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  1. Brace yourselves for joyless Christmas, business warned

    increase year-on-year. At the same time, credit enquiries by business were up 87 per cent year-on-year and 61 per cent since last month, reflecting the increased caution and declining business confidence reported by the NAB Business Confidence Index....

  2. Loan letters a legal minefield, accountants warned

    knows exactly what you’re doing, and potentially get legal advice.” “You need to check that you have PI cover, because the last thing you want is to be doing a service and then finding out two years down the track that it wasn’t covered.” She says...

  3. Three ways to solve all your s100A problems

    to respond to such requests in a timely manner. Further, decisions about trust distributions are frequently made in the last weeks of June each year. The trust distribution minute must be signed before the stroke of midnight on 30 June for most trusts....

  4. UK regulator finds no ‘systemic’ exam cheating issues

    to account for any shortcomings that might be identified.” Breaches cited by the FRC include a $US100 million fine on EY last June — the largest ever imposed by the US Securities and Exchange Commission on an audit firm — for “cheating by its audit...

  5. How decentralised finance has become a feast for hackers

    up a diminishing share of total use over time. This sort of progress can be seen in the cryptocurrency industry. Over the last three years, illicit activity has declined to be 0.15 per cent of transactions in 2021 – a significant decrease from 3.37 per...

  6. Pay secrecy law reform a ‘positive first step’, says KeyPay co-founder

    or not to share information regarding their pay and employment terms with colleagues is a “positive first step” but not the last word, according to KeyPay. Co-founder of the cloud-based workforce management and payroll platform Phil Bernie said the...

  7. Budget must ‘fund renewables safety net to prevent rust belt’

    are now at a point where they need detailed financial advice,” said Mr Grant. “Many small business owners have spent the last few years in survival mode and haven’t had the opportunity or funds to engage a financial expert to ensure their business...

  8. CA ANZ members to vote on revised conduct regime

    also examined around 25 submissions from members and other stakeholders during an initial consultation. It was launched last August following widespread criticism of disciplinary measures imposed on just eight unnamed members after hundreds were...

  9. Expansion strategy fuels 42% rise in Kelly Group revenue

    cent to $11.8 million despite a fall in its operating margin to 30 per cent from 33.5 per cent compared with the same period last year, and the group will pay a dividend of 2.4c per share, up 10 per cent. Group founder and CEO Brett Kelly said the...

  10. Bankruptcies ‘to triple if history repeats itself’

    that occurred when properties were over-encumbered,” he said. “At the moment, a lot of properties purchased through the last two years still have a good amount of equity and savings to stave off these ongoing issues. “The question is whether or not...

  11. Final QAR report ‘fails to address’ limited AFSL issue

    failed to adequately consider problems with the limited financial advice model, among other issues. The QAR report released last week said there was “little merit” in holding a limited Australian Finance Services Licence but opted against recommending...

  12. $1,000-a-month average mortgage increase ‘too much for many’

    or have applied for hardship. Finder home loans expert Richard Whitten said the succession of interest rate increases since last May were starting to bite. “Nine consecutive rate hikes from the RBA means an Australian with the average loan size of...

  13. Stress, pay and robo-accountants top deterrents to profession: ACCA

    among many Australian accountants. “They almost refocused on compliance work because there was so much requirement over the last two years,” she said. “They’re like, there’s enough work for me already here and I’m comfortable and I just don’t want to...

  14. Trade receivables plunge to record low: CreditorWatch

    data in 2015. The agency said trade receivables, which measured the average value of invoices, had been sliding since July last year and the 39 per cent drop in January compounded the usual seasonal fall. In a raft of bad data, the January Business Risk...

  15. Construction companies account for 30% of insolvencies

    this year to fold, filing for bankruptcy and owing about $7 million to creditors, following crises at ProBuild and Metricon last year. BDO said the construction industry employed more people than any other in Australia and generated more than $360...

  16. ATO sticks to its guns in revised WFH deductions regime

    after feedback from the industry. The compliance change, which was scheduled for 1 January in draft PCG 2022/D4 published last November, was a partial win for critics who said most taxpayers and accountants would be unaware of the revised requirements...

  17. Cloudstaff acquires optiBPO to drive global growth strategy

    of $123 million in 2021–22. “Cloudstaff was already growing at more than 50 per cent a year as the pandemic hit and the last three years have added fuel,” said Mr Ernst. “We’ve doubled our team size since 2020 and are planning to increase it by a...

  18. ATO releases record $573m in super on compassionate grounds

    grounds, it has also received a landmark amount in lost or unclaimed superannuation with an extra $2.1 billion added since last financial year. Deputy commissioner Emma Rosenzweig said it was a simple process to determine whether any of the lost super...

  19. Inflation has peaked but further rate rises on the cards: RBA

    “The decision is the tenth consecutive increase since May 2022 and comes after national accounts and CPI data released last week revealed that both economic growth and inflation have slowed faster than expected, making the wisdom of this decision hard...

  20. ATO interest charges hit highest level in a decade 

    quarter of 2012 when the GIC annual rate was 10.62 per cent and the SIC annual rate was 6.62 per cent. For the same quarter last year, the rates only increased by 0.03 per cent, with the GIC rate at 7.07 per cent and the SIC rate at 3.07 per cent. The...