Business

Why accountants should be at the centre of the estate planning process

As an accountant, you help your clients to set up companies, trusts and self-managed super funds. You ensure they...

18 July 2022 • By Change GPS

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Technology

Annature partners with Chatti

The two Australian start-ups mesh e-signatures and SMS handling.

18 July 2022 • By Philip King

Appointments

Accounting staff shortfall accelerates in June

Job adverts for tax roles highest in years while recruitment for other professions slows.

18 July 2022 • By Philip King

Appointments

GBST appoints Aussies to top roles

The financial services group rounds out its C-suite team with two local executives.

18 July 2022 • By Philip King

Super

Labor needs to act fast on NALI rules

Penalties for non-arm’s length income – NALI – in superannuation need legislative change before the compliance...

15 July 2022 • By Philip King

Business

Internal auditors ‘bullied into silence’

Executives attempt to suppress adverse findings by pressuring the messengers, survey finds.

15 July 2022 • By Philip King

Technology

BGL integrates with Cleardocs for efficient company incorporations

The upgrade will allow BGL clients to automate the company registration process, says managing director.

15 July 2022 • By Josh Needs

Tax

Sub-trusts ‘redundant’ under final Div 7A ruling

With interest-only loans no longer an option the commercial incentive for sub-trusts ends, says the Tax Institute.

15 July 2022 • By Philip King

Tax

Find the right tax strategy for life insurance

The type of cover, deductibility of premiums and treatment of claims make life insurance a complex topic for tax.

15 July 2022 • By Brian Pillemer

Appointments

Accounting ads rise fastest with jobless at record low

Unemployment at 3.5 per cent coincides with moves to find alternative solutions to the tax skills shortage.

15 July 2022 • By Philip King

Regulation

Crypto a can of worms for bankruptcy trustees

Digital assets present problems when it comes to valuation and sale, or even just locating them in the first place.

15 July 2022 • By Thyge Trafford-Jones

Tax

Adapting to the top four trends affecting tax professionals

The tax sector’s rapid uptake of digital transformation means, it’s critical that we understand the role industry...

14 July 2022 • By APS Software

Technology

CA ANZ security hub to help SMEs after $33bn in cyber theft

Criminals are no longer trying to get in through the back door but through a laptop, says chief executive.

14 July 2022 • By Josh Needs

Tax

Student-run free NT tax clinic goes from strength to strength

The service gives students real-world experience while providing for those who cannot afford accountants, says Charles...

14 July 2022 • By Josh Needs

Business

Construction industry ‘on collision course with insolvency’

Fixed-price contracts signed months ago are squeezing builders out of business, says CPA Australia.

14 July 2022 • By Philip King

Regulation

Former director charged with unlicensed advice offences

The sole director of a former AFS licence has been charged after allegedly providing unlicensed financial advice...

14 July 2022 • By Josh Needs

Business

ANZ confirms purchase talks for MYOB

The accounting software specialist is the subject of a potential acquisition by one of the Big 4.

13 July 2022 • By Philip King

Business

Business confidence ‘teetering on the brink’

Adverse economic conditions will lift insolvency rates by the end of 2022, says the latest CreditorWatch report.

13 July 2022 • By Philip King