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New privacy laws mean accountants should review cloud computing
New privacy laws mean accountants should review cloud computing
Data storage providers offer cloud computing accounting and data management services that provide a hosted environment where business data can be...
Travel industry experts show how you’re missing savings
Travel industry experts show how you’re missing savings
Travel experts beg to differ. They would, of course, but what they say makes cash flow sense.Wayne Swaysland, general manager at corporate travel...
Beware dressing up an investment activity as a business activity
Beware dressing up an investment activity as a business activity
Taxpayers like to return gains on assets held for longer than 12 months on capital account because of the 50 per cent CGT discount, but they want...
12 lessons from audit failures
12 lessons from audit failures
In addition to regular audit firm inspections, ASIC reviews audits based on specific concerns that may lead to action against auditors. These...
Tasmanian accountant Laura McBain took Bellamy’s Organics to a Chinese export bonanza
Tasmanian accountant Laura McBain took Bellamy’s Organics to a Chinese export bonanza
But instead of embracing the quiet life, she has ended up heading a dynamic organic baby food company that is turning heads on the international...
Base Erosion and Profit Shifting (BEPS) is the new normal and will take years to fix
Base Erosion and Profit Shifting (BEPS) is the new normal and will take years to fix
Welcome to the world of profit shifting. Australia enjoys a high level of voluntary compliance when it comes to residents meeting their tax...
Financial system inquiry will focus on competition and aim for deregulation
Financial system inquiry will focus on competition and aim for deregulation
The last time the Coalition was in government, so much commodity revenue was sloshing through public coffers that it toyed with the notion of...
Virtual. Volatile. Viable? Why Bitcoin is a nightmare for accountants
Virtual. Volatile. Viable? Why Bitcoin is a nightmare for accountants
The figure surprised Alex Boorman, global research director at financial services analyst RFi. What he learned next was even more...
Slowdown pushes Big Four accounting firms back to consulting
Slowdown pushes Big Four accounting firms back to consulting
To compensate for the lacklustre performance of traditional income streams, the Big Four are on the acquisition trail. And they have focused on...
Market your accounting practice online to tax-time advice seekers
Market your accounting practice online to tax-time advice seekers
But it is possible to implement some cost-effective marketing tools, particularly if you look beyond traditional (and often expensive) mediums...
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