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  1. IPA welcomes Ombudsman’s review into OSfA

    Owen officially launched her review into OSfA, building on her previous review into the ATO's registered agent phone line last year. The IPA said that the two reviews were intrinsically linked and welcomed the action to fix OSfA, noting that its current...

  2. NTAA, CPA Australia flag ‘significant gaps’ in OSfA functionalities

    ATO’s online services for agents platform (OSfA), building on her previous review into the ATO's registered agent phone line last year. In submissions to the review, CPA Australia and the National Tax and Accountants’ Association (NTAA) flagged numerous...

  3. Accounting firms must prioritise succession planning to mitigate tax risks: NAB

    planning to better manage any tax issues arising from either the transfer of control and wealth or the sale of a business. Last year, the Tax Office warned that many private groups were incorrectly recognising the tax consequences of transactions or...

  4. Woman sentenced to 2 years jail for $50k GST fraud

    behaviour for three years and was ordered to repay $52,409.15. This latest conviction follows the sentencing of Aaron Hennig last month, who was sentenced to one year and two months in jail for fraudulent obtaining more than $72,068 and attempting to...

  5. AI, accountants high on Intuit’s priority list, product VP says

    product, Adolfo Fernandez, said the new suite indicated Intuit’s growing focus on serving accountants. “Over the last years, Intuit has been building for the end customer. And now more than ever, we are actually making a huge effort and a huge...

  6. GST fraudster sentenced after attempting to obtain over $100k in refunds

    Twenty individuals have now been sentenced for their involvement in a GST refund fraud scheme since the beginning of last year. The scheme involved submitting fictitious business activity statements for a false GST refund. The latest offender to be...

  7. No safe distance: the shockwave you can’t see yet

    task here is to quantify the dollar exposure, not estimate it. Ask the client to pull their fuel and energy spend for the last 12 months. Then model a 15 per cent and a 25 per cent increase. The number matters more than the scenario. Channel 2: Import...

  8. Treasury reveals Board of Taxation, TPB chair appointments

    Practitioners Board while KPMG Australia partner David Bradbury will chair the Board of Taxation (BoT), Treasury announced last Friday (27 March). In a joint statement, Treasurer Jim Chalmers and Assistant Treasurer Daniel Mulino said the appointments...

  9. Retiree income from super almost tripled since 2002

    (SMC), recent retiree wealth levels have increased by 196 per cent, thanks to the super system within Australia. Over the last two decades, this means middle Australians have become more than $256,000 better off in retirement. Weekly income from super...

  10. CA ANZ’s professional indemnity scheme under PJC microscope

    “affiliate” members. During the Parliamentary Joint Committee (PJC) on Corporations and Financial Services hearing last Friday (20 March), senator Barbara Pocock pressed CA ANZ about its disciplinary approach towards large firms. She grilled the...

  11. CGT discount reduction would stifle housing supply, lobbyists argue

    the housing crisis. This year’s federal budget can either boost supply or set it backwards,” the industry bodies said. Last Tuesday, the Select Committee on the Operation of the Capital Gains Tax Discount released its final report, after being tasked...

  12. 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...

  13. 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...

  14. 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...

  15. 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...

  16. 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,...

  17. 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...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Naomi Neilson
    • Category: Business
  18. 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...

  19. 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...

  20. 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...