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  1. ‘Wage theft’ leaves workers $40m poorer

    Australian businesses shortchanged their employees by more than $40 million last financial year, despite a staggering number of visits to the ombudsman’s website and pay calculation tools. Releasing its annual report, the Fair Work Ombudsman (FWO)...

  2. ‘Community expectations have changed’: TPB signals new regulatory focus

    Tax agent terminations spiked by 208 per cent in the last financial year, with complaints and referrals increasing by close to 30 per cent as the Tax Practitioners Board ushers in a new era of regulation. Total sanctions against practitioners jumped by...

  3. Franking credits, CGT reforms set to feature this decade

    credits and the capital gains tax discount are likely to happen this decade, despite their contentious position in the last federal election. Speaking at the Tax Institute’s annual Tax Summit, senior tax counsel Professor Robert Deutsch noted that while...

  4. ATO on the hunt for 60,000 TPAR businesses

    More than one in five businesses required to lodge a taxable payments annual report for the last financial year have yet to do so. The ATO estimates that around 280,000 businesses are required to lodge a taxable payments annual report (TPAR) for the...

  5. Bookkeeper charged over $1.5m fraud

    A bookkeeper who allegedly defrauded her clients of more than $1.5 million over the last decade has now been charged with 749 counts of dishonestly obtaining financial advantage by deception. NSW Police arrested 53-year-old Shane Maree Hatton at a home...

  6. ‘It slows growth’: Morrison slams Victorian budget

    has accused the Victorian government of being “addicted to higher taxes”, after slamming the state’s budget released last week. Speaking from Hillwood Berry Farm in Tasmania, a stop on his government’s federal budget tour, Prime Minister Scott Morrison...

  7. Super deductions emerge as leading tax planning strategy: ChangeGPS

    so far this year, with the deduction accounting for 71 per cent of recommended tax deduction strategies, up from 65 per cent last year, according to new research. ChangeGPS last week released a first-of-its-kind tax advice trends report which sampled...

  8. Pandemic delivers rewards to 40% of middle-market businesses

    the pandemic imposed major challenges on some Australian businesses, new research shows that confidence has risen over the last 12 months, as business leaders shifted their focus from consumer preferences to digitisation and digital marketing. Pitcher...

  9. Quantifying the value of advice amid the COVID-19 crisis

    Accountants and bookkeepers were an invaluable resource for business clients amid the COVID-19 crisis last year, and the profession has again been called to the frontlines as the country continues to battle through lockdown restrictions. In this...

  10. AI and automation: the key to increasing revenue potential

    Accountants and bookkeepers who have come through the challenges of the last two years the strongest and continue to drive efficiency, are those who have embraced AI and automation. For the last two years, finance teams have faced challenges on both...

  11. Flexible workplaces yield better-rested and more engaged workforces

    The last 18 months have given experts the chance to extensively assess the value that flexible workplaces offer both employees and businesses. The shift to remote work in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic has revealed new insights about how flexible...

  12. Age for downsizer super scheme to drop to 55

    savings. Anyone over 55 will be able to make downsizer super contributions if tax amendments introduced to Parliament last week are passed and the revised rule could apply as soon as October, according to one superannuation specialist. The reduced age...

  13. ‘Little to celebrate’ in labour market data

    A slight rise in unemployment and fewer accounting job ads last month do not signal an end to the talent drought, says CPA Australia. The jobs market remains the biggest challenge for businesses despite a slight rise in the August unemployment rate,...

  14. Consumer confidence plunges to recession levels

    Westpac-Melbourne Institute February survey shows. Consumer sentiment has fallen sharply to recession levels in the wake of last week’s rate rise with mortgage holders especially bleak about finances this year, according to the latest Westpac-Melbourne...

  15. Insolvent financial firms put $692m of claims in limbo, AFCA reveals

    The compensation scheme of last resort will be crucial for almost 5,000 complaints on hold due to company wind-ups. More than $692 million is being pursued in almost 5,000 open cases involving insolvent companies before the AFCA, the financial...

  16. Small business scam losses almost double in 2022

    Small and micro businesses lost $13.7 million to scams last year, with payment redirection scams accounting for the biggest losses, an ACCC report reveals. Total losses to scams increased 73 per cent for Australian businesses last year, jumping to...

  17. ASIC fails big banks for $550m in customer scam losses

    Bank majors told to lift their game after more than 31,700 customers were conned last year. The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has given the big four banks a fail mark for scam protection after 31,700 customers lost $550...

  18. EY staff shun internal workplace culture survey due to ID links

    Firm wants to know about racism, bullying, sexual harassment, workload pressure and alcohol at team events in the wake of last year’s suicide. An internal EY survey on workplace culture in the wake of last year’s staff suicide has failed to muster...

  19. Australian .au domains are now the 10th most popular globally

    Despite criticism of the rollout of the shortened .au domain late last year, auDA says it now provides almost 4 million domain names. The .au domain administrator (auDA), which prompted security concerns late last year due to a rushed rollout of the...

  20. Carbon Group adds Harding Martin to Qld offices

    The boutique firm becomes the group’s fourth office in the Sunshine State following growth last year in South Australia. Ipswich-based Harding Martin has joined the Carbon Group to become its fourth office in Queensland and 17th nationally. The group...