Dr Jane Rennie
Business

SME loan scheme expansion only addresses symptoms: CPA Australia

The federal government’s expansion of the SME loan scheme announced on Thursday focuses too heavily on short-term...
12 March 2021 • By John Buckley

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Alan Oster
Business

Business confidence at 10-year high: NAB

The bank’s monthly business survey reported signs of pre-pandemic normalcy, with business confidence at a 10-year high...
10 March 2021 • By John Buckley
Business

CPA Australia board director resigns following $11k deal

A CPA Australia board director has resigned from her position following revelations of an $11,000 transaction between...
05 March 2021 • By Jotham Lian
Fintech peak body pushes for e-invoicing mandate
Business

Fintech peak body pushes for e-invoicing mandate

Australian’s fintech peak body has urged the government to mandate e-invoicing for all businesses by July next year,...
04 March 2021 • By John Buckley
ASIC
Business

Illegal early access to super scheme sees financial adviser charged

A Glenroy financial adviser could face up to 20 years in prison for operating an illegal early access to...
02 March 2021 • By John Buckley
KPMG offers COVID-19 ‘thank-you payment’
Business

KPMG offers COVID-19 ‘thank-you payment’, repays portion of salary cuts

A stronger-than-expected first-half performance will see the big four firm return another portion of COVID-19 pay cuts...
25 February 2021
JobKeeper fraud
Business

ATO secures first criminal conviction for JobKeeper fraud

A Victorian man has been handed Australia’s first criminal conviction for JobKeeper fraud after attempting to access...
24 February 2021 • By John Buckley
suspension
Business

Insolvency regulator suspends ex-PPB partner’s trustee registration

A former PPB Advisory partner has had his trustee registration suspended for a period of three years, following the...
23 February 2021 • By John Buckley
Businesses can’t force staff to be vaccinated
Business

Businesses can’t force staff to be vaccinated: Fair Work

Employers will be unable to force staff to be vaccinated against COVID-19, as fresh guidance surfaces amid the rollout...
22 February 2021
Tax agent terminated
Business

Tax agent terminated after trying to bribe client to withdraw complaint

The Tax Practitioners Board has terminated the registration of a company tax agent after the agent attempted to...
22 February 2021
ATO alert scam
Regulation

ATO sounds alert over new ‘alarming’ TFN scam

The Tax Office has issued a warning over a new tax file number scam that has seen nearly $120,000 being lost to...
22 February 2021
Victoria rolls out cash grants for businesses affected by snap lockdown
Business

Victoria rolls out cash grants for businesses affected by snap lockdown

More than 50,000 Victorian businesses are set to receive at least $2,000 in cash grants following the state’s most...
21 February 2021
Anna Bligh
Business

Only 5% of businesses still with deferred loans: ABA

The Australian Banking Association has announced that just 5 per cent of deferred business loans are yet to resume...
19 February 2021
Andrew Hunter
Business

‘Businesses are being treated as an afterthought’: CPA Australia calls for...

Snap lockdowns will continue to wreak financial havoc for businesses all across Australia unless a national safety net...
18 February 2021 • By Jotham Lian
Federal Court
Business

Federal Court hands out highest-ever $22.68m penalty to tax exploitation...

A former tax agent and chartered accountant has been hit with $22.68 million in penalties after being found to have...
16 February 2021
Jeremy Hirschhorn ATO
Regulation

ATO yet to analyse profit-making companies on JobKeeper

The Tax Office is unlikely to review companies who have gone on to post large profits and paid out executive bonuses...
12 February 2021
tax-scam calls spike
Tax

Government issues alert as tax-scam calls spike

At least 200 scam calls impersonating the Tax Office were made this week, as scammers continue to demand money by...
12 February 2021 • By Jotham Lian
Post-JobKeeper jitters hitting small business owners
Business

Post-JobKeeper jitters hitting small-business owners: Survey

Small-business owners are beginning to worry about the end of JobKeeper in seven weeks, as the government continues to...
11 February 2021 • By Jemelle Blanco