News : Accounting

Accounting, Auditing

Cheap audits lack expertise

Cheap SMSF audits

Expertise and reliability are crucial when choosing an SMSF audit service and the decision should not be based on price alone, a specialist auditor says.

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Accounting, Auditing

Auditor links with accountants must be clean

Auditors ex-employee accountants

Auditors using former employees to complete financial statements for SMSF clients will fall foul of independence standards.

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Accounting, Education

FASEA reforms a licensee tipping point

FASEA limited licensee

The limited licensing model has become untenable due to a number of factors, the most impactful of them being the introduction of FASEA’s latest education requirements.

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Accounting, Financial Planning, Regulation

Licensing reform should span all SMSF advice

licensing reform SMSF advice

Any potential changes made in an effort to reform the licensing framework should apply to everyone in the SMSF advice space, not just accountants, an accountant licensing expert says.

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Accounting, Administration, Auditing

Admin services likely to win out

administration auditing

Two senior industry specialists have questioned the prudence of accounting firms retaining auditing services over providing administration and financial statement preparation for SMSFs

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Accounting, Financial Planning, Superannuation, Tax

Advice use could inject $600b into economy

advice economic boost

Widespread use of professional financial, superannuation, tax and accounting advice could provide billions in economic benefits to the nation, according to new research.

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Accounting, Strategy

Workflow mapping key in meeting client demand

workflow SMSF

Planning annual workflow is essential to a firm’s ability to complete SMSF client work, but is a commonly overlooked area by accounting business owners, an accounting outsourcing specialist says.

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Accounting

Reciprocal auditing will be under scrutiny

Reciprocal auditing arrangements

Auditors entering into reciprocal arrangements may have no way of reducing the threat to independence, the ATO has warned.

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Accounting, Tax

Accounting method not Part IVA

Accounting method Part IVA

A technical manager has allayed adviser fears over the use of tax-effect accounting in an SMSF being captured under Part IVA provisions of the Income Tax Assessment Act.

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Accounting, Auditing

New standards allay accountant fears

SMSF auditor standards

The new auditor independence standards will alleviate SMSF accountants’ fears of encroaching on fund auditors’ territory and ultimately result in a better level of service for trustees.

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