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  1. From Traditional to Tech-Savvy - Accounting Firms Plan Increased Tech Spend

    According to 76% of respondents, the number of employees in their internal audit department has increased or stayed the same last year. In the past year, 45% have seen growth in ESG-related audit work.

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Caseware
    • Category: Business

  2. ‘Proportionate response’ needed on consulting firm inquiries, cautions IPA

    and restrictions around appointments to the TPB were introduced without any consultation or explanatory memorandum. The last minute amendments made to Tax Law Amendment (2023 Measures No.1) Bill (TLAB1), will require tax agents to notify the TPB if they...

  3. Retail spending flattens as consumers curb spending, ABS data shows

    is not likely to happen before Q3 2024.” The ABS data showed that turnover rebounded in all non-food industries following last month’s falls with clothing, footwear and accessory retailing seeing the largest rise at 2.4 per cent. This was followed by...

  4. Professional bodies struggling to hold back government overreach

    incorporated in a future Bill. Unfortunately, the Bill proceeded into law with the Greens amendments intact, in November last year. We had no issue with the policy intent and policy objective, but good intentions do not equal good law, particularly when...

  5. Xero goes all in on AI with accounting chatbot launch

    It comes after Xero rolled out an AI assistant to onboard customers, added generative AI to its support portal Xero Central last year, and machine learning to generate bank reconciliation predictions. Xero said early testing showed customers using Xero...

  6. Looking back and thinking forward: The insolvency landscape in 2024 and beyond

    afloat throughout the pandemic. In addition to this, major banks’ share prices have risen approximately 15 per cent in the last 6 months. Considering these factors, and the continuing effect of the 2019 Royal Commission into Banking which left...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Trevor Withane, Ironbridge Legal
    • Category: Business

  7. Pandemic super withdrawals to cost taxpayers $85bn

    CA ANZ has called on the government to tighten rules around illegal access of super by SMSF trustees after the ATO estimated last month that $381 million had been illegally withdrawn from SMSFs in 2020 and $256 million in 2021. “The government needs to...

  8. Uni funding overhaul a ‘game changer’ for accountant shortage

    the government should prioritise accounting the way it has prioritised areas like health and STEM. The report, released last week, recommended 47 changes to guide the future of Australia’s tertiary education system, setting ambitious growth targets like...

  9. National AI Centre offers free AI education to SMEs

    help businesses to develop and use safe and responsible AI, including the establishment of a Temporary Expert Advisory Group last month, and developing an AI safety standard.” The government understands the benefits to small businesses across the...

  10. PwC ousted acting CEO Kristin Stubbins ‘against her will’, inquiry hears

    after it used its management powers to seize control of the local arm in response to the tax leaks scandal. During a hearing last month, they accused it of “thumbing its nose at Parliament” by withholding a key report on international partners’...

  11. RACGP calls for clarity on payroll tax promise in Tasmania

    or at the very least clarify exactly what it is they are promising or committing to.” The Tasmanian Labor party announced last month that under a Labor government, GPs will have certainty they will not be subject to payroll tax. Labor said it will...

  12. Accountant one day, broker the next

    business and revenue from day one. “Having the trail commission from that loan book has given me a lot of comfort over the last 18 months,” he said. “I haven’t been impacted much from fluctuations within the market, because I have that trail coming in...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Mortgage Choice
    • Category: Business

  13. Redefining the tax profession with women at the forefront

    irrespective of gender. I had witnessed other occupations where gender balance was heavily weighted in favour of men. Last year, I celebrated my own milestone … 30 years in the profession. Over these years, I’ve experienced and been witness to...

  14. ATO ruling flags common audit traps for self-education claims

    have traditionally attracted ATO scrutiny, according to the National Tax and Accountants Association. TR 2024/3, released last month, sets out the ATO’s views on when deductions can be claimed for self-education expenses and replaces its previous...

  15. Former accountant pleads guilty to stealing from clients

    Damien Luscombe pled guilty to making fraudulent transactions from client accounts at the Victorian County Court last week. The former partner and manager at accounting firm White Sky pled guilty at the Victorian County Court to 12 charges on Friday....

  16. Tax Office targeting DPNs at directors with high-value assets

    “One is to encourage disengaged taxpayers to deal with the ATO. So that's a taxpayers that haven't dealt with the ATO in the last three months or 100 days,” said Mudford. “They're using that game as a tool to basically reengage that client.” Another...

  17. ATO’s adviser strategy zeroes in on late-paying partners

    practitioner. The ATO uses risk modelling to assess compliance with the guidelines. The adviser strategy was introduced last year and applies to a range of advisers from tax and BAS agents, to legal and insolvency practitioners, financial advisers, and...

  18. AFSA’s positive discrimination makes inroads for female trustees

    to actually hire women, to promote women.” Recent statistics show 40 per cent of trustees coming into the profession in the last two years were women, and “the majority of those leaving the system are men”. “That’s positive in terms of status change the...

  19. PwC axes over 300 jobs in major restructure

    and private sector clients.” This latest round of job cuts follows previous job losses at PwC announced in November last year as the firm continues to grapple with the fallout of its tax leaks scandal and reduced demand. In November, 141 jobs were cut...

  20. ASIC acts against 15 auditors over in-house audit concerns

    These latest actions taken by ASIC follow the compliance action it undertook against nine auditors in the December quarter last year for conduct that did not meet the required standards. This included concerns about compliance with auditing and...

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