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Andrew Geddes an Australian Accounting Industry Guru discussed issues of importance to Accountants with Peter Towers, Managing Director of ESS BIZTOOLS in a recent webinar. CFO Services Offer Many small and medium sized businesses need more than just a bookkeeper....
Auditing is evolving rapidly through the effect of technological and legislative changes in recent years as well as the environmental and economic impact of COVID-19 in 2020. These changes demand renewed focus on the future of auditing as a truly independent...
The new Independence Guide clarifies that an auditor cannot audit an SMSF if they prepared the financial statements for the SMSF unless it is a "routine or mechanical service", however the ATO has clarified that the “routine and mechanical” exception is very hard to...
Readers may possibly recall that the Federal Government announced a raft of temporary relief measures in late March 2020, some of which were aimed at giving directors of companies’ confidence to trade through Covid-19. One such important measure was that directors...
Have you ever wondered who controlled your genetic profile data and had access to your identity? It’s big business and a commodity that has recently been up for sale. In August 2020, private equity funds managed by Blackstone reached a definitive agreement to acquire...
Reciprocal auditing arrangements where SMSF firms enter into audit arrangements for one another risk breaching new independence requirements, the ATO has clarified. The restructured Independence Guide in the APES 110 Code of Ethics for Professional Accountants has...
I often get asked what makes our in-house mortgage broker program more effective than others on the market, and I can sum this up in 3 reasons mortgage broker divisions do not run at capacity. Our philosophy is “everything we do is marketing” and this puts us in great...
