In recent years, there’s been a strong trend for small and medium-sized business who could not otherwise afford an internal CFO to outsource this role to accountants and other financial specialists. An external CFO is a person or an accounting firm that takes on the...
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Special articles relevant to current issues and challenges for accounting firms
New year, same grim reality for cybercrime in Australia
by Karen McDonald | Jan 18, 2018 | Featured Articles, Technology Support
47,000 cybercrime incidents occurred in Australia during the 2016/17 financial year, according to the Australian Cyber Security Centre. This figure begs the question as to how safe Australian businesses are, or will be in the future. The fact is, no one is safe...
Could working less deliver better results for your business?
by Rob Pillans | Jan 18, 2018 | Featured Articles, Practice Management
Intuitively, many of us would say, surely this could not be so! The harder we work the better the result. But is that necessarily true in all cases? Perhaps not. I read an article in the Australian Financial Review reporting on a trial in Sweden of a 6 hour work day...
Start the new year right – our 2018 do’s and dont’s
by Magnus Yoshikawa | Jan 18, 2018 | Featured Articles, Practice Management
Tips and Hints to build value in your practice if you're looking to sell or merge! Revelling in Verbier’s fresh powder runs contemplating your strategic goals for 2018? Here’s our top two must-dos to build value in your practice, as well as a couple of don’ts. Office...
The future for young accountants – Drivers of change and new skills in 2018
by Dale Crosby | Jan 18, 2018 | Featured Articles, Practice Management
The Future For Young Accountants – Drivers of change and new skills in 2018 The ACCA (Association of Chartered Certified Accountants) is a global body for professional accountants, with over 178,000 members in 181 countries). The ACCA recently published a report...
Crowd Sourced Funding Has Started – Are you up to speed!
by Peter Towers | Jan 18, 2018 | Featured Articles, Practice Management
After a long wait the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has licensed the first Crowd Sourced Funding Intermediaries under the new Crowd Sourced Funding regime. Seven companies have been issued with Australian Financial Services licence...
FairWork Ombudsman – Recent Employer Prosecutions
by Sean Wilson | Dec 18, 2017 | Featured Articles, Practice Management
The Fair Work Ombudsman regularly prosecutes employers who breach Australian employment laws such as the Fair Work Act. Learn more > Avoid big fines and penalties. A Perth cleaning company has been hit with near-record WA penalties of $306,000 for underpaying...