IPA pushes govt on key bill for SMEs

The IPA’s chief executive officer Andrew Conway says the misuse of market power provision has failed to protect small businesses from “the predatory actions of companies with substantial market power”. “Australia’s concentrated market structure means that some...
‘A-class’ clients set to look beyond accountants

‘A-class’ clients set to look beyond accountants

McLean Delmo Bentleys partner Jamie Bishop says accountants are in danger of losing their “most important” clients if they do not discuss and implement the necessary changes before July 2017 when the $1.6 million transfer cap on pension funds comes into effect.“Whilst...

Traditional grad training needs a shake-up, says mid-tier

HLB Mann Judd managing partner Tony Fittler says accounting graduates who are kept in the ‘learning the ropes’ phase too long risk becoming disengaged, and businesses will lose out on “higher level” work productivity.“I guess the traditional model was to bring people...

Mid-tier reports resistance to new pricing models

McLean Delmo Bentleys partner Jamie Bishop says while firms are trying to implement value-based fee structures to align themselves more competitively in the market, clients are opting for the more traditional time-based models.“We certainly are predominantly...

Compliance ‘scaremongering’ fuelled by ‘vested interests’

Chan & Naylor’s co-founder and non-executive chairman Edward Chan says rhetoric concerning the death of compliance is “unfounded” and often stems from people with “vested interests” in selling software.“Currently, there’s a lot of scaremongering going on about the...