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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Ian Purchas: Fast mover
Ian Purchas: Fast mover
Company: RMG Partners Position: Principal IPA status: FIPA Location: Sydney Ian Purchas compares trying to save a troubled business with taking a...
Mixed messages
Mixed messages
What was in the Budget (and leaked before) was generally positive news, such as the Excess Contributions Tax (ECT) arrangements, the increase in...
Time for SMSF co-operation
Time for SMSF co-operation
Engage Super Audits is among a small group of accountants that has decided to specialise in SMSF auditing over the past two decades. It audits...
Loopholes closed: tax reform detoured
Loopholes closed: tax reform detoured
Instead, when Deputy Prime Minister and Treasurer, The Hon Wayne Swan MP, delivered his sixth Budget on 14 May, much of the focus was on...
Facts before the figures
Facts before the figures
While the financial report itself is an invaluable source of information for company shareholder and scheme unit holders in providing historical...
Banking on trust
Banking on trust
Typical is an accountant Public Accountant spoke to recently who cited a client’s problems: his new business had paid cash for a prime mover and...
The ’father’ of accounting
The ’father’ of accounting
A writer and thinker who was also teacher and friend to Leonardo da Vinci, he is depicted holding a book. But it is not a religious or even an...
Time to choose your direction
Time to choose your direction
These important reforms will ensure that accountants remain on the right side of the law. They will let accountants provide investment advice....
Banks vs lawmakers on business code
Banks vs lawmakers on business code
The latest investigation, by the Senate Economics References Committee, has again recommended that the Australian Bankers’ Association (ABA)...
Taking a stand
Taking a stand
The most recent work in this area, published in the British Journal of Sports Medicine, was based on a major study tracking the health habits of...
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