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  1. ‘A warning to employers’: Victorian wage theft laws commence 1 July

    says one peak body. The new laws, which made Victoria the first state to criminalise wage theft when they were announced last year, will see employers who withhold a range of entitlements face fines of up to $198,264 for individuals, $991,320 for...

  2. ‘A war for talent’: Accountants prioritised under skilled migration list

    during the crucial recovery phase.” The PMSOL, which now consists of 41 occupations, was first developed in September last year based on advice from the National Skills Commission. The government says existing skilled migration occupation lists will...

  3. ‘A very complicated sell’: corporate tax cuts to be dumped

    have become too “politically sensitive” to be included in the 8 May budget, particularly given that this is likely to be the last budget before the next election. “The small business tax cuts have been pretty much locked in now; the rate for small...

  4. ‘A terrible gap’: big 4 firm moves to shake up board

    said at a function in Sydney today. “When you reflect on the acquisitions [chief executive Gary Wingrove] has made over the last few years, he has been deliberately going out and targeting different skill sets we haven’t got and bringing them into the...

  5. ‘A temporary stimulus measure’: $1,080 tax offset extended

    of the LMITO for a further 12 months comes after the government announced a similar extension in its October federal budget last year despite backdating its stage 2 tax cuts to 1 July 2020. Mr Frydenberg stressed that the extension of the offset was a...

  6. ‘A strong acknowledgment’: Australians give accountants vote of confidence

    trust level in their tax practitioner, on par with figures from the year before. The survey, which was conducted in November last year, also found that two out of three rated their experience with their tax practitioner as excellent. CPA Australia...

  7. ‘A sign of the times’: ATO audit outcome letter reflects more assertive regulator, lawyer says

    with Australian tax laws. Audits can vary in complexity, from routine checks to more intensive investigations that may last several months." Speaking with the brand, HWL Ebsworth Lawyers partner Vincent Licciardi (pictured) said that the way that the...

  8. ‘A real fight’: Advice gap looms as more exit the industry

    and New Zealand, CPA Australia and the Institute of Public Accountants re-establishing the joint accounting bodies late last year to lobby against the current complex regulatory regime. The tripartite lobbying effort comes as the bodies believe there is...

  9. ‘A nightmare’: Provisional CA ANZ members frustrated by online exam transition

    online software has just been a total disaster for the majority of us students,” said one member. “It is even worse than the last one — at least the previous software had some options, such as drawing tables within the box, and printing the exam.” “I...

  10. ‘A historic opportunity’: Frydenberg doubles down on employment

    said the government has a historic opportunity to force a labour market rebound in record time, despite concerns over the lasting impacts of JobKeeper’s expiry in March. Mr Frydenberg said more than 100,000 Australians have come off income support...

  11. ‘A hell of a ride’: The COVID-19 toll on the accounting profession

    said. “Take a few deep breaths and come back to it because the next few months are going to be a testing time, as have the last few months, but I don’t think it’s going to get better quickly and we need practitioners out there who are healthy and able...

  12. ‘A delicate balancing act’: ATO pushes for sub-$60k earners to self-lodge

    78 per cent of tax returns prepared by a tax agent required adjustments, compared to 57 per cent for self-preparers. Just last month, the ATO noted that 60 per cent of the 112,000 tax returns that required correction in the first two months of tax time...

  13. ‘A crushing of opinions’: Industry mulls changes to financial reporting

    for public financial reports.” ‘Vigorous debate’ With the AASB concluding its series of briefing sessions across the country last week, both Ms Ross and Mr Drum have urged practitioners to digest the proposals and submit their views to the board. Phase...

  14. ‘A bad thing times 10’: ATO set for new blitz

    50 per cent of the fund goes to the government, good bye,” Mr Dickinson told delegates at the SMSF Summit in Adelaide last week. “We don’t want to make these people non-complying and we don’t want to disqualify them. But we cannot allow a significant...

  15. 'You can't put a firm in jail': ASIC backs its compliance approach

    to respond to misconduct in the sector, with a taskforce having completed a review of ASIC’s enforcement regime late last year. “There are significant parts of our legislation where the penalties are frankly inadequate and that's why there has been a...

  16. 'Workaholic' culture persists in accounting industry

    you and the temptation to become a workaholic is greater,” she said. These habits include being the first to arrive and the last to leave, not having any hobbies or interests, being constantly stressed, not taking lunch breaks and checking emails too...

  17. 'Unacceptable risk': The Tax Institute raises major concerns with proposed powers for TPB

    powers for the Tax Practitioners Board are too broad and lack appropriate safeguards. Treasury released draft legislation last month that would enable the TPB to impose an interim suspension of registration on tax practitioners without the need to...

  18. 'Too much emphasis on price' in software, accountants told

    I’m hearing a lot of vendors talking about how they're going to be cheaper than XYZ. But I would say price should be the last thing on your list,” Ms Penn said. “If you're an accountant looking at software, the amount of time and effort that you are...

  19. 'Tax cuts are almost a certainty': balanced budget set to feature

    be offset by the tightening of measures such as the taxation of stapled structures — a measure Mr Morrison announced late last month. The new measures, which will take effect on 1 July 2019, has broad ranging applications and Mr Kanagaratnam is hoping...

  20. 'One sloppy team member' could topple a firm under new laws

    protocols and notification procedures kicking in next month. The Privacy Amendment (Notifiable Data Breaches) Bill passed last year and will commence on 22 February this year. It will require agencies, organisations and certain other entities to provide...

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