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  1. RBA delivers welcome pause but raises fears of another rise

    time. She said business-to-business trade payment defaults are at record levels and around 50 per cent higher than this time last year. “This means a record number of late payment defaults were lodged by one business against another, highlighting just...

  2. Rise in listings could see ‘mild deterioration’ in housing market, says CoreLogic

    the past five months, this may be prompting more selling decisions that did not take place when the market was in decline last spring." Overall, Ms Owen said official data on mortgage stress has not seen a blow out in arrears amid the expiry of low...

  3. Reforms to wholesale investor rules desperately needed: CPA

    grow, this is leading to increased risk for consumers. “A major concern is that the thresholds have not been adjusted in the last two decades,” said CPA Australia’s head of policy Elinor Kasapidis. “We are concerned that some people are being placed in...

  4. Cyber breaches cast long shadow over Optus, Medibank

    customer information. Optus has become the most distrusted brand in Australia in the wake of its high-profile data breach last year, according to the latest Roy Morgan data, displacing Facebook for the first time since the survey began. Fellow hack...

  5. Court action ‘now ATO’s first resort for non-compliant sole traders’

    so passionate about that they forget.” Almost 785,000 of Australia’s businesses are sole traders, a slight decline from last year according to the fresh ABS data. Ms Ross said there was a tendency for sole traders to prioritise debt owed to familiar...

  6. Observers praise RBA pause as key indicators realign

    restaurant and café sector”. CPA Australia senior manager Gavan Ord said the RBA’s decision was straightforward in light of last week’s CPI figure but households and businesses would still sigh with relief. “Despite the economy slowing, there are some...

  7. TPB bans agent for $3.75m in bogus BAS claims

    in the integrity of the tax system and profession.” “Our new expanded compliance program, announced by government late last year, has given the TPB much-needed resources to proactively target these high-risk tax practitioners, to address misconduct and...

  8. Fear prevents businesses on the brink from calling in SWAT squad

    calls or emails – that’s a big red flag that you need to inject yourself in there to ask them how they’re going, and get the last financials and see if there’s a way you can help.” Another reason directors failed to reach out for help was a lack of...

  9. Carbon boosts Perth presence with Ezetax takeover

    Numeric Eight. The mergers had boosted staff numbers to 290, Carbon said, almost tripling its headcount according to last year’s Australian Financial Review Top 100, in which it ranked 39th. Carbon Group, which began nine years ago with one office in...

  10. 1 in 2 retailers expect decline in margins over Christmas

    want to maintain profit margins.” In addition, fewer retailers expect an increase in online sales this year compared with last. “With customers returning to in-store experiences, the proportion of online sales over the holiday period have declined...

  11. Salary growth ‘line-ball with CPI’, accountants in lead pack

    figure was driven by a second month-on-month increase of 0.5 per cent, the largest rise in the Advertised Salary Index since last November, with accounting in a leading pack that also included community services, retail and trades. Seek senior economist...

  12. Sportsbet ‘induced my gambling’: accountant in $26m fraud case

    cross-country flights, VIP treatment, and corporate box seats at key events or headline races. A video obtained by Nine late last month shows Mr Carter on a night out with Sportsbet CEO Barni Evans, which was allegedly one of many interactions Mr Evans...

  13. Inflation rebounds on high petrol, energy prices

    transport and financial services. ABS head of prices statistics Michelle Marquardt said the result was an increase on last month’s 4.9 per cent figure but still reflected a decline from the peak of 8.4 per cent last December. She said excluding volatile...

  14. Inflation rebounds on high petrol, energy prices

    transport and financial services. ABS head of prices statistics Michelle Marquardt said the result was an increase on last month’s 4.9 per cent figure but still reflected a decline from the peak of 8.4 per cent last December. Ms Marquardt said excluding...

  15. KPMG caught using secret ‘power maps’ to secure Canberra contracts

    Senators blasted KPMG's CEO for lying and breaching public trust after he denied his firm targeted officials based on their influence and relationship. KPMG CEO Andrew Yates has denied claims from senators that he lied about making “power maps”...

  16. ‘Expand FBT break to EV chargers, solar panels, batteries’

    and help Australia meet its net-zero targets. The government made EVs more affordable for businesses and households in July last year with legislation that exempts them from FBT when provided to employees, whether they are used for personal or work...

  17. ATO loosens constraints on client linking process

    This is available to be sent to their agent to notify them.” The ATO said in other respects the process was unchanged from last year, when pilot trials began with large businesses and wealthy private groups. However, neither change addresses a key...

  18. Glimmer of hope in consumer mood, business cautiously confident

    expected mortgage interest rates to rise over the next year against only 5 per cent expecting a cut, down from 15 per cent last month. Westpac senior economist Matthew Hassan said household spending would be weak in the near term. “Today’s release again...

  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. ATO, banks revive legacy debts and return to court action

    latest Credit Insights Report from Alares. Its report also showed the big four banks had ramped up their court recoveries last month with high interest rates impacting the serviceability of debt. Jirsch Sutherland partner Malcolm Howell said the ATO was...