Business

‘Narrow’, ‘complex’: Innovation and investment reforms slammed

The government’s IBCC and R&D tax incentive legislation is under the scanner, as industry professionals remain...

02 November 2026 • By Malavika Santhebennur

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Business

Businesses face ‘death by a thousand cuts’ amid tax reforms

The trust tax reform proposals are stacked on surging costs of doing business, restructuring, productivity challenges,...

27 October 2026 • By Malavika Santhebennur

Business

Accountants are drowning in tax reform, the profession is not winning

More work from all the tax reform this year is not better, despite some calling it a win for accountants, with the...

23 October 2026 • By Carlos Tse

Tax

ATO extends FTDT GIC amnesty to mid-2027, making a ‘bigger issue a little bit...

The Tax Office has confirmed it will be extending the GIC remission for FTDT liabilities for another six months;...

22 October 2026 • By Carlos Tse

Business

Auditor registration hurdles for small firm accountants impede supply

The restrictive requirements for accountants at smaller firms to become a registered auditor risk exacerbating the...

22 October 2026 • By Malavika Santhebennur

Business

The accountant partnership: Supporting the ‘thankless’ role of business...

Accountants have a crucial educative role for their clients in explaining complex tax concepts and understanding their...

20 October 2026 • By Carlos Tse

Tax

Discretionary trusts bill: Adequate improvements for ‘inadequate’ consultation...

The accounting profession has spoken, with practitioners questioning the effectiveness of Treasury’s consultation...

19 October 2026 • By Carlos Tse

Business

Tax reform ‘more like a political talking point’

Accountants remain irked by the proposed tax reforms on multiple fronts after they were introduced in Parliament.

16 October 2026 • By Malavika Santhebennur

Business

Accounting seriously slaps for Gen Z due to AI

While studies around the perils of AI for many professions are rife, one survey has shown that 94 per cent of Gen Z...

15 October 2026 • By Malavika Santhebennur

Business

Is this the ‘optimal path’?: Trust tax reform creates burdensome system

A tax lawyer wonders if the government could have taken a simpler path to achieve its discretionary trusts objectives.

12 October 2026 • By Malavika Santhebennur

Business

‘ALP has never liked trusts’: Government denounced for rushing trust tax reform

The government has failed to “dot their i’s and cross their t’s” in their discretionary trust tax proposals and...

08 October 2026 • By Malavika Santhebennur

Business

Accounting finalists shine at Commercial Finance Awards

An exceptional group of finalists from the accounting profession have been revealed for the third annual Commercial...

08 October 2026 • By Malavika Santhebennur

Business

Businesses should not absorb merchant fees, accountant says

With surcharge removals coming into effect yesterday, one accounting principal has said he will advise his business...

02 October 2026 • By Malavika Santhebennur

Regulation

AUSTRAC turns to section 167 notices in AML crackdown

Law firms are facing closer scrutiny as AUSTRAC tests compliance with expanded AML/CTF obligations and investigates...

30 September 2026 • By Matthew Taylor

Business

‘Very poorly thought out’: Minimum trust tax to sting low- to middle-income...

A tax agent has argued that the proposed trust tax legislation will “almost exclusively” hurt low- to middle-income...

29 September 2026 • By Malavika Santhebennur

Business

Trust tax advice bill could balloon to $2.8bn: CPA Australia

The accounting body has warned that taxpayers could incur up to $2.8 billion in professional advice costs just to...

25 September 2026 • By Malavika Santhebennur

Business

Business tax reform is red tape ‘for no good reason’

The CGT and trust tax reform will bring more compliance hurdles, paperwork, and tax planning for small businesses but...

25 September 2026 • By Malavika Santhebennur

Business

Lawyer questions whether government wants tax reform feedback

Rushed legislation and short consultation windows for the tax system overhaul have one lawyer wondering whether the...

23 September 2026 • By Malavika Santhebennur