“We’re breathing at the moment,” said Matthew Addison, Executive Chairman of the Institute of Certified Bookkeepers (ICB) of the lull before the next tax policy storm.
Read moreInfographic: What is the future for tax and global trade when the COVID-19 dust settles?
The world won’t ever be the same post COVID-19.
So what is the future for tax, globally? Our country’s
top tax experts share their predictions.
Div 7A and COVID-19 affected borrowers: ATO 12-month payment extension
The ATO has granted a 12-month payment extension for COVID-19 affected borrowers concerning the requirement to make the minimum yearly repayment for Div 7A purposes.
Read moreAnti-Money Laundering Court Case Hones in on Individual Actors
The Department of Internal Affairs (DIA) is one of three Anti-Money Laundering regulators in New Zealand. Last month, the DIA’s 5th major High Court case moved towards a conclusion, and it confirms an increasing trend to keep individuals on the hook for compliance failings.
Read moreCourt of Criminal Appeal Quashes Tax Crime Convictions After Crown’s Creative Accounting
Why did this tax criminal case ultimately fail? Find out – along with what the outcome of the case has revealed about tax intricate accounting practices – here.
Read moreAUSTRAC’s money laundering case exposes the darkest heart of financial crime
In March 2018, at a discrete hotel in Sydney, two dozen senior representatives from the financial intelligence community gathered around a diplomatically square boardroom table.
Read moreAUSTRAC and Westpac face off in court, as historic AML case heads towards trial
The Australian financial intelligence agency and Westpac are shaping up for a trial in what could be the first genuine test of the country’s anti-money laundering (AML) laws.
Read moreCOVID, crims and cash: Financial crime teams need to re-think laundering risks
If you’re doing AML the same way you were in the pre-COVID world, you’re doing it wrong. Nathan Lynch speaks with some of Australia’s most experienced financial crime experts on the radically changing threat landscape in 2020 — and beyond.
Read moreOver-dependent on spreadsheets? How to balance your tax technology and Excel
Microsoft Excel has long been the old friend of accountants. Familiar, if cumbersome, it would be difficult to find an Australian business that does not use spreadsheets in some form to handle its data and analytics.
Read moreHow do the COVID-19 Super Stimulus Measures affect you?
Superannuation is normally one area that is slow to change. But these are not normal times. COVID-19 has changed all that with the introduction of unforeseen measures that directly and indirectly impact your super.
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