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How accounting fuels progress in this 2025 Nobel-winner’s work
Think the Industrial Revolution was all steam and steel, or that the computing age relies simply on programming and chips? Nobel prize-winner Joel Mokyr has argued for decades that the development of accounting enabled these economic leaps.
FASEA pass rates drop in January
In a statement, FASEA said 73 per cent of candidates sitting the exam for the first time passed the January exam. Read more at...
Accountants brace for more after a ‘really tough year’
Reflecting on the past year, sole practitioner and Tax Practitioners Board member Debra Anderson said 2020 was one of the toughest years she’s...
IPA seeks feedback on key areas covered by the insolvency inquiry
With a seat on the reference group for the Insolvency Practices Inquiry currently being conducted by the Australian Small Business and Family...
360 Degrees: Your thoughts on the return of the accountants’ exemption
Mitchell Moroney principal, Moroney & Associates The recent recommendation submitted to Treasury to reinstate the accountant’s exemption...
US experts to present at major IPA Deakin productivity conference
The Institute of Public Accountants (IPA) has engaged senior adviser to the Office of International Trade at the US Small Business Administration...
IPA members recognised for their achievements at Women in Finance Awards
The Institute of Public Accountants’ (IPA) member Natasha Janssens and her company, Women with Cents, have been awarded the Women’s Community...
Ethical dilemmas – What would you do?
What do we mean by an ethical dilemma? This is a situation in which a difficult choice has to be made between two courses of action, either of...
IPSASB seeks comments on measurement proposals
The CP includes within it an illustrative Exposure Draft (ED), Measurement, which shows what the IPSASB currently envisages a final pronouncement...
IFAC encourages awareness of 2018 Code of Ethics
The revision has enhanced its quality, making it an elevated platform for developing ethics and independence standards that are relevant and...
IPA congratulates Rachel Grimes on APESB position
Ms Grimes was previously president of the International Federation of Accountants (IFAC). She was appointed in November 2016 after serving as...
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