Accounting issues
Series
Tax Time 2024
4 episodes of expert tax-time tips for accountants and finance and business professionals
- Taxation
Series·5 EpisodesLast published onCrime By Numbers
Enter the shadowy world of financial fraud and deconstruct criminal cases with the experts
- Forensic accounting
Series·5 EpisodesLast published onTax Time 2022
Tax time dive deeps into work-related expenses, investing, side hustles and more
- Taxation
Series·5 EpisodesLast published on
Episodes
2024
Expert analysis of new changes to climate reporting
What accountants, finance professionals and businesses need to know in 2024
- Accounting updates
17 min listening timePublished onNew tax changes for NFPs: what you need to know
Discover why around 150,000 NFPs will soon need to lodge a tax return and how it will work
- Taxation
- Not for profit
18 min listening timePublished onExploring National Reconciliation Week
CPA Australia leaders discuss how we can achieve reconciliation together
- Business strategy
32 min listening timePublished onHow CPA Australia is reducing red tape for business
Learn how CPA Australia is successfully helping minimise red tape for business
- Financial reporting
20 min listening timePublished onNeed help troubleshooting the ATO’s CAL?
Your client-to-agent linking explainer for businesses and tax agents
- Accounting updates
15 min listening timePublished onFederal Budget 2024: CPA Australia’s expert analysis
Expert budget insights to help guide accountants, business and finance professionals
- Budget
- Economy
25 min listening timePublished onIESBA’s new strategy: what you need to know
Learn more about IESBA’s vision and how it will shape accountants’ future ethical conduct
- Ethics
- Accounting updates
18 min listening timePublished onSuperannuation in 2024: what you need to know
Stay informed with CPA Australia’s expert insights on policy and regulatory changes
- Superannuation
17 min listening timePublished onAccountant's guide to anti-money laundering reforms
Learn why Australian policymakers may soon enforce anti-money laundering measures for accountants
- Policy perspectives
13 min listening timePublished onNavigating the perils of cognitive bias in accounting
Cognitive bias can be helpful but in accounting where errors are disastrous, the risks are clear
- Career skills
5 min listening timePublished onCan tax reform solve Australia's urgent economic issues?
Learn how strategic tax reforms could prove key in addressing Australia's future economic challenges
- Taxation
10 min listening timePublished onSMSF compliance: the latest changes explained
Specialist insights for SMSF reporting season and the latest superannuation changes
- Superannuation
15 min listening timePublished onHow you can avoid the scams
Cyber security tips to stay ahead of potential threats at tax time
- Taxation
13 min listening timePublished onTax time 2024: what you need to know
A 2024 guide for Australian accountants and finance and business professionals
- Taxation
17 min listening timePublished onWhat work-related expenses can you claim?
Your deductions guide: what you can and cannot claim for work expenses in your tax return
- Taxation
16 min listening timePublished onAn expert guide to Division 7A
Discover how Div 7A works and how to avoid the pitfalls of this integrity measure at tax time
- Taxation
20 min listening timePublished onThe Board of Taxation explained
Explore what the Board of Taxation does, who it represents, its focus areas and more
- Taxation
31 min listening timePublished onEthics and financial reporting: is there a connection?
New research links ethics with financial reporting quality. But what about grey areas?
- Ethics
- Financial reporting
12 min listening timePublished on
2023
Auditor Proud: Keeping up with changing expectations in audit
Learn how the audit profession keeps up with an increasing list of demands
- Audit
17 min listening timePublished onWhat the Quality of Advice Review means for you
Good financial advice is critical. Right? Our experts dissect the 22 recommendations.
- Accounting updates
- Financial planning
14 min listening timePublished onGenerative AI: what accountants need to know in 2023
Explore the pros and cons of AI tools for accountants with expert insights
- Technology
20 min listening timePublished onWhat you need to know about ISSB's new reporting standards
IFRS S1 and S2: explore their impact on business, finance and accounting professionals
- Financial reporting
- Business management
15 min listening timePublished onWarning: the ATO rule that could plunder your super
What is the ATO’s 45 per cent penalty tax on your superannuation and why it needs amending
- Superannuation
16 min listening timePublished onAustralia's major tax changes in 2023: an expert guide
Dissecting this year’s major court and government tax rulings
- Taxation
13 min listening timePublished onWhat to do when the ATO contacts you
What you need to know as the deadline for submitting your tax return approaches
- Taxation
14 min listening timePublished onUnlocking the potential of carbon accounting
How accountants, business and finance professionals can play a pivotal role
- Accounting updates
21 min listening timePublished onWhy legislate an objective for Australia’s super system?
