The single biggest skills gap within corporate tax teams is advanced technology skills, the 2021 State of the Corporate Tax Department report finds.
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Returning to the Office: Using a Hybrid Environment for Balance and Flexibility
Across the world, law firms and tax & accounting firms are looking to create return-to-work policies that emphasise balance and flexibility.
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Practice Innovations: What is Legal Project Management Maturity?
The hallmark of mature organisational project management for law firms? Good practices and procedures that are consistently applied, measured and reviewed.
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Crown Royal Commission Submissions Raised Questions about Directors’ Duties
The Royal Commission’s most senior lawyer went on to outline how Crown management and its culture had put profit ahead of integrity, regulation and the law.
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AMP Reinvents Advice Model in Wake of Bruising Royal Commission Findings
The company said the new service model, with its aligned advice network, would mark a “new era for financial advice at AMP”.
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Crown Should Lose Gaming Licence Due to Systemic Compliance Failures: Laundering Probe
Money laundering concerns have dominated the inquiry, which looked at the extent to which Crown failed to address its financial crime risks.
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Approaching Online Dispute Resolution Safely and Securely
Online mediation was thrust into the limelight when the pandemic hit in February last year and the world experienced periods of prolonged lockdowns.
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Sherlock Holmes in Robes: An Advocate’s Forensic Duty
The term ‘forensic’ is described as belonging to courts of judicature, argument or rhetoric, or the scientific knowledge applied to legal problems.
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Labor Introduces Bill to Improve Transparency on Ransomware Payments
If passed, the Bill would establish a mandatory reporting requirement for certain types of entities that make a ransomware payment.
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The Beat Goes On: AML Non-Compliance May Be Widespread
NAB, Crown Melbourne, SkyCity Entertainment and Star Entertainment Group recently reported that they had been referred to AUSTRAC’s enforcement team.
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