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  1. Accounting jobs market set to jump

    Hiring intentions in the accounting and professional services sector jumped last quarter, according to a survey by Hudson. The Q3 2015 Hudson Report: Employment Trends, based on a survey of more than 3,500 employers nationally, found net hiring...

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

  2. Multiple changes to tribunal, standards boards

    The government made a number of appointments last week, including to the Auditing and Assurance Standards Board, the Superannuation Complaints Tribunal and the Payments System Board. Last Friday federal Treasurer Scott Morrison announced multiple...

  3. Govt looks to relieve regulatory cost for taxpayers

    has introduced an industry funding model for ASIC instead of taxpayer funding, following a significant budget boost last year. The ASIC Supervisory Cost Recovery Levy Bill 2017 looks to make the financial services industry more accountable for its...

  4. CPA defends marketing spend, mulls disclosure changes

    CPA Australia says its marketing spend has decreased as a proportion of turnover in the last 10 years, and in response to swelling discontent, agreed to consider alternative models to the disclosure of remuneration. At its annual general meeting (AGM)...

  5. Gaps in ASIC’s accountant crackdown surface

    to ASIC’s crackdown on accountants’ provision of disclosure documents to clients, but there are gaps in ASIC’s announcement last week. Late last week, ASIC said it has found that, in recent fundraisings, some accountants have used trust or company...

  6. ATO increasing data exchange with international regulators

    tax regulators in different countries is rapidly increasing, with the ATO turning in around 30,000 US expats to the IRS just last year according to a US tax lawyer. Moodys Gartner director Roy Berg explained that under the Foreign Account Tax Compliance...

  7. Highest-paid accounting roles revealed

    average salary of $126,253. This was followed by strategy and planning roles, despite a 2 per cent dip compared to this time last year, with an average salary of $122,394. Management accountants averaged a salary of $110,807, with a growth of 1 per...

  8. Prosecutions spike as ATO reveals ‘far-fetched’ excuses

    bizarre reasons for late lodgement, as the tax office goes on an on-time lodgement blitz following a spike in prosecutions last financial year. Assistant commissioner at the ATO, Kath Anderson, has issued a series of public messages urging taxpayers to...

  9. Pay slips, record keeping top FY16/17 contraventions list

    Last financial year, two-thirds of the Fair Work Ombudsman’s court cases involved alleged record-keeping or pay slip contraventions, and the regulator notes a significant spike in penalties received. According to its annual report for 2016-17, the FWO...

  10. ATO records jump in prosecutions, debt

    The tax office’s annual report shows there was an increase in prosecutions last financial year for individuals and companies as well as a spike in small business debts, while debt collection activities broadly took a hit during extended digital...

  11. CPA announces new chief executive

    CPA Australia has announced its new chief executive, following the sacking of former leader Alex Malley last year. The association has this afternoon confirmed Andrew Hunter, who was most recently managing director and CEO of the Export Finance and...

  12. Individuals speed up returns, royal commission drives early rush

    Individual lodgement numbers are ahead of where they were last year, and some tax professionals believe the royal commission and stricter lending conditions are driving businesses and individuals to lodge early. Tougher lending conditions in the wake...

  13. ASIC ramps up SME focus amid backlash to weak big biz monitoring

    obligations of small businesses, having dealt with over 700 offences relating to failure to keep books and records last year. The corporate regulator has announced that it will continue its small business focus for the 2018–19 financial year, as part of...

  14. Fintech revenue booms amid lending squeeze

    Australian fintechs recorded a median revenue growth of 125 per cent over the last year, with the industry bullish on the back of the royal commission as accountants spot a lending squeeze. EY’s FinTech Australia Census has found that one in five...

  15. Tax agent, taxpayers guilty of tax crimes in second half of 2018

    The Tax Office’s investigations around serious tax crimes in the second half of last year found 17 individuals guilty of fraud or tax evasion. Between July and December 2018, the ATO’s tax crime investigations identified 17 individuals, including a...

  16. Retail, food sectors see spike in corporate insolvency

    The retail, accommodation and food services sector have seen a spike in corporate insolvency appointments over the last 12 months, in line with industry concerns. The accommodation and food services industry saw a 21 per cent spike in corporate...

  17. BDO pushes towards 200 partners with latest appointments

    Mid-tier firm BDO has welcomed 28 partners over the last 12 months, bringing its national tally of partners up to 197. Over the last financial year, BDO saw 28 partners appointed across its Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne, Perth and Darwin offices, with...

  18. Up to 9 in 10 ‘other’ expenses adjusted as ATO reveals dodgy claims

    Close to 90 per cent of claims in ‘other’ deductions were adjusted last year as the ATO reveals a number of unusual claims it disallowed, including a $58,000 wedding. ATO assistant commissioner Karen Foat has revealed that nearly 700,000 taxpayers...

  19. Over 10% rise in dodgy tax agent tip-offs

    200 tip-offs about potentially dodgy behaviour on the part of accountants and other tax agents were reported by taxpayers last financial year, the ATO has revealed. Last Friday, the Tax Office revealed that a one-year prison sentence had been given to a...

  20. STP audit activity to ramp up as ATO ditches ‘softly softly’ approach

    The ATO’s “softly softly” approach to Single Touch Payroll will not last long, warns a tax expert, as clients are urged to revisit historical data before the Tax Office catches up to them. With Single Touch Payroll (STP) now mandatory for businesses of...

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