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  1. New financial reporting requirements: are your clients affected?

    Changes made last year to Section 3CA of the Tax Administration Act 1953 have introduced additional reporting requirements for some Australian companies. Let's run through what you need to know for your affected clients. The aim of the legislation is...

  2. New education requirements expected to include accountants

    through the financial advice industry are likely to include accountants with an AFSL, according to a compliance lawyer. Late last year, the Financial Adviser Standards and Ethics Authority released its proposed guidance on the mandatory education...

  3. ATO issues new taxpayer alert

    After firing warning shots last year, the tax office has this week issued a blanket taxpayer alert about structured arrangements. The ATO released TA2018/1, which you can access in full here, to indicate to taxpayers and professionals that it is...

  4. Concern about regulatory change doubles for CFOs

    Concerns over the impact of further regulatory changes have more than doubled amongst chief financial officers in the last year, despite steady optimism in the financial prospects of their companies. Deloitte’s latest CFO Sentiment report found that 63...

  5. Gender pay disparity persists in accounting

    where the average taxable income for management accountants was $110,414 for men, compared to $79,513 for women. Last year, Bankwest Curtin Economics Centre director Alan Duncan spoke to Accountants Daily about the gender pay gap in the accounting...

  6. Bookkeepers on alert as scams rise by 23%

    Bookkeepers have been urged to caution their small business clients after close to $5 million was swindled in scams last year. According to the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission’s (ACCC) latest report, there was a 23 per cent spike in...

  7. How this young accountant feels about joining a professional body

    Some professional accounting bodies made the news for all the wrong reasons last year. This left us wondering: do young accountants care about professional designations? Join Accountants Daily editor Katarina Taurian as she grills aspiring CA, Michael...

  8. New ATO feature sees accountants trump planners

    their clients’ superannuation affairs, in a new feature set to go live in the second half of the year. The ATO confirmed mid last week that tax agents are set to have the same view that individuals currently have in accessing ATO Online via their myGov...

  9. EOFY deadline hitting wealthy clients hard in 2018

    lagging just days out from EOFY, and it's those with higher balances who are struggling the most to get over the line. As of last week, 35 per cent of SMSFs were yet to lodge their annual returns for the 2016–17 financial year, despite an extension to...

  10. 5 firms in Walker Wayland’s sights for 2018

    the rest of the calendar year, prompting its chair Paul Hilton to come out swinging in defence of the network model. Late last month, UHY Haines Norton chair, Michael Coughtrey said the market is getting tougher for mid-tier accounting networks to...

  11. Katarina enters a new relationship – with a new accountant

    Host Katarina Taurian is just starting out in a new relationship. Following a parting of ways with her last accountant, which she describes as “harder than her most difficult break-up”, she is now in the process of regaining that trust and relationship...

  12. Turnaround in lodgement troubles following ATO swoop

    numbers are starting to drop this financial year, according to both the tax office and auditors on the front line. Late last year, the ATO reported that non-lodgement rates for the SMSF sector had reached critical levels, with around 40,000 funds at...

  13. The gig economy: What you need to know to get it right

    Over the last decade, Australia’s workforce has seen a significant shift towards contract, temporary, and freelance work but employers should take note of their compliance obligations. According to the Australian Bureau of Statistics, about 2.5 million...

  14. ATO holds millions in unclaimed refunds after 200k skipped lodgment

    About 200,000 taxpayers who failed to do their taxes last year would “likely” have received a refund, according to the ATO, as part of a campaign to push for on-time income tax lodgment. With the deadline of 31 October for self-preparers edging closer,...

  15. ATO reminds on rental property ‘hot issue’

    residential rental property that they will not be able to claim deductions for travel after new rules were introduced late last year. In November 2017, the government introduced new rules around tax deductions for travel expenses associated with...

  16. Accounting features heavily in new OAIC data breach figures

    and finance industries continue to feature in the top three sectors reporting the most number of data breaches in the last quarter, according to the latest quarterly statistics. The legal, accounting and management services sector provided the OAIC with...

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    • Author: Reporter
    • Category: Business

  17. ATO joins new challenge in offshore tax fraud mission

    The ATO participated in a joint data challenge last week as it seeks to identify and develop new techniques and methods to combat tax evasion across international boundaries. As part of the J5, a global tax enforcement alliance between the UK, US,...

  18. Why courage is the backbone of audit

    Last week, over 6,000 finance and accounting professionals from around the world came together in Sydney to discuss the key global challenges and opportunities affecting the profession, including what audit means in today’s modern business environment....

  19. ASIC reveals reasons behind insolvencies in FY17-18

    Inadequate cash flow and poor strategic management of business were the biggest causes of failed businesses in the last financial year, with over 5,000 reports alleging insolvent trading. Small to medium size corporate insolvencies dominate external...

  20. Labor policy to heighten recession risk

    It has been nearly 30 years since the last recession. That means there is a significant number of business leaders and politicians that did not experience the recession at an age where they were old enough to have it etched into their memory, the way...

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