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  1. Australian CFOs losing faith in corporate reporting

    55 per cent are confident that they are achieving full compliance with their corporate reporting, compared with 84 per cent last year. The responses from Australian CFOs depicted a similar trend, with only 40 per cent of CFOs confident in their overall...

  2. The confidence needed to embrace advisory

    books. This isn’t why many accountants entered the profession – but it is where most end up spending their time. Over the last decade – and with increasing momentum in more recent years – that is changing, with the profession transformed by a range of...

  3. Westpac to build on SMSF relations

    the investment administration side [as well as] all our strong relationships with advisers,” Mr Lawrenson said. In December last year, the first phase of the SMSF offering for BT Panorama was officially launched, enabling advisers, accountants and SMSF...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Katarina Taurian
    • Category: Super
  4. Pitcher Partners lauds fintech ‘sandbox’ scheme

    and access to be able to navigate and apply all the relevant ASIC and Corporations Act requirements.” He added: “The last thing you would want is to make a regulatory sandbox that is complicated, as it would defeat the purpose of having such a regime."

  5. ATO figures show property investors missing out on tax breaks

    expressed concern about the change in the knowledge levels of SMSF investors over time. “Since the borrowing rules over the last number of years have been relaxed around property for SMSFs, even though they've tightened them up again now, people were...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Katarina Taurian
    • Category: Tax
  6. SMEs lead calls for company tax cuts

    the government lower the company tax rate to 28.5 per cent for businesses with an annual revenue of $2 million or under in last year’s budget. However, company tax affects businesses of all sizes," Mr Reed added. "The current system discourages SMEs to...

  7. YBR unveils latest acquisition

    enable this.” Mr Bouris said YBR’s brand awareness through its consistent investment in consumer-facing advertising over the last five years is already yielding direct inquiries from many customers about insurance, as well as funds management and...

  8. Industry figure condemns compliance ‘scaremongering’

    industry is engulfed in a “compliance death spiral” due largely in part to the rapid rise of technology. “Over the last 35 years the tax compliance pie has grown, and continues to grow, contrary to all the scaremongering by those outside our industry...

  9. Accounting employment continues to climb

    growth in Australia for the start of 2016. The drop also comes despite 58,000 jobs being created in the sector during the last two quarters of 2015, an increase of 13 per cent, thanks to a demand for financial and accounting professionals. Commenting on...

  10. SMSF Adviser Network sees 'tenfold' spike in applications

    The licence has been up and running for approximately 18 months, and while the uptake initially was “not huge”, in the last four months the licensee has experienced a significant increase in enquiries and applications, NTAA chief executive Geoff Boxer...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Staff Reporter
    • Category: Super
  11. CPA gets licensing go-ahead from ASIC

    has granted an AFSL and an Australian Credit Licence (ACL) to its wholly owned subsidiary, CPA Australia Advice. In June last year, CPA Australia announced it would establish a new wholly owned subsidiary to provide independent financial advice to...

  12. SMSFs met with ASIC caution

    Pty Ltd and Foscari Holdings Pty Ltd, which have each operated a land banking scheme in Victoria, ASIC said in a statement last week. The two land banking schemes are known as Hermitage Bendigo (formerly Acacia Banks) and Foscari. According to ASIC,...

  13. Two firms join Walker Wayland

    Lawyers is the second law firm to join Walker Wayland Australasia after debt negotiation firm Tax Assure joined in November last year. "Now Sutton Douglass extends that area of expertise," said Mr Dorazio. "Sutton Douglass marries strong technical tax...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Staff Reporter
    • Category: Business
  14. myTax expanded to sole traders and contractors

    will be eligible to use myTax from 1 July this year. “Over 1.7 million individuals lodged their tax return using myTax last year and this number is expected increase this year,” Minister O’Dwyer said. “With its expanded eligibility, over three million...

  15. Four things you need to tell customers at EOFY

    SuperStream is mandatory for all employers with 19 or fewer employees from 1 July 2016. Independent research conducted late last year found around one third of employers weren’t even aware of SuperStream, let alone having an understanding of what was...

  16. Moore Stephens defends its Australian operations

    member firm at this time, Moore Stephens CEO Peter Antonius declared the network will be an ongoing success. “Over the last 12 months, Moore Stephens Australia has undergone a significant transformation, culminating in a strategic review of its network...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Michael Masterman
    • Category: Business
  17. ATO issues warning on con artist threat

    that based on recent reports made to the ATO, iTunes gift cards were part of new tactic being used by fraudsters. "In the last month, of the 8,692 phone scam reports we received in April 2016 in relation to the fake ATO tax debt scam, 58 reports...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Staff Reporter
    • Category: Tax
  18. CEO warns of $20bn gap in SME funding

    also explains why we've been inundated with such overwhelming demand since launching version one of [our] website in October last year, and having now funded over $1.5 million in loans to SMEs to date." Alternative business finance providers have staged...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Adam Zuchetti
    • Category: Business
  19. ASIC reveals latest licensing figures

    beyond 1 July this year, with the number of approved applications still limited. An ASIC spokesperson told SMSF Adviser late last week that it has, to date, approved 149 applications for a limited licence, up from 100 in early April. A further 308...

  20. Short term loans – bank vs non-bank – what’s the go?

    of borrowing. Reputation and specialisation is key Reputable and specialist short term lenders are absolutely not lenders of last resort! They take responsible lending seriously and will simply not knowingly advance funds to a borrower that will get...