Staff Reporter

Transparency of sustainability reporting as the new norm

If there is one thing businesses shudder to hear about, it’s new regulations that require reporting.

PROFESSION • Sun, 24 Aug 2025

Div 296 a ‘beachhead’ to further tax on paper profits: former treasury secretary

The proposed Division 296 tax is a “beachhead” to open the door to taxing other investments such as shares and property, a former Treasury assistant secretary has said

TAX • Sun, 10 Aug 2025

Why empathy is a strategic leadership tool

As humans, we naturally use assumptions to navigate the world

PROFESSION • Wed, 06 Aug 2025

Productivity roundtable agenda to include AI and regulation sessions

Jim Chalmers has released his agenda for the highly anticipated economic reform roundtable slated to address the nation's flailing productivity levels.

PROFESSION • Sun, 03 Aug 2025

Failure to pay minimum pensions just got a lot more costly

The ATO’s stricter interpretation of pension rules means SMSF trustees, accountants and advisers must be more vigilant than ever to avoid costly tax, estate planning ...

TAX • Tue, 08 Jul 2025

$10k remedy for dismissed worker remains unpaid as company owes ATO $330k

An unfair dismissal case has left a worker scrambling to receive her owed remedies, with the company yet to reimburse her nearly a year after the proceedings concluded.

PROFESSION • Sun, 06 Jul 2025

The most common EOFY tax questions answered

Although EOFY has passed, confusion around tax time often carries on well into the new financial year for small businesses and workers.

TAX • Sun, 06 Jul 2025

Professional services company fined $40k over failure to back pay worker

A Perth-based professional services company, which provided accounting services, and its former director have been slapped with $39,600 in penalties through the Fair ...

PROFESSION • Wed, 02 Jul 2025

Analysis shows lack of super tax indexation could cost government $444m in lost revenue

Not indexing the $3 million super tax threatens to undermine the foundations of Australia’s economic dynamism, new analysis has said.

TAX • Wed, 02 Jul 2025