ATO service developments stalled following outages

In an address at the Tax Institution National Convention 2017, Mr Jordan said the ATO has set about fixing the major irritants with the portal and client correspondence list.“We began to implement the new practitioner lodgement service, and developed additional online...

Accounting talent shortage looms as offshoring takes off

Planet Consulting founder and principal consultant Rob Pillans said accounting firms are looking to offshore more than ever before.“There’s no question that many, many firms are choosing to have a lot of the basic work done offshore,” Mr Pillans said.“Typically in the...
IPA keeps up fight for a loan guarantee scheme

IPA keeps up fight for a loan guarantee scheme

“On average, 28,000 Australian businesses per annum face a binding finance constraint, whilst 118,000 face some access to finance issues,” said IPA chief executive officer, Andrew Conway.“To help increase the availability of much-needed affordable loan finance to the...