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  1. Budget backflip on testamentary trusts not all that it seems

    been the case since budget night in May, tax revenue targets may in fact be achieved more easily, writes Matthew Burgess. Last week’s backflip by the federal government over the proposed attack on testamentary trusts has received widespread support from...

  2. SMEs embrace AI and growth despite economic pressures

    employment growth among established SMEs also remained robust at 8.4 per cent, outpacing the rate recorded at the same time last year. Keene said the figures highlighted SMEs' ability to remain agile, balancing growth opportunities with ongoing cost...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Matthew Taylor
    • Category: Business

  3. The cost line your manufacturing clients can't see

    Here's what that actually looks like in practice: a question the client can't answer, attached to a number. When was the last compressed air leak survey? If the answer is never, or nobody can remember, the DOE's 20 to 30 per cent band is the realistic...

  4. Small businesses pushed to pay for alternative super services

    Clearing House (SBSCH) will be switched off for all users, removing their ability to make payments and view records. Last quarterly payments due on 28 July cannot be submitted through the SBSCH, nor can tax deductions for the 2025–26 financial year....

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Carlos Tse and Naomi Neilson
    • Category: Business

  5. SavvyWise raises $1.56m to accelerate R&D on Australian tax-specific AI models

    they want a solution built specifically for them, not a generic AI tool retrofitted to tax,” he said. SavvyWise launched last year, and now boasts more than 2,000 users across 200 firms, with 113 paying organisations. The platform uses ring-fenced AI...

  6. ATO updates myGov linking process to combat fraud

    make it easier for [clients] to link their myGov account to the ATO and provide stronger account security,” the ATO said. Last year, the ATO released its 2025 Fraud and Corruption Control Plan, implementing its fraud and corruption framework through a...

  7. The Indemnity Gap Most Accounting Firms Miss

    Partner, Not Just a Broker Accountants spend their careers protecting other businesses - their own practice is usually last on the list. ii-A is the specialist saved under 'Insurance' in your phone, working with firms that have grown, evolved and built...

  8. Bendel: the blueprint for a ‘devastating attack’

    this battle in the High Court, one tax lawyer has warned. A tax lawyer has called celebrations following the Bendel win last week “dangerously premature”, saying that the ATO lost its appeal in Commissioner of Taxation v Bendel only because it “ran the...

  9. ‘Policy failure’: accountants needed to close the retirement advice gap, says IFPA

    financial advisers has been falling since 2019, with respondents to a recent FAAA survey saying the Compensation Scheme of Last Resort (CSLR) levy will accelerate adviser exits. According to the Financial Advice Association Australia (FAAA), there has...

  10. FAAA and NTAA on proposed treasury amendment

    the professional associations have both made recommendations addressing the potential impact on taxpayers. Ahead of the last scheduled public hearing as part of the Australian Parliamentary inquiry on the Treasury Laws Amendments (Tax Reform No. 1) Bill...

  11. CGT reform: is Australia penalising entrepreneurs?

    years. Under the new rules, the $1 million cost base would be indexed for inflation. Using actual inflation figures from the last 20 years, the indexed cost base would have grown to approximately $1.65 million. When the business is sold, an investor...

  12. Division 7A and Bendel: complete clarity or a 16 year journey far from over?

    judicial authority in earlier phases of the case, and indeed arguably universally by specialist advisers for at least the last 16 years. The harsh reality for taxpayers and their advisers While the decision undoubtedly provides a moment of clarity, its...

  13. Accounting firms’ AI investments moving beyond ‘just clerical tasks’

    surveyed 434 accountants, bookkeepers, and other accounting professionals between mid-September and mid-November last year across Australia, about their experiences of AI in their practices, including their near-, medium-, and long-term AI integration...

  14. BAS agent’s registration application rejected over insufficient experience

    a registered TPB agent, had undertaken at least two years of full-time relevant experience (or part-time equivalent) in the last five years – determining that his registration as a tax agent must be rejected as he “did not meet the requirements...

  15. ASIC to explore ‘regulatory hooks’ it can use in KPMG investigation

    at the big four firm after formally commencing an investigation into KPMG. Appearing before a Senate estimates hearing last week, ASIC chair Sarah Court said that ASIC had commenced a formal investigation into KPMG in relation to the conduct of a few of...

  16. ‘Confidence gap’ costing Australians money at tax time: H&R Block

    found that Australians were using a shortcut approach to their tax returns, as almost half spent one hour or less on their last return. More than a third took a shortcut approach to work-related deductions, including using fixed rates, repeating last...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Matthew Taylor
    • Category: Tax

  17. Accountants ‘don’t want to be left behind’ in the age of AI

    on job replacement, with potential privacy breaches as major talking points. “There hasn’t been a conversation in the last two years where AI has not been one of the main topics of interest,” DePrisco said. “I still think it's early days for AI in...

  18. The need for accountants to be open-minded and willing to change

    creativity, and the ethical use of new tools, the next generation of accountants can transform professional disruption into lasting opportunity and meaningful professional growth. Recently, on an episode of Under The Hood, Bec Argent, director of Argent...

  19. Preparing for a ‘whole rewrite’ of how the SG charge is calculated, imposed

    has warned that accountants must start preparing for the changes now. As a member of the Payday Super working group for the last three years, National Tax and Accountants' Association senior advocate Robyn Jacobson (pictured) stressed that practitioners...

  20. CPI falls to 4.2% in April, but core inflation remains high

    Further to last month’s annual inflation increase to 4.6 per cent, fuelled by a price rise of 1.1 per cent, the ABS has released its highly-anticipated data from April 2026. With the consumer price index (CPI) rising from 3.7 per cent in February to...

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