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  1. DSS launches ‘first cloud-based platform’ to simplify client billing

    previous software products, using technology from cost recovery software firm Softlog Systems, which DSS acquired in July last year. “We’ve taken our cloud platform and then supplemented it with Softlog’s decades of technology to enable accountants to...

  2. RBA move a ‘kick in the guts’, but few surprised

    likely to slow demand in the sector further.” Employment Hero said the RBA decision would hit seasonal hiring compared to last year as consumer confidence plumbed fresh lows. CEO Ben Thompson said the RBA had the power to make or break Christmas for...

  3. RBA reveals interest rate decision for Cup Day

    The Reserve Bank of Australia has announced its cash rate decision following higher than expected inflation figures for last quarter. The Reserve Bank has decided to increase the cash rate by 25 basis points to 4:35 per cent after CPI result for the...

  4. Seamlss adds client-linking feature to onboarding software

    He said the agent-linking update came baked into Seamlss as a part of the app at no extra costs to subscribing firms. Last month, the ATO responded to concerns about the six-step linking process by expanding the window for clients to nominate agents...

  5. Accountants ‘should cull one-third of their clients every year’

    to look at other opportunities,” he said to accountants and bookkeepers at Intuit’s annual Get Connected event in Sydney last Thursday. “When you first start up a firm, you're trying to grab as much business as you can that comes through your door. Over...

  6. Acquisition-hungry Count buys Canberra accounting boutique

    deals included the purchase of accounting boutique Affinia for $3.4 million in May and Addvantage for an undisclosed sum last year. Meanwhile, on Wednesday, insolvency firm Cathro & Partners also announced expansion plans by opening a Melbourne office...

  7. ASIC scam-buster tech blitzes thousands of dodgy websites

    better awareness, and less financial losses.” He said the NASC had reported a decline in losses to investment scams over the last quarter and ASIC said most of the 2,100 investment scam websites disrupted had been fake investment platforms appearing to...

  8. Insolvency Australia sets up helpline for distressed businesses

    ASIC shows 2,494 companies went insolvent over the first three months of FY24, a 22 per cent increase on the same period last year. That figure includes almost 300 food and accommodation businesses and almost 900 construction companies, with...

  9. Former EY partner in tax exploitation case a ‘rogue operator’

    The firm says the former partner admitted receiving $700,000 and was sacked last year. A former EY partner subject to court action over promoter penalty allegations was sacked last year after admitting they had received more than $700,000 from a client...

  10. ATO pursues former EY partner for alleged tax exploitation scheme

    will continue to take serious action against anyone who attempts to exploit or undermine the integrity of the tax system.” Last month in response to the PwC tax secrets scandal the government filed draft legislation that includes substantially increased...

  11. Prosperity Advisers acquires Brisbane firm to expand SME business

    has 20 partners and 180 employees across its three offices in Sydney, Newcastle and Brisbane. P+Y began talks with the firm last year, according to P+Y partner David Pennell. Mr Pennell, alongside partner Brenden Yantsch and 11 employees were set to...

  12. Tax agents hit with ‘petty’ ATO list of old debts as little as 4c

    off, say frustrated tax agents alarmed at the amount of extra work it has created. In a letter to some 28,000 tax agents last week, the ATO said it would offset clients’ tax refunds or credits against debts on hold that had been written off as...

  13. Aldi to face $150m wage theft class action suit

    FY 2020-21 that it increased its revenue from $9.6 billion to $10.7 billion. In April, Aldi reported that its sales in the last quarter of 2022 were up 13.2 per cent year-on-year, as consumers switched to the discounter to save money amid higher living...

  14. ASIC prosecutes 100 for failing to assist liquidators

    numbers. “After a period of low corporate insolvencies in recent years, insolvency numbers have continued to rise over the last six months," she said. Ms Court said the individuals were located throughout Australia and were prosecuted summarily in local...

  15. Business owners are seeking exits without a plan, survey finds

    process.” The report found that two-thirds of business owners have not had their business independently valued in the last three years, and 20 per cent of business owners who wanted to sell did not know who their likely buyer would be. “A lack of...

  16. 75% of shoppers to scale back Christmas spending, PayPal says

    18 and 75 found that the percentage of respondents intending to buy less this Christmas rose by 35 per cent compared to last year when inflation and interest rates were less prominent. But while the vast majority of shoppers said they would be cutting...

  17. CA ANZ members approve tighter conduct rules

    the findings of a review of conduct rules prompted by CA ANZ’s widely criticised response to the KPMG cheating scandal last year, which involved hundreds but resulted in sanctions on just eight unnamed members. This year the PwC tax cheating affair has...

  18. September CPI means another rate rise on the cards, observers say

    inflation already heavily suppressed by recent cash rate hikes, persistent services inflation remains a key driver of the last 3 per cent that the RBA needs to squash to achieve its target.” “Raising the cash rate would depress demand, soften the labour...

  19. September quarter CPI falls, but notches second monthly rise

    to put the annual rate at 5.4 per cent and mark the third consecutive quarterly fall since inflation peaked at 7.8 per cent last December, the latest ABS data shows. However, the result marked the second monthly rise in annual CPI results after an...

  20. Scam recruiters dupe vulnerable jobseekers out of $20m

    offers and impersonating recruiters duped jobseekers out of $20 million this year, an “alarming” 740 per cent increase on last year, the government says. Assistant Treasurer Stephen Jones said scammers targeted vulnerable groups such as students looking...