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  1. It’s time for business funding transparency

    Accountants are time-poor and largely overworked. Researching and identifying different funding options is probably the last thing they want to be doing. While some clients will use a mortgage broker, they may not have an experienced professional to...

  2. Is your practice software firmly stuck in the past?

    and even online document approval for multiple approvers – implemented in the firms we classify as ‘future fit’. Over the last 10 to 15 years many accounting firms have seen the business context in which they operate change dramatically. Cloud...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Content Partner
    • Category: Technology
  3. Is your ‘new financial year’s resolution’ to improve your business health?

    Planning. Estate planning is more than just having an up to date will, however if you haven't reviewed your will in the last couple of years, now is the time to make sure it accurately represents your wishes. Making time to review your assets and...

  4. Is the hype around the new super changes warranted or simply codswallop?

    concern to me, primarily because it appears to ignore business owners. Most business owners that I have worked with over the last thirty years invariably reinvest all their available cash back into growing their business; this is in addition to paying...

  5. Is the death knell upon bookkeepers in 2019?

    business owner to see the present clearly and predict the future? Well, it’s simply…... Magic. Is compliance dead? For the last five years, we have seen an influx of messaging from the accounting and tech industry on how bookkeepers really need to be...

  6. Is the Commissioner’s speech a turning point for the profession?

    the road’ for tax agents. I want to be expectant that the Commissioner’s stated intent will be followed through because the last, say, 15 years of experience by tax agents has been one of feeling unappreciated, unrepresented and being seen as the...

  7. Is the ATO awakening?

    while the Australian Tax Office had cut businesses some slack because of the pandemic, this generosity wasn't going to last forever. And while the ongoing pandemic and recent lockdowns saw the ATO again ease back on debt collection, there are signs it...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Glenn Crisp, Managing Partner, VIC - Jirsch Sutherland
    • Category: Regulation
  8. Is ranking highly in Google really important for your accounting firm?

    pretty nice holiday. So how do you achieve the legendary first place in Google? And once you get there, what happens? In the last decade, I’ve worked with hundreds of accounting firms across the English-speaking world, helping them with their websites...

  9. Is Marketplace Lending a Good investment?

    better than our ​investor page​. Where is it heading Peer to peer lending represented 24% of all personal loans in the U.S. last year and it seems certain to grow further in Australia. For those looking for investment options for their SMSF or hoping to...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Content Sponsor
    • Category: Business
  10. Is it time to talk about quotas in financial services?

    cent, the second-largest gap among all the industries included in the report. According to government projections released last year, it will take another 26 years to close Australia’s national gender pay. The issue of quotas is complex and requires the...

  11. Is commercial property the golden goose of an investment portfolio?

    are relying solely on capital growth for an investment return. “Residential property has seen strong capital growth over the last few years but with many experts predicting that market has peaked or is close to peaking, there is a very real risk that...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Content Partner
    • Category: Business
  12. Is behavioural finance impacting the advice you give clients?

    clients who are resistant to listening to or adopting the advice of their accountant. Speaking at the Access All Areas event last week in Melbourne, Goldi Group founder Amy Fox uncovered the psychology and influence involved with behavioural finance and...

  13. Is bank mistrust breeding financial criminals?

    using a Ponzi scheme method. But eventually he left his victims penniless. He was eventually captured by police and in June last year was jailed for up to 16 years. But the money he stole is long gone. No remediation programs being announced from this...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: James Mitchell
    • Category: Business
  14. IRS, ATO data causing a stir

    are not particularly well understood, especially in a superannuation context. For example, Moodys Gartner director Roy Berg last year explained that it’s not strictly US citizens that are subject to US estate tax, in a podcast with Accountants Daily....

  15. Iran conflict ‘will have little impact’ on Australian super system, SMC says

    fluctuations in the equity markets, with profit-to-member funds returning over 7.5 per cent a year on average over the last decade to December. The group’s analysis of significant market downturns shows balanced options experience a fraction of the...

  16. IR reforms will end up closing small business, says advocate

    owners had been overlooked in the sometimes heated debate over the Secure Jobs, Better Pay Bill introduced to Parliament last Thursday. For most businesses, the focus of concern has been Labor’s intention to expand the multi-employer bargaining system,...

  17. IPA’s liability cover gets green light

    Conway. All IPA members in practice must maintain a minimum professional indemnity insurance cover of $1 million. Late last month, the PSC confirmed CPA Australia’s scheme would expire from 7 October this year. It operates in all mainland jurisdictions....

  18. IPA welcomes Ombudsman’s review into OSfA

    Owen officially launched her review into OSfA, building on her previous review into the ATO's registered agent phone line last year. The IPA said that the two reviews were intrinsically linked and welcomed the action to fix OSfA, noting that its current...

  19. IPA welcomes govt's small business package

    The Institute of Public Accountants (IPA) has applauded the government’s jobs and small business package, announced last week, calling it a huge step forward in driving small business innovation, productivity and growth. IPA chief executive officer...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Staff Reporter
    • Category: Business
  20. IPA urges IGTO to prioritise review into payday super readiness

    the Tax Ombudsman to prioritise a review into payday super readiness for this year, with the start date fast approaching. Last month, the Inspector-General of Taxation and Tax Ombudsman (IGTO) Ruth Owen released a shortlist of proposed reviews for the...