Don’t let your clients get court

But headlines tell only part of the story. Just as there’s a lot more to accounting than the latest changes to Super, most activity in the legal profession goes unreported. And here’s a fact that may surprise you: one of the fastest growing classes of action in the...

Audit radar for 2012 and beyond

Public interest entities APES 110 Code of Ethics for Professional Accountants was recently amended to clarify the definition of a public interest entity (PIE) and imposes stricter auditor independence requirements, such as partner rotation. The amendments take effect...
Leveraging your business

Leveraging your business

Today, this is called mindset, which is defined as a fixed mental attitude or disposition that predetermines a person’s responses to and interpretations of situations. How people behave is a direct reflection of how they think. The key question for advisers is ‘How...
Tax Office update – Apr/May 2012

Tax Office update – Apr/May 2012

Tax practitioners play an important role in helping their clients comply with their tax and superannuation responsibilities. They also help make the ATO’s administrative processes run smoothly, reducing compliance costs for taxpayers and generally helping it to make...

The new OHS regime in action

The new regime was to commence on 1 January 2012. For political and parochial reasons, that has not occurred. The WHS Act and WHS Regs commenced in the Commonwealth, Queensland, New South Wales, Northern Territory and Australian Capital Territory jurisdictions on 1...