IPA to target SMEs for trade and export market

Vicki Stylianou, IPA executive general manager, advocacy and technical, says the IPA wants to develop a strategy “to help members who have clients who are exporting or should be exporting”.This is following government concerns that not enough small businesses were...

Push to ditch annual staff performance reviews

David Cawley, regional director of accountancy and finance for Hays, says employees benefit more from regular, informal conversations with managers as opposed to traditional annual performance reviews.“The research tends to show us employees want more regular contact...

Greater collaboration needed to combat underprepared graduates

The quality of undergraduate and postgraduate accounting degree programs has been “one of the major concerns” of academics, practitioners and professional bodies,  director of the department of accounting at Deakin Business School, Luckmika Perera, says.Dr Perera says...

Auditors in hot water with ASIC

ASIC commissioner John Price says the corporate regulator has issued another warning to SMSF auditors who have yet to supply basic information. The warning letter says ASIC will cancel the registrations of those who fail to act soon. “Recently, ASIC issued over 800...
SME succession planning ‘put on hold’

SME succession planning ‘put on hold’

Bstar chief executive Grant Bloxham says company research shows the majority of accountants do not have a succession plan, and this is most likely due to changes that have occurred in the past few years. “In 2013, accountants had to deal with the digital disruption....