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The 2026 global economy: nervously muddling through
At a glance Political and regulatory volatility is creating a nervous environment for global business. AI is emerging as a top business priority for automation and analytics. Despite cautious consumers, the global economy has proven surprisingly resilient since...
Moving your clients from Excel to software
If your clients are still languishing on spreadsheets and are yet to join the future, what can you do? As an adviser, bookkeeper or accountant...
Robotic Process Automation (RPA) – the next frontier
I have read a ton of material and in doing so it became clear to me that few people have any idea what these technologies will actually be doing...
Single touch payroll reporting – Clarity for small employers?
The bill introduces, among other measures, legislation extending STP reporting to employers with less than 20 employees. Employers with more than...
Deloitte, EY, KPMG, PwC probed by ACCC over cartel conduct
All four firms were contacted by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission late last year for information, including engagement letters,...
SMEs overconfident on cyber threats
New figures from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) show that crime rates in Australia are for the most part substantially below the...
Innovation not core for majority of Australian businesses
Ricoh, a provider of smart workplace technology, recently announced the findings of its Workplace Innovation Index, a new look into the...
Tech increasingly driving in-store foot traffic
Some 1,000 consumers were polled in each of three countries — Australia, the US and Germany — in a poll commissioned by US-based digital services...
Auditors may need to run ruler over cyber security
Sir Donald Brydon made the radical proposal to a British parliamentary committee on Tuesday (AEDT), having just been named as the chair of a...
‘Knowing technology is as important as knowing tax laws,’ trainer says
Platinum Accounting and Platinum Professional Training managing director Coco Hou believes accountants will now need to evolve to become...
Fintechs warned against post-Hayne complacency
Tech companies seized on the Hayne report, released on Monday, as a chance to capitalise on consumer demand for transparency and fairness in...
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