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  1. Q&A: Economist Shane Oliver discusses business confidence

    the peak of confidence in 2010, before they both turned at the same time, and then of course as we went into the election last year they both rose at the same time. Consumer confidence has been hit harder because most of the measures in the Budget were...

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

  2. Pain or Gain? What's driving accounting firms to change technology?

    with both small and large accounting firms on implementing new business technology across Australia and New Zealand over the last 15 years has shown me that there are some clear reasons why some businesses find moving to new technology simple and others...

  3. Deloitte announces another big name recruit

    crisis response and reconstruction projects.” “He received the national award for planning excellence in Australia last year and is a member of the World Bank’s Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery technical advisory group”. Harvey...

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

  4. Accountants losing ground in SMSF space

    looking to set up an SMSF cited property investment as a reason for establishment, up from 34 per cent at the same time last year. Twenty-one per cent of those planning to set up an SMSF also cited access to borrowing within superannuation as a driver...

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

  5. CPA slams idea of apolitical tax commission

    government will have to sell a whole package, Mr Drum said. “That’s what the Howard-Costello government did so successfully last time, they sold a package, they went to an election on eliminating a raft of inefficient taxes and broken taxes, like sales...

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

  6. Prosperity poaches new director

    chief executive officer, Allan McKeown said Ms Sellick’s appointment follows strong fee growth in the firm’s Sydney office last financial year. “We have stepped up our recruitment activities and have assembled an expanded team of which Siobhan is a key...

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

  7. Deloitte confident on economic growth

    and while the iron ore price is down, the Australian dollar is up,” Deloitte added. The firm also said that in the last decade, federal spending has increased by 3 per cent per year more than inflation. “Unless policy changed, the next decade was headed...

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

  8. CPA issues warning on limited licensing

    the option when you get towards the end of the transition period to know which way you want to go.” “If you leave it to the last 12 months to start your training it’s just going to be too late." Ms Weller’s comments come after ASIC warned of four...

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

  9. Politics hits CFO confidence: Deloitte

    Uncertainty around federal government policy has dented CFO confidence, according to Deloitte’s most recent CFO survey. For the fourth straight quarter, optimistic CFOs outnumber their pessimistic peers, however, the net percentage of CFOs who were...

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

  10. Goyder chairs B20 summit in Sydney

    across all sectors. More than 300 senior business leaders from over 30 countries have been meeting since the end of last year to develop a set of policy responses to these global challenges. “Task forces established around four priority areas –...

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

  11. Hays warns of shift to short-term contracts

    “From a business’ perspective, it’s quite a wise thing because of the fluctuations and changes that have happened over the last while and they don’t want to be making redundancies all the time.” Ms Roeder said an increase in major projects undertaken by...

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

  12. MYOB developing its own client portal

    to AccountantsDaily, Adam Ferguson, MYOB’s general manager, accountants division said Deloitte Private Connect, launched last week, is an innovative offering from the big four firm that will help redefine an evolving accounting industry. “I think it...

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

  13. KPMG announces new partners

    directors across all divisions of the firm. The number of partner and executive director appointments is up from 35 last year. Twenty-three new partners (60 per cent) are from the firm’s Advisory division, almost double last year’s 35 per cent. Notably,...

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

  14. Confidence is returning but don't expect a big salary raise

    we are already seeing instances of salary pressure for skills in demand. Salaries were also stable in professional practice last year, with a number of firms giving the minimal annual increase. Candidate movement was seen in the big four and second tier...

  15. Sam Allert talks technology

    recently. Of course, as everyone would probably say, cloud technology has been huge but the other big advancement over the last few years has been integrations. What I mean by that is advancements in technologies around data feeds, whether that’s bank...

  16. ATO targeting offshore avoidance

    initiative, he said. Under Project Do It, people disclosing their offshore assets will generally be assessed for the last four years, be liable for a maximum shortfall penalty of 10 per cent and full shortfall interest charges, and will not be...

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

  17. Politics obstructing GST reform

    winning elections to undertake long-term reforms such as a rethinking of the GST. “Tax reform hasn’t got very far over the last 10 years because it’s caught up in the political cycle,” he said. Mr Greco suggested handing the responsibility of tax reform...

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

  18. Cash flow issues hitting SMEs

    that businesses were forced to wait an average of 56 days for payment in the first quarter of 2014, compared with 53 in the last quarter of 2013. Scottish Pacific chief executive Peter Langham said delayed payments can inhibit the ability of SMEs to...

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

  19. Insolvencies set to spike

    a fall of 21.1 per cent in companies entering formal insolvency appointments in the first quarter of 2014 compared to the last quarter of 2013. Neil Cribb, national head turnaround and insolvency group at RSM Bird Cameron said the firm does not believe...

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

  20. NSW budget shows widening fiscal gap

    investment. “This is the preferred growth model that appears to be favoured federally as well, and the initiatives over the last two years in NSW show the model is effective in delivering positive outcomes for taxpayers,” he said. “Strong fiscal...

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