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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Spotlight on ’best interests’
Spotlight on ’best interests’
The best interests duty – set out in Div 2 of Part 7.7A of the Corporations Act – replaces the current requirements to provide appropriate advice...
Working smarter
Working smarter
(iPhone, Android, Windows Phone, Blackberry) Evernote’s promise is that you can capture just about anything – voice, video, images – and save it...
New trust rules: the clock is ticking
New trust rules: the clock is ticking
The effective start date for the proposed reforms to the trust income tax provisions in Division 6 is still expected to be 1 July 2014. The...
Out of the payments lab
Out of the payments lab
According to Visa Australia country manager Vipin Kalra, thousands of V.me accounts were opened that day last October. CatchOfTheDay’s website...
Company tax: situation neutral
Company tax: situation neutral
Do not hold your breath for a cut in the company tax rate. The mandate from the Government is that savings from within the business tax system...
Complying with compliance
Complying with compliance
The aim of the sessions was to receive feedback from IPA members about how they advise small businesses about ASIC compliance obligations, and to...
The path to productivity
The path to productivity
Despite this, the 2012 Telstra Productivity Indicator shows that while 80 per cent of Australian businesses identify employee efficiency as an...
Staying afloat
Staying afloat
For most accountants, planning their own and their clients’ business continuity after things go terribly wrong is simply not a priority. But...
To outsource or not to outsource?
To outsource or not to outsource?
While IT has long been a candidate for outsourcing, shifting accounting and finance operations to outside providers has been less common. But...
Weighing up the costs
Weighing up the costs
Of course, cost optimisation isn’t about singling out one section of a business for budget cuts, as a cost reduction in one area may trigger a...
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