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  1. Online spending up $200 in ‘strong finish’ to 2023

    them to capitalise on the uptick in consumer confidence, Airwallex says. Consumers spent nearly $200 more on average online last year thanks to a surge in the final quarter of 2023, indicating a “return to online spending growth”, according to...

  2. Online lodgement deferral system a hit with users, ATO says

    applications decreased from 1,900 at the end of June to just 370 at September, with some agents using both methods. Last week the ATO said it was dismantling what remained of the old process. “Following the successful implementation of the lodgement...

  3. Ongoing job losses spur renewed calls for national wage subsidy

    continue to reveal inequities and encounter delays. New payroll data released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) last week showed a 9.2 per cent job decline in Western Sydney over the first five weeks of Greater Sydney’s lockdown, which took...

  4. Ongoing and Changing Security Needs in the New Normal

    the following basic measures: Be aware of the latest security trends. Albarella says scammers' focus has been fluid over the last several months. Whereas the focus during the early stages of the pandemic was on targets seeking virus-related information...

  5. One-off travel agent grant sees $33m paid out

    turnover of between $50,000 and $20 million in the 2019 calendar year. The $128 million grant program opened on 14 December last year and has so far seen around $33 million paid out ahead of its 13 March end date. Minister for Trade, Tourism and...

  6. One more rate rise could tip us into recession, says Deloitte

    income per capita – a key measure of prosperity – is falling, and will finish the current financial year at levels last seen before the onset of the pandemic. There is no doubt that Australian households are starting to hurt.” He said last year’s...

  7. One last chance to tell the ATO how you feel about s100A

    draft guidance proposed to be incorporated into the final Practical Compliance Guide (PCG). This will be possibly the last chance to have your say before the ATO guidance is finalised. Distributions to corporate beneficiaries It is first worth noting...

  8. One in four households raids savings to make ends meet

    mirror to a nation dealing with surging inflation and cash rate rises. “There has been unprecedented financial change in the last 12 months and unfortunately the turmoil doesn’t look likely to end anytime soon,” Mr Zeller said. “A $500,000 variable...

  9. On-demand webinar: Taking the worry out of increasing your fees

    Townsend, Founder, The Accountants Millionaires’ Club. Heather is the author of 'The Accountants Millionaires' Club'. In the last year her clients have added over £1 million in fees to their client portfolio. Myles Mclaren, Accountant Specialist,...

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    • Author: GoCardless
    • Category: Business
  10. On-demand and automated Cashflow projections for MYOB and Xero

    scenarios, Days of Cash Remaining Alexander Laureti, Partner at LMS Advisory, Parramatta, continues his story from last week about the benefits LMS obtain through Cerebiz automated cash collection system integrated with MYOB’s AE Practice Management...

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    • Author: Cerebiz
    • Category: Business
  11. On behalf of Intuit QuickBooks, we would like to wish you a Happy International Accountants Day!

    $45.3bn in value (savings and profits) from their relationships with their accountants and bookkeepers (advisors) in the last year. Through hard times we have seen advisors step up to the plate, and their role in supporting the small business economy in...

  12. Omicron more likely to delay economic recovery than derail it

    Australia’s recovery from last year’s lockdowns may be delayed by Omicron, but it won’t necessarily be derailed by it. The impacts of the Omicron variant are already being felt, but experts expect economies like Australia’s to pull through new...

  13. Ombudsman data foreshadows challenging future for small businesses

    has revealed that payment times in October have ballooned up to an average of 31 days late, compared to 13 days late last year. Ombudsman Kate Carnell believes the new figures are an indicator of the challenges facing small businesses in the coming...

  14. Old hands ‘paying for higher graduate salaries’

    for 20-plus years. The remuneration report showed that they're actually having an a negative impact to their salaries in the last 12 months. “So they're being paid less so that we can actually fund these higher salary at the entry level spots, so that...

  15. Offspring living with parents miss out on 67c WFH rate  

    ATO’s revised WFH guidance, say tax professionals. The revised fixed rate of 67c an hour, set out in PCG 2022/D4 released last week, specifies tighter record-keeping requirements than the previous 80c shortcut method and specifically rules out claims...

  16. Offshoring creates mid-level talent shortage

    well I’m not quite sure what we're going to see – but perhaps we will see this shortage develop of experienced accountants.” Last year, Pitcher Partners Sydney managing partner Rob Southwell also alluded to this issue, saying that the recent slowdown in...

  17. Off-market buybacks ‘super-size tax benefits – for some’

    low or no tax participants at the public’s expense.” The measure, introduced by the Albanese government in its first budget last year, was forecast to raise $550 million over four years.

  18. OECD executive among 3 new ‘high calibre’ KPMG hires

    both for our people and our clients.” The appointments come after KPMG announced a major overhaul of its consulting practice last month. It involved cutting 200 senior staff and pivoting towards technology advisory in an effort to save $80 million and...

  19. Observers welcome RBA pause with economy at 'tipping point'

    a surprise monetary policy decision in pausing the cash rate at 4.10 per cent after the four per cent increase since May last year, rather than another raise that was expected. In his monetary policy statement, Philip Lowe said the uncertainty...

  20. Observers praise RBA pause as key indicators realign

    restaurant and café sector”. CPA Australia senior manager Gavan Ord said the RBA’s decision was straightforward in light of last week’s CPI figure but households and businesses would still sigh with relief. “Despite the economy slowing, there are some...