In October, the Board of Taxation opened consultation for its red tape review after the government asked it to find ways to minimise compliance burdens in Australia’s tax system to support ...

In an August decision published by CA ANZ last week, the New Zealand Institute of Chartered Accountants (NZICA) revoked the membership of accountant Ilaissane Atiola after she misappropriated $289,000 ...

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has rebuked a credit bureau after it barred a superannuation house from sharing payroll and super data with other third parties. On Wednesday ...

A new study from Intuit Mailchimp, which surveyed 1,050 Australian consumers in July 2025, shows that hard-to-understand jargon is the number one frustration for Australians when it comes to ...

A study from Monash University, led by associate professor Vivien Chen, revealed that there were gaps in accountants’ ability to identify and respond to financial abuse, leading to cases where they ...

At the beginning of the new year, the Tax Practitioners Board (TPB) will welcome its new secretary, Andrew Orme, to work alongside the Board and Chair Peter de Cure in bolstering trust in the tax ...

A Sydney accountant has been fined a record $1.8 million after illegally preparing 3,359 tax returns over four years, the largest number of violations ever prosecuted by the Tax Practitioners Board in ...

The Institute of Public Accountants (IPA) and The Tax Institute (TTI) are exploring a potential relationship which would see the merger of the two bodies. With this possibility on the horizon, IPA and ...

Eva Dierens, a former ATO contractor, will face 18 months behind bars for defrauding the ATO of more than $105,000, which has since been repaid. The ATO revealed Dierens’ sentence would involve ...

The Tax Practitioners Board (TPB) has terminated the registration of a BAS agent and imposed a two-year ban on reapplying, following an investigation that found the agent had falsified lodgements.

The Financial Advice Association Australia (FAAA) has stressed the importance of ensuring that any deductions claimed for advice fees are for advice that is genuinely tax-related or linked to ...

From 22 January 2026, tax agents will be required to lodge penalty remission requests via the ATO website, instead of over the phone. The Tax Office said this was an interim measure to address ...