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Improvements to RDR Reporting
by Lyn Pollock | Mar 16, 2017 | Technology Support
With very few entities taking the chance to produce RDR accounts, but taking the special purpose route instead, the AASB has embarked on a program (in conjunction with their NZ counterparts) to reduce the disclosure requirements even further while still providing all...
Recent Prosecutions – Accessorial Liability
by Sean Wilson | Feb 16, 2017 | Technology Support
The Fair Work Ombudsman regularly prosecutes key advisors, such as HR managers, accountants, bookkeepers and payroll personnel, for accessorial liability under Section 550 of the Fair Work Act 2009 when their client/employer breaches Australian employment laws. Recent...
The impact of the ATO’s digitisation project? Ask the Big 4
by Laura Venables | Feb 16, 2017 | Technology Support
Australasia is moving into a new era of revenue collection and accountants are wondering where it will leave them. The Australian Tax Office (ATO) and New Zealand’s Inland Revenue (IR) have both embarked on ambitious digitisation programs which will automate an...
Your CRM and Business Advisory Success
by Mark Holton | Feb 16, 2017 | Technology Support
Your Client Relationship Management (CRM) system in an integral part of your firm’s business advisory success. Wikipedia defines a CRM as an approach to managing a company's interaction with current and potential future clients that tries to analyse data about...
Why Technology Needs A Human Face
by Dale Crosby | Dec 15, 2016 | Latest News, Practice Management, Technology Support
Public practice accounting is similar to most other industries that are starting to feel the real impact of technology on the way in which we manage our work, our people and our clients. It often seems that we’re rushing headlong into a future where the machines have...
Top Grants for SMEs – And we’ll help you!
by Peter Towers | Dec 15, 2016 | Technology Support
It is an appropriate time to review what is happening in the Government Grant space and what are the most attractive grants for SMEs. The Federal government has a range of grants to assist businesses from start-up through to turnovers of $100M. These grants are all...