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  1. ASIC bans 2 directors over string of failed companies owing $9m

    more companies within the group have entered liquidation since it decided to disqualify Mr Kelly and Mr Farrelly in October last year. These included KFT Group, Stormer Building Group No 2, Stormer Building Group, 3 Property Group 4 and Lifestyle Homes...

  2. Two-thirds of adults unaware of credit score, study finds

    conditions.” The survey of 1,021 people aged 18 years or older was conducted with YouGov between 9 October to 11 October last year, with data weighted by age, gender and region to reflect ABS population estimates. It found 65 per cent of respondents had...

  3. Plastic tax could stem ‘waste tsunami’, raise $1.5bn

    a $1,300 per tonne levy on over 1 million tonnes of packaging a year. A $1,300 per tonne tax on businesses that manufacture plastic packaging is needed to tackle a “growing tsunami” of waste that recycling alone cannot fix, according to a think tank....

  4. ‘Extreme’ consumer pessimism persists into 2024

    1990s recession. Senior economist Matthew Hassan said the result, almost 20 points below the “neutral” level of 100, meant last year’s “extreme” pessimism had continued into the new year. “For consumers, the new year looks to have picked up where the...

  5. Cash courier with hidden $3.6m jailed for 4 years

    tool bags and a cupboard drawer. The bundled cash was in heat-sealed wrapping and police found similar empty wrapping and plastic gloves in his rubbish bin. Police seized two mobile phones from the man, one of them encrypted, but he refused to provide...

  6. 4 out of 10 overlook expenses, baulk at clunky systems

    work-related expenses as part of their job in the US, UK, Germany, Singapore and Australia (212 workers) in November last year. Almost 6 per cent of those surveyed worked in accounting, with a similar number in banking, finance or insurance.

  7. IMF urges Canberra to bite the bullet with tax overhaul

    reliefs to vulnerable households.” It endorsed increased taxes on superannuation, referencing the $3 million levy introduced last year, but said the government needed to do more to cut tax breaks for the wealthiest. “The 2023-24 budget introduced...

  8. Elmo Software taps Xero managing director for CEO

    our customers and partners, and look forward to working with him to release the full potential of Elmo.” Mr Lyons spent the last four years at Xero, becoming managing director of the Asia-Pacific region in 2021 where he was “responsible for driving...

  9. Mike Baird to join KPMG board as independent director

    governance come after the firm faced intense scrutiny during parliamentary inquiries sparked by the PwC tax leaks scandal last year. Doubts over the independence of its directors were raised in September by Greens senator Barbara Pocock after CEO Andrew...

  10. Consumers ‘taking back control’ of finances, Amex finds

    Respondents also said they would make more sustainable lifestyle choices – 55 per cent said they would reduce their use of plastic or single-use product and 53 per cent would seek out brands when travelling that offset their carbon emissions. American...

  11. ‘Mandate cash acceptance or risk disaster’

    in our economy and all communities have cash available when required." A Change.org petition started by the campaign group last year has also amassed over 160,000 signatures in 10 months. The petition called for access to banking services in addition to...

  12. Economic growth to stay sluggish despite stage 3 cuts: Deloitte

    be needed to realise long-term growth prospects. “Tax policy tops the list, as it has done for more than two decades – the last major tax reform was the introduction of the Goods and Services Tax in 2000,” he said.

  13. The Access Group buys Brisbane software outfit ChangeGPS

    and New Zealand,” he said. “ChangeGPS marks the fourth acquisition of ANZ-based accounting technology companies in the last three years, reinforcing our commitment towards helping accounting firms maximise growth opportunities presented by new...

  14. AI vital in cyber security arms race, say IT leaders

    Crime Threat Report 2022-23 found an incident was reported every six minutes and cost small businesses an average of $46,000 last financial year. The report said AI presented new data and cyber security risks as “malicious cyber actors could use AI...

  15. Businesses threaten: No more tax until client linking fix

    their ABNs on the Australian Business Register. Mr Addison quoted one business giving up in frustration as saying: “Over the last four days I have spent hours and I keep running into brick walls … we will need to put things on hold.” Businesses that...

  16. ATO to sool debt collector on 150,000 taxpayers

    and marked the first time it had employed Recoveriescorp, which was the only debt collection agency being used. “Over the last few years there has been an increase in collectable tax and super debt,” the tax office said. “We are actively addressing this...

  17. How technology helps avoid the dread of compliance work

    piling up on your desk, it can be all too easy to put off updating your books. But leaving your bookkeeping admin to the last minute can rob you of insights key to safeguarding the success of your business – not to mention pile on stress. If a business...

  18. Moore snags audit director from Deloitte

    recorded annual revenue growth of 20 per cent for two consecutive years, and brought its director count to five, he said. Last month, Moore also promoted Aoife Bodkin to director 18 months after she joined the firm from PKF. Mr Sakkas attributed the...

  19. 1 in 4 finance execs lack confidence in company data

    especially when dealing with unpredictable events. “We have been monitoring trust and confidence in financial data over the last five years and while trust levels have started to improve, the bottom line is that trust is still not nearly as strong as it...

  20. Economists confident of rate cuts despite hawkish RBA

    latter half,” in line with central banks in the US, UK and Europe. “All indicators point to inflation falling faster than last year’s forecasts,” she said, and a rapid uptick in the unemployment rate could also prompt the RBA to bring rate cuts forward...