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  1. Hays predicts bad year for accountants' salaries

    45 per cent will scale back their use of temporary and contract roles in the year ahead. This is a significant shift from last year (when just 13 per cent said their use of temporary and contract staff would decline) and it reflects employer confidence....

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Michael Masterman
    • Category: Regulation

  2. ACCC issues scam warning

    to be on the lookout for scams targeting their small business clients. ACCC deputy chair Michael Schaper, who spoke last week at the IPA’s Tasmanian congress, said the commission receives thousands of complaints every year about scams targeting small...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Staff Reporter
    • Category: Business

  3. Research reveals big opportunity for accountants

    19 per cent of businesses in the sector using an external accountant. The Intuit Financial Fitness Startup Study, released last week, has revealed a number of industry trends that point to a great opportunity for accountants to help drive growth in...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Staff Reporter
    • Category: Business

  4. KPMG appoints new head of tax

    “She has been passionate and prominent in advocating for reform of Australia’s tax laws, including representing the firm last month at the Senate inquiry into tax avoidance and minimisation,” Mr Wingrove said.

  5. Are banks leaving your clients in the lurch?

    couldn’t cope. They refused to temporarily increase the overdraft and they wanted the client to refinance. We didn’t ignore last year’s net profit of over $1 million, the substantial cash flow, the flexible and receptive attitude of the directors, and...

  6. Opposition attacks govt over super tax policy

    taxes for the wealthy, declaring current tax concessions for superannuation earnings in retirement unsustainable. Late last month, federal opposition leader Bill Shorten outlined Labor’s tax policy for superannuation if the party is elected to...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Katarina Taurian
    • Category: Tax

  7. Non-compliance common among SMSFs with no accountant

    according to Investment Trends data. Speaking at the Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand conference last week, Investment Trends research analyst Recep III Peker said accountants are finding a large number of contraventions within the SMSFs...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Miranda Brownlee
    • Category: Super

  8. ATO offers guidance on proposed asset deductibility scheme

    to allow small business an immediate deduction for each asset they buy costing less than $20,000. The scheme, announced in last week’s federal Budget, will apply to small businesses with a turnover of less than $2 million dollars and will back-date...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Michael Masterman
    • Category: Regulation

  9. IPA calls for small business finance guarantee

    a state-based loan guarantee scheme for small business. Following opposition leader Bill Shorten’s Budget reply speech last week, in which he announced a package that would partially guarantee loans for some small businesses, IPA chief executive officer...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Staff Reporter
    • Category: Business

  10. Small business Budget good news for accountants

    Last night’s federal Budget contained good news both for small businesses and their accountants. The Treasurer last night announced a $5.5 billion small business package, including a 1.5 per cent corporate tax cut and new accelerated depreciation...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Michael Masterman
    • Category: Business

  11. Hockey announces accelerated depreciation measure

    Treasurer Joe Hockey last night announced a new accelerated depreciation measure in his second federal Budget. The new measure allows small businesses an immediate tax deduction for any individual assets purchased that cost them less than $20,000....

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Michael Masterman
    • Category: Business

  12. Firing up the economy through record small biz package

    The small business package announced as part of Budget 2015 is the most significant Australia has seen The federal government is so focused on small business because these hardworking men and women are a key source of employment, providing jobs for...

  13. IPA welcomes govt's small business package

    The Institute of Public Accountants (IPA) has applauded the government’s jobs and small business package, announced last week, calling it a huge step forward in driving small business innovation, productivity and growth. IPA chief executive officer...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Staff Reporter
    • Category: Business

  14. Xero offers new conversion tool

    their clients”. The new tool comes in addition to the MYOB-to-Xero conversion tool, which Xero indefinitely extended last year for thousands of accountants and bookkeepers. Xero Australia managing director Chris Ridd said the new tool comes in response...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Staff Reporter
    • Category: Business

  15. Accounting jobs most at risk from automation, warns PwC

    Accounting has topped a list of professions which, according to PwC, are “most at risk from computerisation and technology”. In a recent report, PwC said many of the jobs in which people work today will simply not exist by the next decade, either...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Michael Masterman
    • Category: Business

  16. CAANZ outlines Budget wish list

    “Short-term cuts are only going to serve as a Band-aid, and they risk destabilising business and consumer confidence. The last thing we need is a pre-election Budget. We need a Budget that is strategic and forward thinking,” Mr White said.

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Staff Reporter
    • Category: Business

  17. End-of-year valuation principles for SMSFs

    property may not need an annual valuation unless a significant event occurred that may have changed its value since it was last valued. As long as the trustees are able to demonstrate that the valuation has been arrived at using a fair and reasonable...

  18. ATO warns SMSFs on franking credits scheme

    against claiming franking credit benefits by channelling dividends from shares in private companies through SMSFs. The ATO last week issued taxpayer alert TA 2015/1 warning SMSF members against the practice. According to the ATO, this occurs when a...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Staff Reporter
    • Category: Super

  19. Leave dividend imputation alone, says RSM Bird Cameron

    investors. Dividend imputation has been debated vigorously since the government released the Tax Discussion Paper last month, which posed several questions around the value of the system, including whether the dividend imputation system is continuing to...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Staff Reporter
    • Category: Business

  20. CCH hires former Reckon leader

    addition to our Asia Pacific business and will be integral to the global success story that is CCH iFirm.” As reported last week in AccountantsDaily, Mr Sanders’ departure from Reckon has seen Sam Allert promoted to the newly-created position of...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Michael Masterman
    • Category: Business
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