Helen Lea
Business

New partnership aims to help business mental health

An accounting software provider has announced a new partnership aimed at providing preventative mental health support...
13 May 2020

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Chris Jordan and Reece Kershaw
Business

Tax agents potentially compromised in early access to super fraud: ATO

A sophisticated fraud of the early access to super scheme could have involved a breach of security at accounting...
07 May 2020
Small business
Business

JobKeeper reimbursement to hit 728,000 businesses

Micro employers are leading the way with JobKeeper enrolments as the first ATO reimbursement payments begin to land in...
07 May 2020
Professor Robert Breunig
Tax

Tax system ‘ill-equipped’ for 21st century, says ANU

The government should look to reform its “outmoded” tax system to generate revenue in the short term and move away...
06 May 2020
Deborah Jenkins and Kate Carnell
Business

The ATO and ASBFEO explain how the JobKeeper affects your business

The ATO and the Australian Small Business and Family Enterprise Ombudsman will be appearing in a free, live and...
04 May 2020
Xero
Business

Xerocon cancelled in light of COVID-19

The accounting software provider has now moved to cancel its flagship event five months in advance.
29 April 2020
Jennifer Westacott
Business

Australia needs a competitive tax system post-COVID-19: BCA

Policymakers will need to consider if red tape that was suspended during the COVID-19 crisis is necessary...
29 April 2020 • By Aidan Curtis
Steve Kennedy
Business

Treasury boss hails ‘rapid’ ATO stimulus delivery

Treasury Secretary Steve Kennedy has defended the rollout of stimulus payments to businesses and individuals, while...
28 April 2020
UNSW Business School Tax Clinic
Tax

Big four steps up with ‘largest pro bono’ tax offering amid COVID-19

A big four firm will now partner with the University of NSW to offer Australia’s “largest pro bono tax professional...
28 April 2020
Paul Bloxham and Su-Lin Ong
Business

COVID-19 an ‘opportunity’ for tax reform

Policy makers should be treating the COVID-19 crisis as an opportunity to enact the comprehensive tax reform that...
23 April 2020
Kate Carnell AO
Business

ASBFEO calls for payments law as big businesses use COVID-19 as excuse

The ASBFEO is asking for 30-day payment times to be legislated immediately, following reports that big businesses are...
21 April 2020 • By Maja Garaca Djurdjevic
Deloitte
Business

‘We are not immune’: Deloitte mandates 20% pay cut

Deloitte partners and staff will now face a minimum 20 per cent reduction in pay as the firm responds to the COVID-19...
16 April 2020
Alan Oster
Business

Business confidence at its ‘weakest level’

Business confidence has hit an all-time low and most businesses expect the economic impacts of the coronavirus to...
15 April 2020
SA Premier Steven Marshall
Business

SA businesses set for $10k cash grant

South Australian small businesses will soon be offered up to $10,000 to help cover ongoing expenses as the state...
14 April 2020
Business

Tax-dodging director barred from managing companies

A failure to pay taxes and allowing a company to trade while insolvent have resulted in a sole director being...
09 April 2020
Scott Morrison
Business

SMEs to receive rent waivers, deferrals

Small and medium businesses will now be granted rental waivers and deferrals under a mandatory Code of Conduct...
08 April 2020
RBA reveals April cash rate call
Business

RBA reveals April cash rate call

The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) has announced its decision on the official cash rate for April following a rare...
07 April 2020 • By Cameron Micallef
Tom Seymour
Business

PwC slashes pay, hours by up to 40%

PwC partners and staff are set to see a reduction in working hours and pay as the firm remains committed to putting...
06 April 2020