Tax

ATO warns businesses to check FBT claims as deadline nears

Electric vehicles become exempt from the levy for the first time and Mazars expects an influx of salary packaging...
22 March 2023 • By Josh Needs

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Regulation

Directors cop maximum ban for failed companies with $8.5m debt

Phoenix activity and improper behaviour involving multiple company failures results in five year disqualifications for...
21 March 2023 • By Philip King
Regulation

Cafe fined $115k for underpaying staff, falsifying records

A Victorian Coffee Club outlet breached record-keeping and payslip laws, including making false time and wages records.
21 March 2023 • By Josh Needs
Business

Ageing Aussie business owners ‘put the brakes on innovation’

With more entrepreneurs over 50 and fewer under 40, the rest of the Asia-Pacific is winning the race to digitise, CPA...
21 March 2023 • By Josh Needs
Technology

Payroll operators to fortify security after 60% hit by attacks

ADP research shows data security has become the most important issue over the past 12 months.
21 March 2023 • By Josh Needs
Technology

FloQast aims to expand regional footprint with local HQ

The 10-year-old US start-up has ambitious goals for its cloud accounting software.
21 March 2023 • By Philip King
Business

Small business upbeat and bouncing back, says Prospa

A survey by the niche lender reveals a surprisingly optimistic sector with four out of five anticipating growth over...
21 March 2023 • By Josh Needs
Business

The big SMSF makeover

With a younger cohort of Aussies leaning into the DIY savings vehicle that satisfies their hunger for control and...
20 March 2023 • By SuperConcepts
Business

Four-day weeks ‘a bad fit’ for many small businesses

Trials involving larger companies fail to reflect the reality for countless in the retail and service frontline, says...
20 March 2023 • By Josh Needs
Regulation

AFP unleashes taskforce to chase billions in money laundering

Taskforce Avarus will target criminals relying on elaborate schemes plus the expertise of “lawyers and accountants” to...
20 March 2023 • By Philip King
Business

Millennial managers recoil from hiring, take on extra work instead

The burden of the recruitment process combined with an acute skills shortage is changing the mindset of managers, says...
20 March 2023 • By Josh Needs
Technology

Tech companies ‘can teach accountants a thing or two’

Silicon Valley knows how to scale for growth and despite recent job cuts that’s a worthwhile lesson, says Damien...
20 March 2023 • By Philip King
Tax

SVB collapse takes tech industry into ‘uncharted territory’

The collapse of Silicon Valley Bank has taken the tech industry into “uncharted territory” and venture capital now...
17 March 2023 • By Philip King
Business

PwC boosts legal team with ChatGPT technology

Partnership with AI start-up Harvey will deliver a “generational leap forward” but the software will not replace...
17 March 2023 • By Josh Needs
Business

How builders buckle under the weight of work in progress

Proper accounting procedures can help measure the true cost of completing a job.
17 March 2023 • By Eddie Senatore
Technology

Pearler releases child investment app

The tool is designed to play a role in the financial education of kids by avoiding the gamification of funds.
17 March 2023 • By Josh Needs
Technology

Why we need to talk about ChatGPT

Compelling, perhaps, but how novel is the technology behind everyone’s favourite AI bot?
17 March 2023 • By Chris Hutchins
Tax

Know your client’s crypto or risk a blowout, expert warns

Avoid finding out at the last minute that there are thousands of transactions to reconcile that haven’t been priced...
17 March 2023 • By Josh Needs