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  1. Senator grills IPA about ongoing membership of CADB-banned auditor

    Auditors Disciplinary Board (CADB). As previously reported by Accountants Daily, the CADB cancelled O’Shea’s registration last October after finding his audits of property development companies had contained “extensive and serious” failures. The CADB...

  2. SBR regime a lifeline for SMEs in face of solvency woes

    potential collapse for many small businesses. The Small Business Debt Helpline alone saw a 21 per cent rise in calls in the last calendar year with 64 per cent of those relating to ATO debt. The sad fact is that options to restructure or rehabilitate...

  3. CA ANZ closely monitoring CBA loan fraud investigation

    about their obligations. The discovery of approximately $1 billion in potentially fraudulent loans by the Commonwealth Bank last month highlights major risks accountants should pay attention to in their own practices, including identity theft and AI...

  4. ATO releases draft rulings on Payday Super

    period." Tax professionals and other stakeholders have until 1 May to provide their feedback on each of the four rulings. Last month, ATO deputy commissioner Emma Rosenzweig said the move to Payday Super will help ensure employees receive their super...

  5. Tweaks to negative gearing, CGT won't solve housing crisis, says Domain, HIA

    relatively small price movements of around 1-4 per cent. That’s less than the growth many cities saw in a single quarter last year." Powell said a change in tax settings could, however, see a shift in who’s buying property. “If investor activity eases,...

  6. Loss for ex-CA member in ongoing campaign against professional body

    has made a number of allegations against CA ANZ’s “controlling officers” – being all current and former directors over the last decade – including the unauthorised payment of director fees between 2015 and 2025, and the publication of financial reports...

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    • Author: Naomi Neilson
    • Category: Business
  7. High Court rejects appeal application by Ballarat accounting firm

    have a close, trusted relationship. However, Mulcahy was still required to pay $20 million to Conheady. With the High Court last week refusing the special leave application with costs, Mulachy, together with his firm and trustee company BFMM...

  8. 2026 DPN Surge: Why Early Intervention Beats the 21-Day Clock

    Taxation Office (ATO) adopting a far more active stance on debt recovery. Director Penalty Notices (DPNs), once considered a last-resort enforcement tool, are now being issued earlier and more frequently. For accountants, this shift has practical...

  9. Tax Ombudsman kicks off review into OSfA

    review into Online Services for Agents (OFsA), building on her previous review into the ATO's registered agent phone line last year. The review into the ATO's registered agent phone line found that many of the issues raised by agents were linked to...

  10. CA ANZ conducts review into exam platform outage

    ANZ has issued an apology to provisional CA ANZ members who could not complete their Audit and Risk (AR126) exam on Tuesday last week due to a malfunction of a third-party exam delivery platform. "We sincerely apologise to affected candidates and...

  11. Iran conflict ‘will have little impact’ on Australian super system, SMC says

    fluctuations in the equity markets, with profit-to-member funds returning over 7.5 per cent a year on average over the last decade to December. The group’s analysis of significant market downturns shows balanced options experience a fraction of the...

  12. Tax practitioner charged with multiple counts of fraud

    Prosecutions and has been adjourned for further mention on 15 May 2026. The Federal Court previously made orders in March last year preserving the assets of Prakash and his related companies and restraining him from leaving Australia. ASIC said that...

  13. Don’t get sued by your own AI: a 5-step governance framework for partners

    in plain sight Most partners assume their firm has AI under control. There's probably a policy somewhere. IT approved a tool last year. But here's what's actually happening: staff are using AI tools the firm doesn't know about, on client data the firm...

  14. Modelling highlights 'significant implementation risk' with stapled super changes

    was referred to the Senate Economics Legislation Committee for review in early February. The committee released its report last week, recommending that the bill be passed without amendment. With the committee backing the 1 July deadline, Dunn said the...

  15. Federal Court rules in favour of taxpayer in Shaw decision

    he had claimed in the 2021 income year. The Federal Court handed down Commissioner of Taxation v Shaw [2026] FCA 197 last week, upholding an earlier decision by the Administrative Review Tribunal of Australia to allow $32,782.50 in deductions claimed by...

  16. MYOB unveils new AI capabilities

    quarter, and is integrated within the workflows accountants and bookkeepers use every day. As reported by Accountants Daily last year, 72 per cent of accounting professionals feel that there is a shortage of talent across the sector, putting resourcing...

  17. Contribution caps set to increase for 2026–27

    circumstances. The ATO is expected to confirm the 2026–27 super rates and thresholds in March 2026. The Tax Office confirmed last month that indexation of the general transfer balance cap will also occur on 1 July 2026. The cap is set to increase by...

  18. The challenges and rewards of advising professional athletes and creatives

    supported that, regardless of people's experience or regardless of people's education. “What I find now, particularly in the last 10 to 15 years, is that the star fades a lot quicker because people's attention spans and quick access to information and...

  19. Mitigating the significant and long-term risk of delayed payments

    rate delayed payments as one of the top risks to profitability, and 80 per cent have experienced overdue payments in the last year alone. The issue is a structural one, with more than two-thirds of respondents indicating that up to 30 per cent of issued...

  20. Reduction to CGT discount could help abolish stamp duty: Grattan

    substantial economic reform that would also improve housing affordability. The Grattan Institute said in its submission late last year that the CGT discount had overcompensated property investors over the past 25 years. "Since the introduction of the...