by mbrownlee | May 17, 2018 | News
Nexia Brisbane chief executive Ken Robertson said following the revelations of the royal commission that in some cases advice fees were being charged to the dead, Treasurer Scott Morrison blasted the banks over this misconduct.“[The Treasurer] may not be aware that...
by mbrownlee | Mar 31, 2017 | News
The IPA’s Tony Greco stressed there is a “very fine line” between providing factual information and financial advice, noting it is “almost impossible” to guide clients through the latest round of superannuation reforms without giving financial advice.“The big elephant...
by mbrownlee | Mar 29, 2017 | News
Thomson Reuters has released a report, Technology Builds Transparency: Achieving Justified Trust, to raise awareness of the ATO’s justified trust initiative for 2017.Read the full story at Accountants Daily.
by mbrownlee | Mar 24, 2017 | News
Late last year, the ATO said a new service, ATO Online, would be available in the first-half of 2017 as a new platform capable of replicating the functions of the Tax Agent Portal.However, after the massive and ongoing failures of the ATO’s online portals since...
by mbrownlee | Mar 21, 2017 | News
Planet Consulting founder and principal consultant Rob Pillans recently spoke about trends he’s seeing in the accounting profession.One trend he highlighted is about the desire to secure more clients, which often overshadows everything else.“The thing that I still...
