Beyond the grid: AI inventors target Excel’s formula
For 40 years, Excel has seen off every challenger. Now AI innovators think they may finally have the recipe that can break Microsoft's spreadsheet dominance.
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Managing to lead
Managing to lead
First, leadership has been studied since the time of Plato and still no consensus has emerged. US organisational expert Warren Bennis claims to...
A board’s role in strategic planning
A board’s role in strategic planning
Why the confusion? The source of the confusion may start with a misreading of the board’s role in general. A board is appointed by the...
Interview: Naomi Simson
Interview: Naomi Simson
Imagine running a business based on fun. That’s what I decided to try when I left a very serious corporate career in marketing to set up...
Tax Office update – December 2011
Tax Office update – December 2011
I would like to take this opportunity to acknowledge the role played by accountants in supporting our tax and superannuation systems. You are a...
Tax Office update – Dec/Jan 2012
Tax Office update – Dec/Jan 2012
I would like to take this opportunity to acknowledge the role played by accountants in supporting our tax and superannuation systems. You are a...
Auditor registration and resignation
Auditor registration and resignation
copies of academic qualifications not being certified as true and correct copies by a Justice of the Peace, Commissioner of Declarations,...
Expectation versus reality
Expectation versus reality
The intention of the tax forum was to re-shape the tax system for the long term. One good thing that came from the event irrespective of the...
FoFA – the ongoing saga
FoFA – the ongoing saga
The first tranche of FoFA proposals deal with three main issues: introducing a “best-interest” duty, bringing in an opt-in requirement and...
Do audit reports need revision?
Do audit reports need revision?
It needs to be said at the outset that the Global Financial Crisis (GFC) has been used as an opportunity to reopen the doors to age-old debates...
RDR – public sector arrangements develop
RDR – public sector arrangements develop
While these organisations have sought to resolve the matter of reduced disclosure by issuing separate models, the AASB continues to try to remain...
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