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IPA advocacy update: ESG and sustainability reporting
IPA advocacy update: ESG and sustainability reporting
This year, as the IPA turns 100, we find ourselves not only celebrating the past, but looking towards the future. A large part of our future is...
A new tax residency framework: Certainty and unintended consequences
A new tax residency framework: Certainty and unintended consequences
Australian tax residency rules have been in place for more than 80 years, but that’s not necessarily a good thing. It’s 2023, and we’re living in...
Q&A: Managing the stress of insolvency
Q&A: Managing the stress of insolvency
Composite image: James Flaherty / Getty Images In 1991, on a flight from London back home to Sydney, James sat next to a stranger that would...
Sustainability reporting: Accountants can’t measure what businesses haven’t defined
Sustainability reporting: Accountants can’t measure what businesses haven’t defined
One of the biggest problems within the SME sustainability sphere, says Dr Miethy Zaman, Research Fellow at the IPA-Deakin SME Research Centre, is...
Small Business Energy Incentive: Too little, and soon too late
Small Business Energy Incentive: Too little, and soon too late
MSMEs are the backbone of our communities. The UN says they have a potential to transform economies, foster job creation, and promote equitable...
How two small businesses are using tax incentives to lift productivity
How two small businesses are using tax incentives to lift productivity
At a glance: Government incentives for digital skills and training for SMEs have now been legislated. While these incentives are welcomed, more...
De-registered tax agents will be banned from providing tax services
De-registered tax agents will be banned from providing tax services
At a glance: A Senate Committee recently completed an inquiry into the Treasury Laws Amendment (2023 Measures No. 1) Bill 2023. The IPA as part...
Consumer Data Right: It’s time for progress
Consumer Data Right: It’s time for progress
What is the CDR? In a nutshell, it enables consumers to give trusted advisers and businesses that are accredited data recipients – the latter...
Global ethical standards on sustainability reporting and assurance
Global ethical standards on sustainability reporting and assurance
The International Ethics Standards Board for Accountants (IESBA) recently hosted roundtables in major cities including Paris, Sydney, Singapore...
Federal Budget: Tony Greco on the tax revenue gap
Federal Budget: Tony Greco on the tax revenue gap
The ALP will have been in office for 11 months by Budget night and, having gone to the election with few tax measures – certainly not with ‘big...
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