PROFESSION • Malavika Santhebennur

The 30 Under 30 Awards, produced by Accounting Times’ sister brand, Accountants Daily, is coming in early 2027 and is now accepting submissions and nominations from the stellar young accounting professionals of Australia.

PROFESSION • Naomi Neilson

A hard age cap for what constitutes an IBCC company risks removing the CGT concession just when a long-cycle company may need later-stage capital the most, according to Research Australia.

PROFESSION • Malavika Santhebennur

Restricting access to the refundable offset to the first 10 years of an entity carrying on an enterprise does not account for the time some companies take to reach profitability, one industry body has argued.

PROFESSION • Carlos Tse

New research has found that some of Australia’s largest companies only addressed less than 40 per cent of a modern slavery disclosure framework based on international standards.

PROFESSION • Carlos Tse

The mid-tier firm has confirmed that it will make a “small number” of executive assistant layoffs, while establishing a partnership with a Philippine labour vendor to potentially offshore some of these roles.

PROFESSION • Malavika Santhebennur

The mid-tier accounting firm has confirmed that it made a handful of redundancies in May in its clients and markets team but stressed that the roles did not move offshore.

PROFESSION • Carlos Tse

Three entities have lost their bid against their liquidator after the latter proved they were too intertwined to not be considered a pooled group for the purposes of winding up.

PROFESSION • Carlos Tse

Executive assistants in the Australian firm are being expected to spend three-fifths of their working week in the office, as PwC Australia says it will be good for collaboration and connection.

PROFESSION • Malavika Santhebennur

In an update on its action plan first released in June, the beleaguered accounting firm has committed to bolstering financial consequences for serious misconduct.

PROFESSION • Carlos Tse

The accounting body has asked the ATO to provide greater detail in its draft ruling on its work-related expenses standard deduction, which is projected to impact nearly half of all taxpayers.