Adam Carr has joined Brisbane-based law firm James Conomos Lawyers (JCL Law Partners), a specialist law firm providing services in commercial litigation and insolvency. Carr brings a unique ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

In an update last week, the ATO said while not-for-profits (NFPs) are now starting to lodge their self-review returns and update the details and governing documents, the ATO still wants to see this ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 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 ...