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  1. Breaking down a new lending landscape

    managing director and CEO of The Invoice Market. “The reason that alternative lending has really come to the fore over the last three, four, five years is because of the difficulty traditionally that small business, and even medium-sized businesses have...

  2. Tax Institute labels $20K tax break ‘confusing’

    Institute has warned small businesses to read the fine print and not get caught out by confusing elements of the tax break. Last month, the government announced that legislation to extend the $20,000 instant asset write-off for small businesses for...

  3. ATO makes tweaks to troubled portals

    warned that systems may be unavailable due to unplanned maintenance during tax time 2017. The ATO notified tax professionals last week that changes have been made to the Tax Agent Portal and BAS Agent Portal including enhanced functionality for activity...

  4. BDO confirms acquisition of analytics firm

    research offering through the appointment of ex-Deloitte Access Economics head, Mark Ingham, as an executive director last month.

  5. Strong IPO market creates opportunity for accountants

    fourth globally for IPO activity in the first half of 2017, creating an opportunity for firms focused on small cap listings. Last week, EY released its EY Global IPO Trends: Q2 2017 report, revealing that global IPO activity was at its highest in H1...

  6. KPMG locks in 62 new partners for FY17/18

    executive Gary Wingrove. The majority of appointments were made in the advisory division where 37 new partners were named. Last year, this division generated approximately 50 per cent of KPMG’s revenue. A further 26 were assigned to the firm’s...

  7. MYOB finds shift away from accountants this tax time

    their own year-end tax preparation, with 41 per cent of SMEs planning to complete their tax themselves, up 36 per cent from last year. Speaking to Accountants Daily, MYOB’s chief strategy officer, John Moss, said that this increase in SMEs taking their...

  8. National network looks to up bookkeeping acquisitions

    partner Nathan Hood’s goals of having 10 hubs across Australia. “We’ve now got three hubs in Perth and launched in Melbourne last year. In the near future, we want to have offices in all states and territories. There are opportunities for growth...

  9. IGT commences review into ATO’s fraud control

    a review into the ATO’s fraud control management following a request from the Senate economics references committee last week. The review, in which Mr Noroozi will examine how the ATO addresses the risk of fraud and associated issues, comes after it was...

  10. 'Large demand' driving bookkeeper fees, salaries

    which will fuel demand for bookkeepers, providing they are winning business and growing their business,” he said. In the last year there has been a sizable growth in salaries of bookkeepers, particularly those based in Sydney, with a 10 per cent jump in...

  11. CPA braces for ‘widescale’ change, members launch spill motion

    lodged an application for a new Professional Standards Scheme in January 2017, which has been assessed by the PSC of NSW. Last week, the PSC advised that it is unable to direct the proposed new scheme to be published for public notification. It is...

  12. Accounting network confirms acquisition of bookkeeping firm

    partner Nathan Hood’s goals of having 10 hubs across Australia. “We’ve now got three hubs in Perth and launched in Melbourne last year. In the near future, we want to have offices in all states and territories. There are opportunities for growth...

  13. SMEs still passive about technology, finds MYOB

    at the forefront of innovation rather than waiting for disruption to hit, amid worrying statistics from a software provider. Last week, MYOB released its latest Future of Business Report: The Age of Change, revealing that while SMEs accept that...

  14. Mid-tier reminds on budget announcements impacting tax time

    mid-tier accounting firm has reminded accountants and their property investor clients on measures introduced in the budget last month that will impact tax time 2017. As the end of financial year approaches, BDO tax partner Mark Molesworth has reminded...

  15. Accountant receives prison sentence for tax fraud

    Stamatopoulos pleaded guilty to dishonestly obtaining a financial advantage of more than $2 million in Perth District Court last week. Judge Michael Bowden sentenced Mr Stamatopoulos to eight years’ imprisonment, with a non-parole period of four years,...

  16. Tech focus in firms is ‘coming with the age’

    term. Speaking to Accountants Daily after winning Accounting Student of the Year at the 2017 Australian Accounting Awards last month, Arlen Dabinett said that the use of technology in firms is something that will accelerate as more millennial...

  17. Disruption fear 'over-used' in accounting, says mid-tier

    with clients. Speaking to Accountants Daily after winning Firm of the Year at the 2017 Australian Accounting Awards last month, Pitcher Partners Sydney managing partner Rob Southwell said that firms mustn’t get preoccupied with technology. Mr Southwell...

  18. Software giant falls short on gender diversity targets

    software provider has fallen just short of reaching targets relating to the number of female directors on its board. Last week, the Australian Institute of Company Directors released its Gender Diversity Progress Report for the March to May 2017...

  19. Tips and tools of the predictive practice

    in spite of the enormous volume of data, Google Trends provides real-time info on searches that have taken place over the last hour in Australia and New Zealand. To get some idea of the number of people in each location with an interest in “plumbing”,...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Suresh Sood, PhD, Data Scientist, Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand
    • Category: Regulation
  20. Unpopular accountants’ licence tipped for chopping block

    ASIC will turn around and say, ‘This is just causing everyone more work for no added benefit’”. Accountants Daily reported last week that while interest in providing SMSF services is on the rise with accountants, the majority of accounting firms rate...