between mid-September and mid-November last year across Australia, about their experiences of AI in their practices, including their near-, medium-, and long-term AI integration...

  5. BAS agent’s registration application rejected over insufficient experience

    a registered TPB agent, had undertaken at least two years of full-time relevant experience (or part-time equivalent) in the last five years – determining that his registration as a tax agent must be rejected as he “did not meet the requirements...

  6. ASIC to explore ‘regulatory hooks’ it can use in KPMG investigation

    at the big four firm after formally commencing an investigation into KPMG. Appearing before a Senate estimates hearing last week, ASIC chair Sarah Court said that ASIC had commenced a formal investigation into KPMG in relation to the conduct of a few of...

  7. ‘Confidence gap’ costing Australians money at tax time: H&R Block

    found that Australians were using a shortcut approach to their tax returns, as almost half spent one hour or less on their last return. More than a third took a shortcut approach to work-related deductions, including using fixed rates, repeating last...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Matthew Taylor
    • Category: Tax

  8. Accountants ‘don’t want to be left behind’ in the age of AI

    on job replacement, with potential privacy breaches as major talking points. “There hasn’t been a conversation in the last two years where AI has not been one of the main topics of interest,” DePrisco said. “I still think it's early days for AI in...

  9. The need for accountants to be open-minded and willing to change

    creativity, and the ethical use of new tools, the next generation of accountants can transform professional disruption into lasting opportunity and meaningful professional growth. Recently, on an episode of Under The Hood, Bec Argent, director of Argent...

  10. Preparing for a ‘whole rewrite’ of how the SG charge is calculated, imposed

    has warned that accountants must start preparing for the changes now. As a member of the Payday Super working group for the last three years, National Tax and Accountants' Association senior advocate Robyn Jacobson (pictured) stressed that practitioners...

  11. CPI falls to 4.2% in April, but core inflation remains high

    Further to last month’s annual inflation increase to 4.6 per cent, fuelled by a price rise of 1.1 per cent, the ABS has released its highly-anticipated data from April 2026. With the consumer price index (CPI) rising from 3.7 per cent in February to...

  12. The weight of a generation: what the profession is really saying about the 2026 budget

    who know the stakes are real. "I've been recommending discretionary trust structures for 22 years. The client I advised last Thursday to keep their business in their family trust – I need to call them back. Everything changed overnight," was one of the...

  13. 2026 budget changes trigger triple taxation exposure for trust assets on death

    It may be that, if the proposed changes are implemented as announced, the last remaining planning opportunity with that promoted by author Douglas Adams, namely “spending a year dead for tax purposes”, writes Matthew Burgess. The 2026 budget has...

  14. ‘Assault on family savings’: shadow treasurer slams death tax Easter egg

    minimum tax rate on discretionary trusts, scheduled to take effect on 1 July 2028, unveiled by Treasurer Jim Chalmers in last week’s budget. Whereas before trusts could feasibly pay no tax if distributions were made by the end of each financial year,...

  15. Under the Hood: The AI opportunity and ‘dumpster fire’ budget

    by Natalie Lennon, founder of Two Sides Accounting, to discuss her experiences running her accounting business since she was last on the show in 2025, how AI applies to accounting, the 2026 federal budget, and how small accounting firms can stay...

  16. Victorian accountant jailed for ‘devious’ money-making scheme

    imprisonment, with a non-parole period of five years, for swindling his clients out of $1,469,755.41 and causing them “long-lasting difficulties”, including lost businesses and bankruptcy. Last November, Buff pleaded guilty to four charges of obtaining...

  17. Federal budget confirms major tax changes to trusts, CGT

    can undermine confidence and increase complexity for investors and their advisers." The government also announced late last week that it would make the instant asset write-off (IAWO) a permanent feature of the tax system, as contained in the budget. The...

  18. IPA members hit by data breach

    Members of the IPA received an email last week after their names and member numbers were leaked. The body has stressed that the breach did not include any personal information. The Institute of Public Accountants has sent an email to all its members...

  19. The AI confidence gap holding Australian small businesses back

    limited knowledge of what AI can do, and fear of getting it wrong. The government has named it clearly. Speaking in Brisbane last October, Assistant Minister Andrew Charlton issued a call to arms for every Australian business. He committed to breaking...

  20. WA state budget fails to deliver broad-based tax reform

    facing sustained cost pressures, says BDO. The Cook Labor government released its 2026–27 state budget for Western Australia last week, forecasting a $3.5 billion operating surplus for 2025–26. Accounting firm BDO said the WA budget was ultimately a...

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