ASIC has reminded small businesses that any large businesses they engage with may need to obtain emissions-related information from them to fulfil their scope 3 emissions reporting obligations.

More than 30 professionals and businesses were announced as winners in the annual Australian AI Awards 2025, held ...

On Wednesday (12 November), the ATO withdrew its existing ruling on rental property deductions (IT 2167) and released a new draft tax ruling (TR 2025/D1) and draft practical compliance guides (PCGs), ...

Accountants enter a legal minefield if they provide “finance letters” for clients and should refuse requests to be involved in risk assessments by lenders, says CA ANZ. Members could be sued if a ...

The Tax Practitioners Board will ramp up its fight against unregistered agents who illegally operate outside the system in the new year, chairman Peter de Cure has said. In the TPB’s final webinar for ...

Moien Khan is the managing director of KonceptM, a Sydney-based chartered accountant and tax agent business, and like many accountants he was forced to question the future direction of his profession ...

Jarvis’ current outlook on the insolvency industry. When, how and why SBR works versus when it doesn’t. Director penalty notices and director loans. Jarvis’ prediction for the future of small ...

Arjuna Samarakoon was sentenced at at Melbourne County Courthouse to 29 months’ imprisonment with 18 to serve for his role as a tax professional in a company which twice claimed fraudulent refunds ...

The Tax Institute has provided the Board of Taxation with recommendations across the four key areas of large business and international, superannuation, small businesses and fringe benefits tax (FBT).

A new report by ASIC has revealed that small business restructuring (SBR) appointments have surged in recent years, rising from 448 appointments in 2022–23 to an estimated 3,000 in 2024–25. “After a ...

In recent times, the decision in Cotter v Tomassini [2025] VSC 518 has attracted attention. In this case, an adult child (with no particular health or financial concerns), who was also likely ...

Accountants, auditors and bookkeepers will be among the world’s fastest-declining jobs over the next five years due to advancements in information processing and automation technology, according to a ...