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  1. ATO monitoring advice fee deductions, FAAA cautions

    It also highlighted the importance of maintaining adequate records in case the ATO reviews these deductions later on. Last month, the major accounting bodies and the FAAA released a guide for the financial planning and accounting communities containing...

  2. TPB reports over 1k whistleblower reports under new regime

    about the number of whistleblower reports it has received since changes to the whistleblower laws came into effect on 1 July last year. Since 1 July 2024 Tax Practitioners Board (TPB) has been able to receive disclosures of information from eligible...

  3. BDO Canberra adds 2 partners amid board meeting preparation

    for Canberra. David Fagan, BDO chair and non-executive director, said the firm’s decision to expand into Canberra last year added to the public sector practice which equated to around 20 per cent of the firm’s revenue in Australia. “We have demonstrable...

  4. Div 296 unlikely to enter parliament in first sitting fortnight

    any possibility of the bill re-entering parliament during July, pushing the earliest date for its introduction to the last week of August. Speaking to the ABC on Monday night, Finance Minister Katy Gallagher said there were still discussions underway to...

  5. 1 in 2 Aussies use professional services providers, with accountants leading the way

    the highest rate of engagement out of the professional services, serving one in four consumers (26 per cent) over the last 12 months, Agile found. It noted: “This level of market penetration more than doubles the engagement rate of financial advisers at...

  6. The untapped strategic advantage of ethical culture for accountants, auditors

    must embrace an ethical culture as a strategic advantage and discouraged practitioners from having a compliance mindset. Last week, at the Ethics & Independence Conference, hosted by the International Code of Ethics for Professional Accountants, the...

  7. Payday super part 2: not quite ‘all systems go’

    series that shares the author’s insights on the new Payday Super (PDS) law and implementation of the reforms. Part 1 last week highlighted the problem PDS is designed to solve, recapped the current law, and explained the operation of the new law. In...

  8. ‘Confidence gap’ costing Australians money at tax time: H&R Block

    found that Australians were using a shortcut approach to their tax returns, as almost half spent one hour or less on their last return. More than a third took a shortcut approach to work-related deductions, including using fixed rates, repeating last...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Matthew Taylor
    • Category: Tax

  9. Opposition slams 'dirty' tax deal between Greens and Labor

    base indexation and introduces a minimum 30 per cent tax on capital gains with certain exemptions. Speaking in Parliament last night, Senator Slade Brockman labeled the CGT reforms "a retrograde step" for Australia's taxation system that would generate...

  10. Xero boss sells down stocks, announces ‘opt-out’ package for underperforming staff

    Financial Review, this $2.2 million sell-out caused the company’s share prices to plummet 4.4 per cent on 13 June 2026. Last month, Xero announced an Opt Out Program, targeting employees rated as either Below Expectation, or Moderate in two consecutive...

  11. Mid-tier offers last-minute tax advice

    With the end of the financial year only a few weeks away, mid-tier firm HLB Mann Judd has highlighted last-minute steps that can be taken to minimise tax liabilities for SMSF clients. HLB Mann Judd Sydney tax partner Peter Bembrick said one of the...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Staff Reporter
    • Category: Tax

  12. Expert technical tips: Last-minute SMSF considerations

    With only days left to the end of the financial year, technical experts Australia-wide have highlighted critical action points for SMSF clients around contributions, pensions and TBAR, and some potential traps to be wary of. With 30 June falling on a...

  13. Tax agents smash deadline despite last-minute scramble

    The ATO revealed lodgement figures for SMSF annual returns were ahead of market expectations, after one of the busiest and most complex deadlines for high-net worth clients since the Howard and Costello era. ATO assistant commissioner Tara McLachlan...

  14. ATO issues ‘last warning’ on overdue TPARs

    letters about their overdue TPAR and haven’t lodged their 2023 or prior year TPAR,” said the ATO in a recent update. “Last year we issued approximately $18m in penalties to more than 11,000 businesses,” it said. The ATO reminded tax professionals that...

  15. ASIC asks for small business sector's feedback

    regulator's services and engagement with the small business sector. This is ASIC’s second small business survey, with the last survey (conducted in late 2012) resulting in the establishment of ASIC's Small Business Engagement team. This team is focused...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Michael Masterman
    • Category: Business

  16. Former KPMG partner jailed for insider trading

    court judge has jailed former KPMG partner Scott London for 14 months for his role in an insider trading scheme. Mr London last year pleaded guilty to a federal charge of securities fraud through insider trading, admitting to taking cash bribes and...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Michael Masterman
    • Category: Business

  17. Demand for accountants drops

    The oversupply of accounting professionals in Australia has doubled since June of last year, according to the latest Clarius Skills Indicator. The report, which tracks the availability of skilled labour in the Australian market, shows a surplus of...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Michael Masterman
    • Category: Business

  18. Budget: industry bodies lament short-term vision

    Australia’s major accounting bodies are united in their calls for longer-term taxation reforms following last night’s Budget in which the government confirmed the much touted temporary deficit levy. “By ruling out serious structural reforms, such as...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Michael Masterman
    • Category: Business

  19. ATO in the firing line

    “The Budget forecasts for the 2014/2015 year will see total staffing in the general government sector return to the level last recorded in 2007/2008.

  20. A hot property market provides a great opportunity

    The property market has dominated media coverage over the last year, as a low interest rate environment attracted thousands of new and repeat investors to the asset class. Accountants across the country will be looking at ways to strengthen their...

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