Business

Construction industry continues to get hit, owners dipping into personal...

Economic pressures and a burgeoning AI industry are putting construction businesses under growing pressure, with a...

24 September 2026 • By Carlos Tse

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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

Business

Intergenerational report forecasts further growth in income tax as share of GDP

Income tax reliance will continue to grow in the absence of policy change, Treasury’s latest Intergenerational Report...

23 September 2026 • By Carlos Tse

Technology

Under The Hood: Being a digitally-nomadic accountant

Since she was a teenager, Heather Smith has viewed accounting as a "global language", and a vocational pathway that...

22 September 2026 • By Robyn Tongol

Business

Director fails to prove shortfall penalty assessment was excessive

The Administrative Review Tribunal has tossed a taxpayer’s shortfall penalty objection after it determined that...

22 September 2026 • By Carlos Tse

Super

‘Aggressive’ SGC letters from the ATO come rolling in

The ATO’s letters notifying small business owners of SGC payable have led one practitioner to believe the Tax Office...

22 September 2026 • By Carlos Tse

Business

Accounting profession excels at 10th Women in Finance Awards 2026

Several accountants, auditors, bookkeepers, and others in the profession have nabbed a finalist spot at the coveted...

22 September 2026 • By Malavika Santhebennur

Business

Foreign investor fined $370k as ATO cracks whip on land banking

A foreign investor was fined $370,000 for land banking practices as the ATO tightens its screws on those who breach...

22 September 2026 • By Malavika Santhebennur

Tax

Coloured pens, allegedly rushed consent: ATO record keeper ordered to appear...

Questions of alleged coercion and inaccurate records have been raised during a Federal Court hearing against the...

21 September 2026 • By Carlos Tse

Business

‘Time in prison is even a possibility’: ATO shadow economy prosecutions ramp up

Non-lodgment prosecutions over the past two years have jumped by 80 per cent, leading to more than $2.7 million in...

21 September 2026 • By Malavika Santhebennur

Business

Tax reform tranches bring uncertainty, extra costs

A professional body has slammed the current tax reform process, including the second tranche of amendments, and called...

21 September 2026 • By Malavika Santhebennur

Tax

Lawyer offers practical tips for FTEs amid ATO crackdown

With a tight compliance framework around family trust elections, including freezing a family group upon the death of...

21 September 2026 • By Carlos Tse

Tax

Accountants are at an inflection point

MYOB's Accounting Industry Monitor findings have shown that, if accounting professionals have not already made a...

18 September 2026 • By MYOB

Tax

ATO’s nearly $100m splurge on Melbourne office referred to inquiry

The Senate has opened an inquiry into the ATO’s $95 million fit-out of its Melbourne CBD office, after it signed a new...

18 September 2026 • By Carlos Tse

Business

Trust tax penalty a ‘punishment’ for small businesses

A 47 per cent tax treatment for family businesses that elect into a new regime as an alternative to restructuring...

18 September 2026 • By Malavika Santhebennur

Business

Internal CGT education first step for accountants, tax specialist says

Accounting firm principals need to educate themselves and their team on the complex CGT changes before helping...

18 September 2026 • By Malavika Santhebennur

Regulation

TPB releases guidance on new sanctions powers

The board has said it will adopt “a proportionate and risk-based approach” to determining appropriate responses to...

18 September 2026 • By Miranda Brownlee

Business

AI changing the ‘skills mix required’ for accountants

As accounting faces a looming gap of almost 18,000 professionals by 2035, new research has revealed AI could transform...

17 September 2026 • By Malavika Santhebennur