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  1. KPMG acquires consultancy in innovation push

    the acquisition of UDKU was in line with CMBA’s targeted growth. CBMA has made several high-profile appointments over the last few months, including former Publicis Communications chair and Publicis Australia chief executive Andrew Baxter, Louise...

  2. ‘Extraordinary impost’ prompts insolvency exodus

    receiving correspondence from ASIC which outlines the metrics that will make up their ASIC Industry Funding payments for last year, but they still have no idea what it’s actually going to cost them,” said Mr Winter. “At this stage, liquidators are only...

  3. ATO releases new guidelines on tax uncertainty for corporate clients

    the distribution statement to shareholders on franked dividends which is very similar to what the ATO did around this time last year with all the uncertainty as well and I guess it does provide a bit of comfort that if you have to change franking...

  4. ACCC finds SMSF, property clients captured by scams

    on the rise this year with the amount of money lost on an average month-on-month basis increasing 117 per cent compared to last year. "Last year, Australians reported they lost $64.6 million to investment scams to Scamwatch and the Australian Cybercrime...

  5. CPA ‘vanity project’ spotlights accountant, licensee frictions

    member, if the Institute set up a financial advice business to compete with my practice I’d be absolutely livid. The last thing a professional expects or wants is for their own professional body who regulates your conduct to start competing with you,”...

  6. TPB joins chorus of ‘cowboy agents’ warnings

    practitioners. The Treasury Laws Amendment (Enhancing Whistleblower Protections) Bill 2017 was introduced in Parliament late last year, and if passed, will see a single whistleblower protection regime covering the corporate, financial and credit...

  7. New ATO portals to go public by year end

    100 tax and BAS agents so far. According to an ATO spokesperson, a further 90 tax and BAS agents have been invited, as of last week, taking the total number of beta testers to 200, with the move to public beta testing slated to arrive by this year end....

  8. CPAs scramble as 90-day notice period, education deadlines loom

    the closure of CPA Advice, and was not investigating compliance concerns as it was with Dover, which announced its closure last month. “Usually it takes time to hand back a licence, which is what I assume CPA Advice is going to be do. The cancellation...

  9. Avoid another myGov fiasco: Govt urged to listen to accountants on ABN reform

    government to tap into the large pool of accounting professionals to aid in its plan to reform and modernise the ABN system. Last week, the government released a consultation paper covering recommendations from the Black Economy Taskforce, including...

  10. Property tax changes catching clients out this tax time

    expenses, and plant and equipment depreciation in relation to their investment properties, according to H&R Block. Late last year, new rules around tax deductions for travel expenses associated with residential property investments, and restriction of...

  11. Practice Ignition appoints Receipt Bank manager for national customer role

    has reported a 45 per cent increase of payments processed through its platform - from $90 million to $200 million. This time last year, Practice Ignition had just reported a $5 million capital injection, and the appointment of former Intuit business...

  12. Income tax focus ‘coming back to haunt us’, govt report shows

    of Commonwealth taxes shows the country’s focus on personal income taxes is beginning to compound into a systemic problem. Last week, the PBO examined the broad trend within the Commonwealth tax system since 2001-02, spotting an over-reliance on...

  13. CPA Australia shuts down licensing arm

    by former auditor-general Ian McPhee. Mr McPhee's recommendation followed the association's corporate governance crisis last year. CPA Advice has struggled from its launch in 2015 to attract members, falling hundreds short of its business projections by...

  14. HLB Mann Judd makes local and international appointments

    was made internally and to clients yesterday, with the appointments flagged at the network's annual Australasian conference last month. HLB Mann Judd Australasian Association chair, Tony Fittler, said the appointments were a natural progression...

  15. Tax agent conduct findings released for first half of 2018

    been the ongoing focus of the ATO’s tax time crackdown this year. In contrast, the ATO’s individual tax gap report released last week suggests that tax agents are contributing to the $8.7 billion tax gap, with 78 per cent of agent-prepared tax returns...

  16. Lenders, specialist brokers boosted by tough borrowing market

    for accounting and financial planning firms. The firm has had the lion’s share of its growth and market penetration in the last four months, two years on from its launch. “We’re finding our clients, who are pretty safe operators, are happy to explore...

  17. SMSF clients take a hit as more lenders exit

    loan to value expectations, as foreshadowed by specialist brokers like Thrive Investment Finance's owner Samantha Bright last year. Most recently, Ms Bright said off-the-plan purchases are becoming increasingly difficult to finance, with lenders either...

  18. Tax agents called on to correct investors, salary earners' slip-ups

    nexus of the claims; and claiming only work-related expenses and correctly apportioning claims between private and work use. Last week, the ATO released its Individuals not in business tax gap report, finding that 72 per cent of the 868 cases in its...

  19. Accountants fear impact of ATO outages this tax time

    have told Accountants Daily they find this disruptive, given they often work outside of regular business hours. For example, last month, in the build-up to tax time 2018, the ATO announced that it would update its systems over a two-day period, during...

  20. Real-time ATO, tax agent interaction tipped to escalate

    with the tax office on the very day they were incurred, as the ATO seeks to close the $8.7 billion individual tax gap. Last week, the ATO released its individual tax gap report, citing a higher number of adjustments to tax agent-prepared claims as...