CPA Australia’s view on the planned objective, what it should include and why
- Superannuation
16 min listening timePublished onHow new online economy tax changes could affect you
New gig economy earnings and reporting obligations explained
- Taxation
- Economy
20 min listening timePublished onIs Australia’s insolvency regime on the right track?
The Chair of the government report into corporate insolvency joins us to discuss the issue
- Insolvency
16 min listening timePublished onDissecting the insolvency crisis in the construction sector
What Australia’s home buyers, tradespeople and industry employees need to know
- Economy
17 min listening timePublished onYour guide to super’s proposed changes
What the draft government policies on superannuation may mean for your retirement nest egg
- Superannuation
17 min listening timePublished onJobKeeper: Assessing the business support
CPA Australia evaluates the A$88.9 billion stimulus package for Australian businesses
- Small Business
- Business strategy
20 min listening timePublished onThe philanthropy challenge: can giving be doubled by 2030?
Expert analysis of Australia’s Productivity Commission’s review into philanthropy
- Philanthropy
20 min listening timePublished onThe ATO explains changes to working from home deductions
The ATO Assistant Commissioner outlines WFH deduction revisions and what they mean for you
- Taxation
19 min listening timePublished onPonzi schemes exposed: from Bernie Madoff to Melissa Caddick
Forensic experts expose notorious Ponzi schemes, from Bernie Madoff to Melissa Caddick
- Forensic accounting
27 min listening timePublished onMan in the middle attacks: unravelling million-dollar invoice frauds
Cyber and anti-scam specialists dissect invoice fraud and how to end man in the middle attacks
- Forensic accounting
22 min listening timePublished onRomance scams: The price of fake love
Romance scams break hearts and bank accounts. Experts reveal how to unveil a fake relationship
- Forensic accounting
22 min listening timePublished onHow the experts expose financial statement fraud
Unlock insights into financial statement fraud and discover how experts expose crimes
- Forensic accounting
- Financial reporting
25 min listening timePublished on
2022
Superannuation: A tsunami of changes coming in 2022
Find out what the 2022 changes mean for business and accountants
- Superannuation
- Accounting updates
19 min listening timePublished onUnderstanding decentralised finance
Find out what DeFi is and how it impacts the finance industry
- Digital transformation
43 min listening timePublished onWhat ISSB standards could mean for sustainability reporting
A look at what these recommendations could mean for your sustainability reporting
- Professional standards
- Accounting updates
21 min listening timePublished onBehind closed doors at the OECD Tax Forum
What was discussed at this invite-only global tax event, attended by CPA Australia
- Taxation
16 min listening timePublished onWhy does Australia need tax reform?
Hear our experts explain why we need to tax electrical vehicles
- Taxation law
- Accounting updates
17 min listening timePublished onWhat's the way forward for digital financial reporting?
- Financial reporting
- Digital transformation
- Accounting updates
27 min listening timePublished onStay on top of your records for Tax Time 2022
- Taxation
- Accounting updates
19 min listening timePublished onThe ATO explains Operation Protego
How this ATO-led operation responded swiftly to attempted GST fraud on a significant scale
- Forensic accounting
- Accounting updates
21 min listening timePublished onWhy accountants’ letters are risky business
Accountants’ letters: the risks explained
- Accounting updates
- Public practice
17 min listening timePublished onFBT-free EVS: Is it time to switch
Learn the rules around FBT exemption for electric vehicles
- Taxation
- Accounting updates
14 min listening timePublished onShould tax time be delayed?
