by Emma Koehn | Dec 13, 2024 | Features
A Senate committee review of the Aged Care Bill 2024 has heard feedback from more than 100 submissions and spoken to professionals across healthcare, accounting and community services to comb over the details of the federal government’s ambitious plan to reshape aged...
by Stephen Moran | Dec 12, 2024 | News
Trade unilateralism will be a feature of Donald Trump’s second presidency. It’s already begun. Trump has recently threatened to apply a 25% tariff on Canada and Mexico because of illegal immigration and the illicit drugs trade, and a 100% tariff on BRICS+ countries...
by Miranda Brownlee | Dec 11, 2024 | News
The average yearly satisfaction score for tax professionals has declined to 59.19 for 2023–24, according to the ATO’s latest annual report for the 2023–24 financial year. This represented a substantial decline from the previous 2022–23 year when the average...
by Annie Lawson | Dec 10, 2024 | Features
“You basically need a keyboard, an internet connection and natural language,” says AI adoption expert Inbal Rodnay. Rodnay encouraged accountants to embed AI technology in their workflows to unlock efficiencies and free up time for strategic work. She specialises in...
by James Chalmers | Dec 6, 2024 | Features
At a glance IPA urges profession proactivity in leading ongoing reforms from PwC scandal. The UK offers options for how profession-led regulation could work in harmony with governmental oversight. Protecting the term “accountant” a crucial way to protect the...