Business

Accountant made to create his own payslips, claims underpayment of $31k

An accounting firm and its founder have been found to have underpaid a former accountant's wages, superannuation, and...

20 July 2026 • By Carlos Tse

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Business

Joint bodies say employers are ‘set up to fail’ in Payday Super regime

Industry bodies say the new regime relies heavily on administrative tolerance rather than legal certainty and have...

08 July 2026 • By Carlos Tse

Business

‘Conflict of interest’: accountant caught in crossfire to pay $4k in costs,...

CA ANZ’s Professional Conduct Committee has censured a member and handed him a $4,000 penalty for failing to act...

23 June 2026 • By Carlos Tse

Business

AI won’t reduce the need for new accounting entrants: CA ANZ

With more than 4,000 enrolments in its foundations program, CA ANZ has said it does not see any impact of AI on...

23 June 2026 • By Carlos Tse

Business

‘Policy failure’: accountants needed to close the retirement advice gap, says...

A modern accountants’ exemption is the “fastest and safest” fix in the face of retirees being priced out of financial...

16 June 2026 • By Carlos Tse

Technology

Accounting firms’ AI investments moving beyond ‘just clerical tasks’

New research from The Access Group has revealed the “inevitability of going past AI being a nice-to-have” for daily...

11 June 2026 • By Jerome Doraisamy

Technology

Be wary of the 'great AI proposal', accounting firms told

The director of an accounting firm has warned small business accountants to avoid getting swept up in the rhetoric of...

03 June 2026 • By Carlos Tse

Business

‘The uncertainty is the killer’: the consultation gap and lack of clarity in...

Tax experts have slammed the cloudiness of federal budget announcements, citing a lack of information, uncertainty,...

29 May 2026 • By Carlos Tse

Business

CPI falls to 4.2% in April, but core inflation remains high

Further to last month’s annual inflation increase to 4.6 per cent, fuelled by a price rise of 1.1 per cent, the ABS...

27 May 2026 • By Amelia McNamara

Technology

AI delivering net positive gains for many SMBs

Recent Intuit research has revealed a reversal of past sentiment regarding the impact of AI on growth, with many small...

14 May 2026 • By Amelia McNamara

Regulation

Victorian accountant jailed for ‘devious’ money-making scheme

As part of a “cunning, long-time fraud”, a Victorian accountant fleeced his loyal clients out of almost $1.5 million.

14 May 2026 • By Naomi Neilson

Technology

TPB’s draft AI guidance needs greater practical utility: CA ANZ

The industry body has stressed that the guidance must include greater detail to ensure verification of AI outputs and...

07 May 2026 • By Carlos Tse

Business

Director jailed for obtaining $2.48m from false invoices

A director who obtained nearly $2.5 million through false invoices has been banned by ASIC for five years and...

06 May 2026 • By Carlos Tse

Technology

NAB report reveals AI adoption highest for SMEs in property and finance sectors

AI uptake varies across the workplace, with the property services and finance and insurance sectors being the highest...

22 April 2026 • By Carlos Tse

Technology

MYOB and Microsoft ANZ sign AI partnership

The business management platform has entered a five-year partnership with Microsoft ANZ to develop new AI-powered...

13 April 2026 • By Carlos Tse

Business

The 15-minute audit: why AI makes hourly billing operationally impossible

As AI agents handle growing portions of junior workloads, firms must pivot to value-based pricing or face a terminal...

24 March 2026 • By Andrew Cooke

Technology

AI-driven productivity freeing up time for accountants to add more value

AI is emerging as a primary driver of time savings through increased productivity for accounting firms, allowing them...

19 March 2026 • By Carlos Tse

Business

Limited time to get clients’ affairs in order

Recent ATO guidance provides a defined time frame for reviewing clients’ arrangements to ensure alignment with the...

16 March 2026 • By Robyn Jacobson