Solomon Islands: small businesses, big potential
Micro, small, and medium enterprises are the engine of many economies. In the Solomon Islands, they hold the key to a more prosperous future.
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Divergent paths on tax policy agenda
Divergent paths on tax policy agenda
We review all proposals from two perspectives: members’ and public interest lens. Most of the time the public interest and members’ interest are...
Retirement training: A new paradigm
Retirement training: A new paradigm
Employers who are serious about their employees' financial and mental wellbeing after retirement should invest in parachute training. Not...
How accountants and bookkeepers will work in 2019
How accountants and bookkeepers will work in 2019
In 2013, two researchers from Oxford University published an infamous study claiming that bookkeeping has a 97.6 per cent chance of being...
E-invoicing: What does it mean for accountants?
E-invoicing: What does it mean for accountants?
E-invoicing stands for electronic invoice delivery. The word itself is currently evolving. Just as electronic mail went to e-mail and was...
Moving your clients from Excel to software
Moving your clients from Excel to software
If your clients are still languishing on spreadsheets and are yet to join the future, what can you do? As an adviser, bookkeeper or accountant...
Robotic Process Automation (RPA) – the next frontier
Robotic Process Automation (RPA) – the next frontier
I have read a ton of material and in doing so it became clear to me that few people have any idea what these technologies will actually be doing...
How can SMEs realistically stay competitive?
How can SMEs realistically stay competitive?
We saw instances emerge from the banking royal commission of a major bank being allowed to dictate the size of penalties it paid for misconduct...
Single touch payroll reporting – Clarity for small employers?
Single touch payroll reporting – Clarity for small employers?
The bill introduces, among other measures, legislation extending STP reporting to employers with less than 20 employees. Employers with more than...
Why you procrastinate (and what to do about it)
Why you procrastinate (and what to do about it)
That’s the time an average person wastes procrastinating, according to peer-reviewed studies – with the top time wasters being too much TV,...
Residency reforms a matter of urgency
Residency reforms a matter of urgency
Australian individual income tax residency rules have remained largely unchanged since they were introduced in 1930. It is not unexpected, given...
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