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  1. The value proposition of an accountant

    years, and many do more than that if they have other designations. An area of concern that has been in the media in the last week, and a possible reason for the widespread variation of pricing for accounting, tax and BAS services, are the number of...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Amanda Gascoigne, Amanda Gascoigne Consulting
    • Category: Business
  2. 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...

  3. The Ultimate Pricing Strategy Guide for Accountants & Bookkeepers

    Discussing prices with clients can be awkward, especially when it comes to communicating value—but, it doesn't have to be! Choosing the best pricing strategy is one of the most important decisions you can make. However, there are many factors to...

  4. The top 4 issues facing accounting practices today

    the CPA Australia Public Practice Conferences in May and June 2018, Jacobson will outline the most important changes of the last 12 months and hold master classes in Victoria and New South Wales. “Most of the tax policy I’m seeing at the moment is in...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: CPA Australia
    • Category: Business
  5. The tax update that tells you who it affects

    exactly which clients are likely to be affected by a given change, before that change becomes a problem. How it works On the last day of every month, Elfworks publishes an update covering new legislation, relevant case law and ATO rulings. Each item...

  6. The Tax Institute joins the IPA Group

    with subsequent TTI consultation revealing that 89 per cent of its members approved the proposal. In a joint statement late last year, the two bodies said that they are brought together by the principle, “members are at the centre of everything we do”....

  7. The Tax Institute hits out on tax reform

    system is likely to occur rather than dealing with the new challenges that confront our tax system that were highlighted in last year’s Re:Think Tax Discussion Paper as the reason for needing reform. “Ensuring our tax system is fair, simple, efficient...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Staff Reporter
    • Category: Tax
  8. The skill drought dilemma: Pay up, or lose staff

    was a problem right across businesses, including accountancies, because they had little experience dealing with it. With the last sustained high-inflation period back in the 90s, “it’s a huge challenge for many business owners, not just small business...

  9. The sale is the easy part: 4 questions to ask before a client sells

    will be split, and an owner who has run the business on instinct for decades. When we look at buying a business, that last one is the first thing we test. If the relationships, the know-how, and the decisions all live in one person’s head, the business...

  10. The role of the IGTO in the tax system

    Karen Payne, to outline the role of her office in the broader tax system, new stats around taxation complaints over the last few months, and the process of escalating tax administration concerns. Karen explains why she endorses the simplification of the...

  11. The road ahead for tax reform

    have quadrupled, while incomes have merely doubled. As a result, home ownership rates have dropped significantly over the last 40 years. Then there’s productivity. Growth is slower than at any time in the past 60 years, and business investment is...

  12. The relevance of outsourcing against the backdrop of current accounting issues

    behind it. We need fresh blood into organisations. I think if we look at some of the stats that have been coming out in the last in the last couple of years, we only see about 50% of the graduates that we need coming out of universities and going into...

  13. The quiet achievers that went beyond the books during COVID-19

    first lockdown. “You’ve got restaurants, cafés, market stalls, tourism operators, all completely shut down overnight… so the last thing you’re going to do is say, ‘Oh, here’s an engagement letter for coronavirus stuff’.” In July, at the halfway point of...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: John Jeffreys, Tax & Super Australia
    • Category: Business
  14. The QuickBooks Suite has grown – now’s the time to rethink QuickBooks

    dedication to product innovation. The Australian version of QuickBooks has gone through two new product releases within the last year. Tax and practice management functionality is now incorporated into the platform and QuickBooks is constantly preparing...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Intuit QuickBooks
    • Category: Tax
  15. The questions that actually get clients talking

    to the questions you ask. Instead of "How's business?" try: "What's keeping you busy at the moment?" "What's different from last year?" "What's your biggest challenge right now?" Instead of "Any problems?" try: "What decisions are you avoiding?" "What...

  16. The power of leveraging AI as a young accountant

    an easy-to-use platform to bridge that gap. Today, this isn’t just about doing good; it’s becoming a legal requirement. The last few years have brought rapid legislative change, and we’re here to help businesses prepare. Accountants, as trusted...

  17. The Pain of Crypto Tax

    CryptoTaxCalculator we provide crypto tax software to enable accountants and individuals to manage their crypto tax. In the last year we have seen a 60-fold increase in traffic to our website. Crypto tax has gone from a niche service amongst...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Shane Brunette, CEO of CryptoTaxCalculator
    • Category: Tax
  18. The new year and new resolutions for your firm

    Focus on processes, not outcomes. If you have a goal of 10 per cent growth in revenue and are struggling to achieve last year’s result, then ask yourself what you and your team need to do differently to change things. Focus on core values and behaviour....

  19. The new frontier for commercial property investment

    is also located within the Cardinia Shire, which currently has a Gross Regional Product of $3.3 billion, growing by 3% last year, with major infrastructure projects currently underway including the construction of the new High Capacity Melbourne Metro...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Steve de Nys, Stronghold Investment Services
    • Category: Business
  20. The need for accountants to be open-minded and willing to change

    creativity, and the ethical use of new tools, the next generation of accountants can transform professional disruption into lasting opportunity and meaningful professional growth. Recently, on an episode of Under The Hood, Bec Argent, director of Argent...