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  1. Personal insolvencies continue to soar in early 2024

    Personal insolvencies increased by almost a third in January compared with the same period last year, according to the latest AFSA data. The total number of personal insolvencies climbed to 1,015 for January, rising from 805 in December. This was also...

  2. SME employee growth rate on ‘downwards slope’, recent data reveals

    The year-on-year employee growth rate for small business has halved since April last year, according to the latest Employment Hero SME Index. Employment Hero’s April SME Index Update indicates that the employee growth rate for SMEs has fallen from 11...

  3. Service-based small businesses lead productivity decline: Xero

    A report has found wholesale trade was the most productive industry last year, while hospitality performed the worst. Service-based small businesses in hospitality, arts and education led a nationwide decline in productivity last year, according to a...

  4. $20k instant asset write-off passes lower house

    It comes after the eleventh-hour passage of a bill that raised the threshold from $1,000 to $20,000 for FY24 last week. A 12-month extension to the $20,000 instant asset write-off scheme has passed the lower house. The scheme was the government’s chief...

  5. CA ANZ calls on Gen Z to ‘make epic things happen’

    The professional body launched its new “Make Epic Things Happen” campaign in cinemas last night aimed at attracting young people to the accounting profession. CA ANZ has called for the younger generation to be inspired by a career in accounting to help...

  6. Esteemed accounting lecture hits 85 years

    The Annual Research Lecture facilitated by CPA Australia and the University of Melbourne marked 85 years last week. Last week, CPA Australia and the University of Melbourne marked 85 years of the collaborated Annual Research Lecture. This year the...

  7. Solving ATO debt & winning clients for life

    of technical expertise and personal experience. After losing his own business more than 20 years ago, Hank has spent the last two decades helping business owners across Australia avoid the same fate. In this episode, he shares what business owners and...

  8. AFSA unveils current personal insolvency trends, insights

    debtors, coupled with lower unemployment rates, have led to a dramatic drop in the number of personal insolvencies over the last eight years. Despite the current economic climate and subdued consumer conditions, the Australian Financial Security...

  9. ‘Better nation, better conversation’: Spender, Richardson’s take on tax reform

    In the aftermath of the highly anticipated Economic Reform Roundtable last month, the conversation on tax reform is set to be “kept alive” by independent MP Allegra Spender. Federal member for Wentworth Allegra Spender is driving hard for the tax...

  10. ‘Brace yourselves’: Imminent holiday home tax changes on the horizon

    Following the ATO’s “out of the blue” holiday home deduction announcement late last year, the IPA has called for additional clarity for taxpayers and accountants. In November last year, the ATO withdrew its existing ruling on rental property deductions...

  11. RBA hands down May 2026 cash rate decision

    special announcement from Accounting Home Loans, if the Reserve Bank has again decided to raise interest rates, following last week’s shock inflation figures. At each of its first two meetings for 2026, in February and March, the board of the Reserve...

  12. 2026 budget changes trigger triple taxation exposure for trust assets on death

    It may be that, if the proposed changes are implemented as announced, the last remaining planning opportunity with that promoted by author Douglas Adams, namely “spending a year dead for tax purposes”, writes Matthew Burgess. The 2026 budget has...

  13. CPI falls to 4.2% in April, but core inflation remains high

    Further to last month’s annual inflation increase to 4.6 per cent, fuelled by a price rise of 1.1 per cent, the ABS has released its highly-anticipated data from April 2026. With the consumer price index (CPI) rising from 3.7 per cent in February to...

  14. ‘Smash and grab’: Cancellation not enough for persistent deregistered renewal provider

    Last month, ASIC cancelled the registered agent status for two business renewal services; however, one of these companies is still in operation and allegedly continues to take payments from small businesses via direct debit. Having worked with small...

  15. Xero launches global add-ons marketplace

    management and job costing. “There are 42,000 active installations of add-ons in use – a 280 per cent increase in the last year. And, last month alone, there were over 60,000 visits generated from our marketplace to our add-on partners, a 28 per cent...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Staff Reporter
    • Category: Business
  16. Stop this digital world, I want to get off ...

    shorter but more regular and most importantly more relevant. The discussion will be about what’s happening now rather than last week, last month or last year, which has been the tradition of the profession. At the Accountants Technology Showecase...

  17. Sterling crowned Business Publishing Company of the Year

    Company of the Year 2014 at the prestigious Publishers Australia Excellence Awards. The 18th annual awards, held in Sydney last week, featured some of the biggest brands and businesses in publishing, with Bauer Media, Reed Business Information, Pacific...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Staff Reporter
    • Category: Business
  18. Xero announces triple digit revenue growth

    on Friday which reveal Australian customers now exceed 203,000, up 86 per cent from the 109,000 customers at the same time last year. Of the new customers, Xero said 35 per cent have switched from other accounting software providers. Globally,...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Staff Reporter
    • Category: Business
  19. SMSFs 'without a doubt' behind CPA's move to advice

    a key driver of CPA’s entry into financial advice, according to an SMSF consultant and former Macquarie Group director. Late last week, CPA Australia announced it was to establish a new wholly-owned subsidiary to provide independent financial advice to...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Katarina Taurian
    • Category: Super
  20. Spate of appointments, mergers locked in at mid-tier firm

    Hobart, Launceston, Ulverstone and Sheffield. “Our national network has experienced significant growth, particularly in the last 12 months in a very competitive and fast-changing market. This has allowed us to better serve our clients as it ensures we...