Assuming last is required, the following 4056 results were found.

  1. Women in Finance Summit 2024 launches

    After a successful inaugural event last year, the Women in Finance Summit is returning in 2024 with more business insights and networking opportunities. The Women in Finance Summit 2024 will be held on Friday, 15 November 2024 at Hyatt Regency, Sydney,...

  2. ATO gives taxpayers green light to lodge returns

    from previous years as rules around claims could change. “Make sure you don’t just ‘copy and paste’ your deductions from last year, because you might be missing out on everything you’re entitled to. Check out the guidance on our website about what you...

  3. Stephen Jones retains role in recent Ministry shake up

    code of conduct. The determination is the first use of new ministerial powers provided under legislation that was enacted last year in Treasury Laws Amendment (2023 Measures No. 1) Bill 2023. The legislation enables a Minister to supplement the existing...

  4. Small businesses secure $41m in energy grants

    have been given $41 million in grants to save on energy bills and reduce their carbon footprint, the government announced last week. The federal funding comes from the second round of the Energy Efficiency Grants for Small and Medium Sized Enterprises...

  5. Three-quarters of Australians back wealth tax amid rising inequality

    most Australians support more action to rein in the ultra-rich as the G20 agreed to work on a 2 per cent levy on assets last week. Around three-quarters of Australians support a tax on billionaires to curb rising inequality that has reached “obscene”...

  6. SMEs not ‘confident’ in financial health, survey reveals

    index highlighted the average value of invoices held by businesses has fallen to a record low, down 49.9 per cent since last year. This significant drop can be attributed to, “decreased order values as businesses are forced to reduce inventory due to...

  7. Accounting ties strengthened in Sri Lanka: CPA Australia

    The professional body participated in a special ceremony to acknowledge the achievements of long-standing members over the last 10 to 20 years. The ceremony also celebrated several prominent Sri Lankan companies partnered with CPA Australia. CPA...

  8. DPNs climb to 26.7k as ATO hunts down old debts

    directors. The Tax Office has been dredging up old company debts to issue 26,702 director penalty notices worth $4.4 billion last year in a drastic ramp up of recovery efforts, latest figures reveal. It is a 50 per cent jump from the 2022-23 income year...

  9. Self-prepared returns on the rise in latest tax return data

    The proportion of agent-prepared tax returns has seen a slight decrease from the same period last year, according to the ATO. The ATO has received approximately 2 million returns since 1 July, representing around a 1 per cent increase compared with the...

  10. CA ANZ calls on Gen Z to ‘make epic things happen’

    The professional body launched its new “Make Epic Things Happen” campaign in cinemas last night aimed at attracting young people to the accounting profession. CA ANZ has called for the younger generation to be inspired by a career in accounting to help...

  11. SMEs enter ‘survival mode’, rate cut hopes fade

    a strong quarter for borrowing. Meanwhile, the number of rejected loans was increasing – climbing 11 per cent over the last quarter and up 87 per cent compared to last year. “In what is typically a strong quarter for SME borrowing, loan activity has...

  12. CA ANZ urges members to lobby MPs against new agent rules

    caused an uproar in the tax community, with CA ANZ, alongside nine other professional bodies, penning an open letter Jones last week demanding the instrument’s withdrawal. The grassroots letter campaign marks a shift in the accounting body's advocacy...

  13. Accountant denied TPB registration over supervision concerns

    require them to show evidence of at least one year of full-time relevant experience (or part-time equivalent) in the last five years under the “supervision and control” of a registered tax agent. Dou had worked as an accountant at Twin Cities Tax &...

  14. Red tape ‘strangling’ small businesses: ACCI

    businesses are feeling neglected in the current economy and many are considering closure, according to ACCI research. In the last 12 months, 45 per cent of small business owners have considered leaving or shutting down their business, as revealed by the...

  15. ‘Running out of time’: industry sounds alarm over payday super rush

    developers and superannuation gateways, said the government had left the industry in the dark since announcing the change last year. “The software industry needs clarity now,” DSPANZ president Matthew Prouse told Accountants Daily. “We don't have...

  16. ‘Many’ practitioners already compliant with new code rules: TPB

    practitioners will already be complying with the new requirements”. In a web page containing 13 frequently asked questions last week, the TPB has offered practitioners several tips for compliance and laid out its consultation timeline with less than two...

  17. Ute tax loophole costs government $250m

    The research paper stated the number of utes on the road compared to passenger vehicles has grown significantly in the last 20 years. The Australia Institute outlined the tax exemption on utes provides people with more of an incentive to buy them,...

  18. ‘Bleisure’ travel claims in ATO sights, experts warn

    deductions and a failure to include all income sources in lodgments. It said over 8 million people made a work-related claim last year and urged taxpayers to follow “three golden rules”, including only claiming expenses if they spent money themselves...

  19. Unemployment rate rises to 4.1%

    per cent lower than just prior to the COVID-19 pandemic. “The unemployment rate was 0.5 percentage points higher than June last year, and 1.1 percentage points lower than March 2020.” This all said, employment grew by 42,000 people (0.3 per cent) in...

  20. ATO’s growing data access ‘alarming’, says TaxTank CEO

    trust. Taxpayers should know what data is collected, how it’s used and why.” The errors occurring in the ATO's systems last year which impacted 603 taxpayers highlights the dangers of unchecked data access and automation with proper safeguards,...