Business

Commissioner responds to ‘cash grab’ investigation claims

The Commissioner of Taxation, Chris Jordan, has issued a public response into the Inspector General of Taxation’s...

14 March 2019

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ATO updates business benchmarks for clients

Updated business benchmarks have been released by the Australian Taxation Office, with the aim of helping SMEs see how...

07 March 2019

Business

New tax dispute solutions to create ‘supportive environment’ for small business

The newly established tax concierge service and the AAT small business tax division will create a more supportive...

05 March 2019

Business

Ex-PPB Advisory partner stripped of rego, barred for 8 years

A former PPB Advisory partner has had his liquidator registration stripped and banned from performing any work in the...

28 February 2019

Regulation

Pitcher Partners ordered to pay $3.3m in client costs

Pitcher Partners will appeal a Federal Court decision to award more than $3 million in costs to a former client that...

26 February 2019

Business

Business registers, director identification numbers changes tabled in Parliament

The government has introduced a new bill aimed at modernising business registers, alongside a legal framework for the...

18 February 2019

Business

SMSF, investment property spruiker faces court order

An adviser who spruiked SMSF establishments to his clients to facilitate the purchase of investment properties has...

15 February 2019

Regulation

Fix funding holes before adding more regulators, government told

ASIC should be given additional funding to execute its job before a new oversight authority is introduced, says the...

15 February 2019 • By Katarina Taurian

Business

‘Particularly reprehensible’: Caps on tax affairs deduction slammed

Labor’s justification to install a $3,000 cap on managing tax affairs will go beyond its intended reach of wealthy...

15 February 2019

Business

Major bank set to offer same-day lending for SMEs

In what it described as an attempt to support its small business customers, one of Australia’s largest banks has...

12 February 2019 • By Jotham Lian

Business

‘Utterly untenable’: Labor pushes back on franking credit inquiry

Labor has referred the chair of the Standing Committee on Economics to the Australian Federal Police over claims that...

11 February 2019

Regulation

‘No lay-down misère’: CPA to challenge RC report

CPA Australia has called for calm following the final report of the royal commission, noting how the current political...

11 February 2019

Business

$860m of super claimed in Q4 2018

Over $860 million worth of superannuation was found and consolidated by taxpayers in the last quarter of 2018, but...

07 February 2019

Regulation

‘Better now than never’: A regulatory funding lesson for the accounting industry

The underfunding of industry regulators have contributed to the stark findings of the royal commission, with parallels...

06 February 2019

Regulation

Funding constraints linger despite government’s regulator blasting

The federal government said it’s confident the regulators are well funded and prepared for a post-royal commission...

05 February 2019 • By Billie Andrada

Regulation

Royal commission recommends big changes to ASIC, APRA's oversight

The final report of the royal commission has been released, with the government called to establish a new oversight...

04 February 2019 • By Jotham Lian

Regulation

Mandatory education reforms push three-quarters of accountants out of...

Industry polling suggests over three-quarters of accountants will stop providing financial advice or palm them off to...

01 February 2019

Regulation

Alex Malley, former directors stripped of CPA life memberships

The board of CPA Australia has removed the life memberships of former chief executive Alex Malley and the directors...

31 January 2019