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Interactive map: Australia’s financial sanctions
Interactive map: Australia’s financial sanctions
The Australian Sanctions Office (ASO) monitors compliance with sanctions that have been imposed by Australia or by the United Nations Security...
Top 10 MSME trends 2024
Top 10 MSME trends 2024
The International Council for Small Business has identified the 10 trends having the greatest impact on MSMEs this year – and which offer the...
Supermarkets, airlines and power companies are charging ‘exploitative’ prices despite reaping record profits
Supermarkets, airlines and power companies are charging ‘exploitative’ prices despite reaping record profits
While extreme weather and supply delays have contributed to the increases, an inquiry into what’s causing the hikes has confirmed what...
Commonwealth business grants: Not competitive, not transparent
Commonwealth business grants: Not competitive, not transparent
Between 2018 and 2022 the Australian government awarded approximately $3 billion worth of business grants. At an average of $230,000 per grant,...
Loud and clear for small business: The IPA’s Pre-budget Submission 2024–25 is calling for change
Loud and clear for small business: The IPA’s Pre-budget Submission 2024–25 is calling for change
Jim Chalmers spoke with the media at last year’s budget lockup in Parliament House. The IPA advocacy team will again be in the budget lockup this...
Quiz results: Can an SMSF invest in this?
Quiz results: Can an SMSF invest in this?
At the end of 2023, the ATO published guidance around investing in pink diamonds. The devil, it turns out, is in the detail when assessing...
Quiz: Can an SMSF invest in this?
Quiz: Can an SMSF invest in this?
The ATO’s latest Self-managed super fund quarterly statistical report shows that 1,142,957 Australians are members of SMSFs, with total assets...
How to sell a business: Sharon Roots on succession planning
How to sell a business: Sharon Roots on succession planning
Sharon Roots's journey from a local accountant to the IPA Member of the Year 2023 is a valuable lesson in the art of seamless succession planning...
IPA Practice of the Year: “We are always looking at improving”
IPA Practice of the Year: “We are always looking at improving”
Paul Tsimopoulos, Managing Director of Assured Business and Wealth Advisors, says his business earned the title of 2023 IPA Practice of the Year...
After a lifetime studying superannuation, here are 5 things I wish I knew earlier
After a lifetime studying superannuation, here are 5 things I wish I knew earlier
Superannuation uses the carrot of tax incentives, and the sticks of compulsion and limited access, to make us save for retirement. There are...
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