Assuming last is required, the following 4011 results were found.

  1. Australian businesses lose $227m in payment redirection scams

    the hardest hit according to the ACCC report. There was a 77 per cent increase in payment redirection scams in Australia last year with businesses losing $277 million according to the latest Australian Competition and Consumer Commission report. The...

  2. AFCA reports significant drop in inappropriate advice claims

    service had seen a sharp rise in complaints about general insurance in a period that included an earthquake in Victoria last September, followed by catastrophic storms and flooding across southern states last October and in South-East Queensland and...

  3. CA ANZ member abandons campaign against board

    he was abandoning the campaign and had apologised to the CA ANZ chairman and chief executive over critical comments reported last week. The comments were motivated by CA ANZ’s handling of the KPMG exam cheating affair, which Mr Alizzi described as “the...

  4. Australia’s anti-money laundering rules ‘third world’

    in very few people are actively going to do everything they need to,” he said. “There has definitely been a change in the last year or two as people are more aware of this. “It’s in the public forum now you’ve seen Star and Crown be dragged through the...

  5. Careful with that banking app!

    for cyber criminals, particularly in Australia: two-thirds of Australians now use banking apps to manage their finances and last year this overtook internet banking as the most popular method for the first time. It’s no coincidence, then, that online...

  6. Few will benefit from FBT exemption for EVs

    of technical policy Tony Greco said, with supply issues one critical factor in crimping sales. Introducing the measure last week, climate change and energy minister Chris Bowen said it would save an employer providing an EV costing $50,000 up to $9,000...

  7. Dixon Advisory clients told to act quickly on claims

    complaint with the AFCA as soon as possible to be eligible for compensation under a potential future Compensation Scheme of Last Resort scheme, ASIC said. ASIC said it would write to clients informing them of the chance to claim after banning Dixon...

  8. Disclose contractor payments by 28 August, ATO warns

    The ATO is warning businesses that they have until 28 August to complete a taxable payment annual report (TPAR) for last year as it cracks down on the shadow economy. Around $350 billion in payments made to 950,000 contractors were reported last year...

  9. Lull in SME financial disputes could be temporary, AFCA warns

    financial disputes for small business, the AFCA cautioned, after fewer hardship issues meant total complaints fell slightly last year. Small businesses won more than $18 million in compensation and refunds from 3,490 complaints in 2021–22, a 3 per cent...

  10. SMEs feeling the pinch as invoice payment times blow out

    cash flow in the wake of COVID as debtors took longer to pay and access to finance got tighter. “What we’ve seen over the last six months is the average number of days that an invoice is open before a debtor pays it is slowly creeping out,” he said....

  11. A trio of trip-wires businesses should avoid, says ATO  

    the two years of the pandemic. “It’s been around for a while as an issue, but probably as we’ve all experienced over the last few years, some of the lines between work and home have blurred as we’ve gone into lockdowns and many business owners – they...

  12. ‘Devil in the detail’ of extra skilled migrant scheme 

    will solve the talent shortage in accounting, says CPA Australia. Details of an extra 35,000 migration places, announced last week, will be critical to whether it can mitigate the accounting skills shortage, said CPA Australia senior manager Gavan Ord,...

  13. Law firm mulls class action against Optus, SMEs ‘sitting ducks’

    to help businesses. Law firm Slater & Gordon is investigating a possible class action against Optus over its data breach last week that compromised the personal details of millions of customers and reveals small businesses are “sitting ducks” for...

  14. Curious, ambitious? Then ‘forget the image and become an auditor’

    migration tap back on was only part of the answer. Speaking on a special Accountants Daily podcast to mark Auditor Proud Day last week, Mr Ghandar said migration helped the profession with its “lumpy” reporting deadlines, but it needed to look closely...

  15. BDO recruits three partners away from rivals

    firm’s success was a result of its employees and the additions would only reinforce it. “BDO’s strong performance during the last financial year comes down to our people,” said Mr Garvey. “We have continued to attract high calibre talent across all...

  16. Accounting bodies welcome Palaszczuk backflip on land tax 

    in condemning Queensland’s expanded land tax regime after the state Premier bowed to pressure and abandoned the changes late last week. They said it exposed a need for land tax reform along national lines but Queensland’s decision to go it alone would...

  17. Cyber hack insurance ‘harder to get’ in wake of Optus scam

    insurance companies are also denying cyber insurance coverage or heavy restrictions are being imposed.” The Optus hack late last month compromised the personal details, including in some cases passport, Medicare or driving licence numbers, of almost 10...

  18. Tax chief refuses to rule out third term

    not seek a third term but the ATO declined to confirm this in response to questions in the wake of an interview with him last month. Repeated requests failed to clarify the matter although the ATO said, in full: “The Commissioner is focused on his...

  19. Buyback law closes loophole ‘but franking credits here to stay’

    Mr Jones said the government was releasing draft legislation on the changes today following their announcement in the budget last month. “It’s about ensuring that the system we have operates with integrity and fairness. They close a loophole which...

  20. Labour demand and jobs growth have peaked: Deloitte

    overseas migration.” Deloitte Access Economics expected white collar job growth to slow down after a record peak of 357,800 last year, with a forecast of 282,800 for 2022–23. By 2023–24 that number will be cut in half to 143,100. “Promisingly, open...