With the ATO pointing to errors in high numbers of returns in July, we discuss a solution
- Taxation
- Public practice
16 min listening timePublished onHow accountants can support your drought strategy
Advice to help safeguard your business from a drought
- Disaster recovery
- Business management
20 min listening timePublished onDo’s and don’ts of work-related expenses
Understand what you can and can't do with WRE
- Taxation
17 min listening timePublished onWork-related expenses for tradies
How employees in the trades should think about deductions
- Taxation
16 min listening timePublished onMultiple jobs, side hustles and your tax return
The ATO walks us through the trouble areas and describes when WREs can and can’t be claimed
- Taxation
14 min listening timePublished onInvestments and your tax returns
The ATO reveals the problem spots and where investors are getting it wrong
- Taxation
17 min listening timePublished on
2021
Cloud technology for audit explained
Learn how the technology has evolved
- Technology
38 min listening timePublished onWhat to expect when the ATO opens a transfer pricing review
Learn how COVID-19 is having an impact
- Taxation
- Policy perspectives
36 min listening timePublished onHow to improve audit quality
Key findings from the report
- Audit
58 min listening timePublished onReviewing charities’ financial information
The latest regulatory and financial reporting developments
- Financial reporting
37 min listening timePublished on
2020
Five ways technology is changing accounting skills
Learn how accounting firms are embracing change
- Technology
- Personal and career development
42 min listening timePublished onWhat readers want to know from annual reports
Hear about the latest research on annual reports
- Financial reporting
32 min listening timePublished onHow to prepare for ATO compliance activity
Tips for engaging with the Taxation Office
- Taxation
30 min listening timePublished onATO’s SMSF auditor 2019 compliance program findings
Uncover the ATO’s 2020 focus areas
- Audit
- Superannuation
37 min listening timePublished onProfessional indemnity insurance claims: cyber risk
Join our experts as they share real-life claims
- Public practice
- Technology
39 min listening timePublished onThe IAASB on international auditing
Listen in as the IAASB Chair talks about standards
- Audit
- Professional standards
46 min listening timePublished onCOVID-19 is accelerating central bank digital currency projects
Is cash on its way out?
- Digital transformation
- COVID 19
49 min listening timePublished onTax time 2020: implications for rental property investors
Join our experts as they talk about COVID tax consequences
- Taxation
34 min listening timePublished onPractical tips for creating a cybersafe environment
Straightforward advice for improving your company’s cybersecurity
- Technology
36 min listening timePublished onNew Zealand audit quality monitoring report: a discussion
Join our experts as they uncover the latest in audit
- Audit
29 min listening timePublished onMaking IFRIC agenda decisions mandatory
What you need to know
- Professional standards
22 min listening timePublished onSMSF auditors: independence and code of ethics
Join our experts as they discuss key impacts on SMSF
- Audit
- Superannuation
35 min listening timePublished onASIC’s approach to regulation during COVID-19
- COVID 19
- Financial reporting
27 min listening timePublished onThe big issues facing public practitioners during COVID-19
How to keep up when the goalposts keep changing
- COVID 19
56 min listening timePublished onProfessional indemnity insurance claims
What public practitioners need to know about PII
- Public practice
31 min listening timePublished onCOVID-19 tax tips for public practitioners
Practical tax tips to make tax time easier
- COVID 19
- Taxation
27 min listening timePublished on
2019
Charities and not-for-profits update
What the ACNC is doing to assist charities
- Not for profit
35 min listening timePublished onDavid Murray FCPA on financial advice and leadership
Understanding challenges during transformation
- Governance and risk
- Business management
27 min listening timePublished onRobotic process automation in the workplace
A look at practical applications for RPA
- Technology
- Digital transformation
39 min listening timePublished onRegulatory Burden Report: Impact of complex regulatory frameworks
A look at how public practitioners and their clients are impacted
- Public practice
29 min listening timePublished onClimate-related risk disclosures
Understanding the potential impacts to the economy
- Economy
38 min listening timePublished onKey audit inspection findings for 2019
Join our experts as they discuss the latest findings
- Audit
30 min listening timePublished on
2018
ATO spotlight on work-related expenses
Here’s what accountants need to know
- Taxation
46 min listening timePublished onAre financial statements still useful?
Join our experts as they discuss highlights of a recent study
- Financial reporting
32 min listening timePublished onA simpler and better financial reporting framework
Listen as the AASB outlines the way forward
- Financial reporting
29 min listening timePublished onThe end of accounting: Are financial statements still relevant?
Emerging technologies challenge the relevance of accounting and financial reporting
- Financial reporting
39 min listening timePublished onDeveloping a better financial reporting framework for Australia
See why SPFS might be on their way out
- Financial reporting
- Accounting theory
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