As we approach the end of the financial year you might be feeling under the pump – lodgement deadlines are approaching, the budget is only weeks away, and you could be snowed under with last minute compliance activities. Of course, we don’t need to tell you how...
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What do outliers tell us about firm performance?
by For Accountants | Sep 17, 2015 | Featured Articles, Practice Management
An Outlier is defined as ‘a person or thing that lies an abnormal distance from others in a population.’ You’re probably familiar with Malcolm Gladwell’s book ‘Outliers’ which talks about the things that makes high achievers different. Gladwell focuses on the value...
Blyth Partners Opts for CCH iFirm Specialist Cloud Software to Deliver Technical and Practice Efficiencies
by CCH iFirm | Sep 17, 2015 | Featured Articles, Practice Management
A Case Study In Workflow Improvement Name: Blyth Partners Region: Australia Operation: Financial Services Products: Business Advisors and Accountants Employees: 10 Website: http://www.blythpartners.com.au Challenges The practice wanted to increase its efficiencies and...
The New Accounting Landscape
by Dale Crosby | Sep 17, 2015 | Featured Articles, Practice Management
Over recent years, the impact of technology has added a new dimension and a new landscape for accounting firms in developed countries. The so-called ‘Digital Disruption’ is really changing the way clients value the services provided by their accountants and the way...
Issue 9: Minor disagreements at work, or maybe not minor?
by Thea Foster | Sep 17, 2015 | Featured Articles, Practice Management
Introduction Minor disagreements happen and can be most annoying, plus they divert attention from other matters. Here we are not talking about major issues such as bullying. Rather, the issues involved may include people who are rarely at their desk, so you get...
Batten Down the Hatches
by David Saul | Sep 16, 2015 | Featured Articles, Financial Services
There is no doubt the SMSF environment is changing rapidly. Daily – I see new SMSF trends in collaboration, integration, data validation, valuations, data automation and unusual investments. These changes are referred to as “disruptors”, and can challenge many SMSF...
Allegedly unfaithful staff at Ashley Madison – who would have thought?
by David Smith | Sep 14, 2015 | Featured Articles, Technology Support
If the newspaper reports of rumours and opinions are correct, there seems to be increasing evidence that the well publicised hack of the infamous Ashley Madison customer data was allegedly an inside job. It apparently comes down to the form that the data was in -...