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  1. Payroll software suspicions central to FWO’s latest swoop

    a Five Dock outlet in Sydney’s inner west. Further, record-keeping practices have been high on the regulator's hit list. Last financial year, about two-thirds of the FWO's court cases involved alleged poor record-keeping or pay slip contraventions. “We...

  2. IPA boss plans ‘vocal’ push for ATO’s digital investment

    got a dashboard and a more modern feel, it’s not clunky or old fashioned,” the IPA’s Tony Greco told Accountants Daily late last year. In saying that, Mr Greco pointed out that tax professionals are “not asking for much” in terms of digital...

  3. Financial services, regulator exec blasts ‘castigated’ instos

    and here is a link to ASIC's full report. Mr Laughlin’s comments also complement the findings of KPMG’s research late last year into public trust, which concludes public trust is at “crisis” lows. “Certainly this is consistent with the findings of the...

  4. Caution advised on best interests duty with cryptocurrencies

    characteristics similar to bitcoin are an asset for capital gains tax (CGT) purposes. The ATO issued confirmation of this last year. Accountants with SMSF clients who are looking to invest in cryptocurrencies should also be certain the fund is permitted...

  5. ATO set to doorknock as 60% of cash-heavy businesses caught

    yesterday. This follows the ATO visiting about 400 small businesses operating with a heavy focus on cash transactions last year. The ATO’s work is part of a massive government crackdown on the black economy in Australia. In December 2016, the Turnbull...

  6. $360K, $1.8m data breach penalties raise flags for small business ombudsman

    study reporting 44 per cent of Australian businesses are not fully prepared,” said Ms Carnell. “Another report by Telstra last year found 33 per cent of small businesses don’t take proactive measures to protect against cyber breaches,” she said. The...

  7. Tax, technical quirks put clients at ‘crippling’ risk of penalty

    moves to move in on employers who aren’t meeting their SG obligations. A report from the tax office released in August last year showed the net superannuation gap — which is the difference between the value of SG gaps required to be paid by law minus...

  8. Minister falls short on income tax relief promise for federal budget

    Prime Minister will shortly be unveiling further plans for middle-income tax relief. At a Pritchitt Partners event in Sydney last night, Accountants Daily asked Mr Sukkar if it’s realistic to expect a commitment to both corporate tax rate cuts and...

  9. Accountants, leadership and the age of distrust

    sure of a sizable shift in the market. At an otherwise business-as-usual roundtable at KPMG’s new Sydney headquarters late last year, chair Alison Kitchen threw out a show-stopper which confirmed that public distrust is a palpable threat to...

  10. Institutional, big 4 exec hires mark service line boosts for Grant Thornton

    its advisory operations, marked with a merger with Victorian-based consulting group GNC Group Consulting in September last year.

  11. Major bank weighs in on cyber security, cloud computing

    and online banking, and has been shaken by attacks such as that experienced by US-based company Equifax Inc, which announced last year that it had been subject to a cyber security incident that could have impacted up to 143 million consumers....

  12. Pitcher Partners snares big 4 veteran in trade, tax move

    Daisley’s appointment follows the appointment of Birgitte Hebiton, formerly of KPMG, as director of taxation services, late last year. [email protected]

  13. Government exec appointed to bolster mid-tier's audit services

    financial statements of state entities and reporting outcomes of those reports to Parliament. Mr Dean, who began his role last month, said his time in the Tasmanian Audit Office gives him a sense of perspective in his services to the not-for-profit...

  14. KPMG Australia moves into new advisory space

    arm. Declining public trust in corporations has informed the move, which KPMG’s chairman Alison Kitchen flagged late last year as a headline issue the firm is tackling with its big business clients in 2018. “Public trust is a top priority for Australian...

  15. ‘Watch very closely’: mid-tier flags fuel tax credit change delay

    have to be aware of this change, which may lead to administrative issues. “Most of the fuel tax credit claimants over the last couple of years have been used to the change occurring on either 1 August or 1 February and now this year, they would have...

  16. CPA fears bad consumer outcomes as TPB’s budgets struggle

    including monitoring “questionable” behaviour as suggested by the Black Economy Taskforce. The TPB told Accountants Daily last year it continues to struggle with its expanded portfolio, particularly the registration of tax (financial) advisers, and...

  17. ‘It’s going to be a big one’: tax veteran says to brace for 2018 PLS rollout

    lot of back-office and backend work to get this PLS running, but I know from what I heard, there were some criticisms of it last year that it wasn’t really working effectively. But I do know the tax office has put a lot of time into making sure they get...

  18. ATO defends position as ‘recklessness, fraud’ surface with popular deductions

    but commissioner Chris Jordan said surveillance shows professionals are contributing to illegitimate claims. Late last year, Mr Jordan said about 900 audits showed tax agents are contributing to Australia’s individual tax gap through “carelessness,...

  19. Ex-CA boss lands new overseas gig

    not-for-profit oversight body of the International Accounting Standards Board. Mr White stood down as CEO of CA ANZ in April last year, replaced by Rick Ellis the following month. He has been a CA for 30 years, and a fellow since 1998. He has also held...

  20. Profession up in arms as complex pension issue lingers

    and Treasury is now being lobbied to correct the matter which impacts SMSF clients. The introduction of legislation last year to allow transition to retirement pensions to convert to retirement phase, where a member has satisfied a condition of release,...