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  1. Former PwC partner banned for sharing secret Treasury docs

    obligations. His tax agent registration was subsequently terminated, and Mr Collins is understood to have left the firm last year. The TPB investigation also determined that PwC had failed to properly manage conflicts of interest after the confidential...

  2. Why CFOs must be five-star generals in cyber-security arms race

    Let’s look at a practical example. Business email compromise (BEC) attacks are common, costing Australians over $98 million last financial year. This tactic sees scammers gaining access to an executive’s email account and using it to send instructions...

  3. RBA rise ‘more likely’ after 7.8 per cent CPI result

    in the cost of new homes was welcomed by Master Builders Australia, which said it was welcome relief from record increases last year due the spiralling prices of labour and materials. New home prices rose 1.7 per cent during the December quarter against...

  4. Medical centres ‘sleepwalking to payroll tax precipice’

    liability. However, the landmark case of Thomas and Naaz Pty Ltd v Chief Commissioner of State Revenue [2022] NSWCATAP 220 last year had cast a shadow over such arrangements in NSW, he said, and now Victoria and Queensland were adopting the revised...

  5. Small business given fail mark for websites, social media

    Small Business Digital Taskforce. The Navii Digital Health Check survey, which quizzed 602 SMEs between August and December last year, gave small business a failure mark of just 32 per cent for its website, SEO and social media practices. Only slightly...

  6. ‘Erratic’ valuation increases trigger huge leaps in NSW land tax

    Mazars indirect tax specialist Stephen Baxter said the land tax general and premium thresholds rose by 18 per cent last year but the NSW Valuer General was increasing valuations by as much as 100 per cent. “The NSW Valuer General’s Mass Valuation System...

  7. Why concerns linger over s100A final ruling

    This harks back to a different era and has no place in the current tax landscape. Even the anti-avoidance rules of last resort, Part IVA, have a four-year amendment period. S100A should have parity with Part IVA and be similarly limited. Another concern...

  8. ATO plans publicity campaign for final WFH guidance

    processes and have supported the development of the guidance materials.” The initial response from the tax industry last November was damning, with the director of tax communications at H&R Block Mark Chapman one of the sternest critics. He said the PCG...

  9. S100A rules to ‘double the price’ of trust distribution work

    the issue of reimbursement agreements that could trigger s100A and another potential pitfall highlighted by the Owies case last year, which confirmed that trustees had to consider the circumstances of beneficiaries. He said documents would be required...

  10. Does ChatGPT have any of the answers for accounting?

    open source sense that they are actually focusing on and ensuring that the data is protected,” said Mr Conway. “I mean the last thing we would want is for someone to be using an open source bot like ChatGPT and putting client details in there, that is a...

  11. CA ANZ students now qualify for fee assistance scheme

    up by 3.7 per cent when the overall advert volume has dropped more than 8 per cent. Ms van Onselen said it was clear from last year’s Jobs and Skills Summit that the worker crisis went beyond blue collar industries and there needed to be better pathways...

  12. Be brave about advice reform, Canberra told

    The 267-page report includes 13 recommendations, many of which were previewed in early form by the QAR Proposals paper last August. They include redefining “personal advice” to take in financial advice that must be supplied by a “relevant provider”;...

  13. Franchisor faces court for alleged Fair Work breaches by outlets

    and breach record-keeping and pay slip requirements.” The action follows 85 Degrees being penalised $475,200 in court last year for exploiting young Taiwanese students in Sydney under the guise of a purported internship arrangement in 2016 and 2017. The...

  14. ATO turns up the heat on holiday home deductions

    accountants understand whether the claims were a valid rental deduction. Speaking at the Accountants Daily Strategy Day late last year ATO assistant commissioner Kath Anderson flagged the crackdown and said with over 2.2 million property owners filing...

  15. SuperConcepts reveals key initiatives for 2023

    supported by SuperMate,” the SMSF service provider said. The web-based version of SuperMate officially launched in February last year and currently supports over 40,000 funds. Mr Forbes said the company was thrilled to be celebrating the one year...

  16. Most taxpayers ‘will be in the dark’ about WFH changes

    have an accountant, they could be in for a big surprise if they prepare their return via myTax in the same way they did last year – and they could be opening themselves up to an audit as a result.” CPA Australia senior manager tax policy Elinor...

  17. Former GetSwift directors hit with millions in fines

    relocated to North America and was listed on the Canadian Neo exchange before being suspended and placed in liquidation last July. GetSwift, Mr Hunter, Mr Macdonald and Mr Eagle have also been ordered to pay ASIC’s costs. ASIC deputy chair Sarah Court...

  18. HR predictions in Futrli help staffing challenges

    more than 400 business leaders found 77 per cent nominated talent as their biggest challenge in 2023 compared to 69 per cent last year. Futrli head of advice Dan Daly said prediction technology developed by the group would help accountants advise...

  19. Disqualified agents to be ‘weeded out’ if law passes

    entity” would be an individual or corporation that was neither a registered tax agent or BAS agent that within the last five years had been convicted of a serious taxation offence, a serious offence, an offence involving fraud or dishonesty, or been...

  20. Annual wage growth highest in a decade over December quarter

    cent compared to 1.1 per cent), said Ms Marquardt. “It was, however, higher than any December quarter increase across the last decade, this follows on from the September and June 2022 quarters which were also higher than their comparable quarters back...