The good fight

The good fight

Despite his best attempts to wind down his career, Barry Lambert, at the age of 70, still has his work cut out for him. After selling his professional services network Count Financial to the Commonwealth Bank in 2011 for a whopping $373 million, it would have been...

SME relief as multinationals brought down a peg

The legislation, which passed the Senate this week, will strengthen the ATO’s ability to combat contrived structures and multinational tax avoidance.IPA technical policy general manager Tony Greco told Public Accountant that the measures would restore SME faith in...

IPA launches exclusive training platform

The IPA announced that the video-based SimplyCPD will be made available exclusively to its members via the association’s website, with its first instructional series focusing on Excel. “There’s no better way to learn something, especially Microsoft Excel which can be...

Business investment taints bullish economic outlook

There were many remaining risks facing the Australian economy not least of which was the possibility of fluctuating Chinese investment, Mr Fraser said during his opening speech to the March Senate estimates.“As I have said to this committee in the past, the...

ACCC foreshadows crackdown

Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) chairman Rod Sims announced that the body’s enforcement teams would hone in on the unfair contract terms, cartel conduct, anti-competitive conduct, and misleading and deceptive practices that can often be lauded...