by Staff Reporter | Oct 10, 2014 | Features
He doesn’t look or act like your typical CEO. And by his own admission – or perhaps it’s a boast – Tim Costello is conspicuously lacking in the formal credentials you’d expect of a man who runs a $350 million-a-year enterprise. Ten years ago, when he was headhunted to...
by Staff Reporter | Oct 10, 2014 | Features, Technical Advice
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission is warning about false billing scams, after a 45 per cent surge in complaints and almost $725,000 reported lost in 2013. False billing scams attempt to trick busy businesses into paying for unwanted and unauthorised...
by Staff Reporter | Oct 10, 2014 | Driving change, Features
Five years after he retired from consulting, David Maister continues to be regarded as the world’s leading authority on the operations of professional services firms. He left aspiring professional services firm managers with at least three landmark books: The...
by Staff Reporter | Oct 10, 2014 | Features, Technical Advice
Time is running out for those legacy tools stuck on the millions of Windows Server 2003 machines still in use around the world, in accounting firms and everywhere else. In July 2015, Microsoft will stop patching and supporting Windows Server 2003 – and it is time we...
by Staff Reporter | Oct 10, 2014 | Features, Technical Advice
Some annual updates from manufacturing and the ATO about depreciation repair services; and improvements for CGT noting right now. Effective life of depreciating assets Taxation Ruling TR 2014/4 This Ruling commenced 1 July 2014 and explains the methodology used by the...
