Did you know that the audit function dates back to ancient Rome? Or that it was Henry I who coined the word “audit”? Explore these and other interesting facts about the audit profession in the lead-up to Auditor Proud Day.
This wide-ranging conversation covers the audit expectation gap, how auditors respond to climate change and what would happen to the economy if there weren’t enough auditors.
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Host: Dr. Jane Rennie, Head of Media and External Engagement, CPA Australia
Guest: Ram Subramanian, Senior Manager Audit & Assurance, CPA Australia
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PDF: Guide on climate risks and its impacts on the audit of financial statements
Pre-recorded webinar: Climate risk – what external auditors need to consider [Password:CPAAustralia2023]
Video: Understanding International Standard on Sustainability Assurance 5000 (IAASB ED 5000)
CPA Australia publishes three podcasts, providing commentary and thought leadership across business, finance and accounting:
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Do businesses using AI outperform those that don’t? What AI tools are accountants using?
Our subject matter experts answer these questions and more as they break down CPA Australia’s third annual Business Technology Report, a survey of technology used by businesses in the Asia-Pacific.
Host: Simon Downes, External Affairs Lead, CPA Australia
Guest: Gavan Ord, Business Investment Policy Manager, CPA Australia
Read CPA Australia Business Technology Report 2023 for the full findings of our survey.
The Australian Cyber Security Centre (ACSC) has detailed information about the Essential Eight cybersecurity risk mitigation strategies.
CPA Australia member benefits, tools, guides and links for technology and cybersecurity are available on our website.
CPA Australia publishes three podcasts, providing commentary and thought leadership across business, finance, and accounting:
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We examine the recent Government review into insolvency with the report Chair.
Broken or fit for purpose? We put Australia’s corporate insolvency regime under the spotlight.
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Host: Dr Jane Rennie, Head of Media and External Engagement, CPA Australia
Guest: Senator Deborah O’Neill, the Chair of a Parliamentary Joint Committee on Corporate and Financial Services (PJCCFS) which released a report into corporate insolvency in July 2023
For more insights, you can read the corporate insolvency in Australia report online and CPA Australia’s submission to the review.
CPA Australia publishes three podcasts, providing commentary and thought leadership across business, finance, and accounting:
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JobKeeper was the biggest stimulus payment to business in Australian history.
CPA Australia’s expert panel takes a look at how this A$88.9 billion stimulus package stacks up against other programs and evaluates its effectiveness.
Was it worth the cost? Tune in now.
Host: Dr Jane Rennie, Head of Media and External Engagement, CPA Australia
Guests: Elinor Kasapidis, Head of Policy and Advocacy, CPA Australia, and Gavan Ord, Senior Manager Business Policy, CPA Australia
In June this year, the Australian Government called for feedback on the JobKeeper program. CPA Australia made a submission, which you can read online.
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Do you need to enhance your understanding of Australia's property market? Whether you’re a homeowner, investor, buyer or renter, this episode will provide you with valuable property insights.
Uncover expert perspectives from one of Australia's most respected economists by tuning in now.
Host: Dr Jane Rennie, Head of Media and External Relations, CPA Australia
Guest: Warren Hogan, Chief Economic Adviser at Judo Bank, Managing Director and Founder of EQ Economics, former chief economist of the ANZ Banking Group and a principal adviser to the Federal Treasury. Hogan also undertakes residential property research as an economic adviser to Halo Technologies.
For more on today’s topic, Hogan was a guest on With Interest earlier this year, offering expert insights on Australia’s property market.
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The ISSB's new reporting standards IFRS S1 and S2 are set to have a wide-ranging impact. If you’re a business, finance or accounting professional, these expert insights on the two new reporting changes will come in handy.
Tune in now to so you can better understand how these reporting changes might impact your business.
Hosts: Patrick Viljoen, Senior Manager ESG policy, CPA Australia and Ram Subramanian, Senior Manager, Reporting Policy, CPA Australia
Guest: Terence Jeyaretnam, Partner and APAC Leader of Ernst & Young Climate Change and Sustainability team based in Melbourne
For more information on today’s topic, CPA Australia has insights on sustainability reporting – IFRS S1 and S2 and the implications for Australian entities and their boards.
Additionally, in the light of climate-related risks becoming a major area of focus for organisations today, CPA Australia has a climate risk and audit of financial statements overview guide.
CPA Australia publishes three podcasts, providing commentary and thought leadership across business, finance, and accounting:
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Financial performance isn’t the only corporate benchmark these days.
Investor and public information needs are evolving towards a broader set of performance measures, such as climate change, modern slavery and human rights.
Tune in now to learn more.
Host: Ram Subramanian, Senior Manager Reporting and Audit Policy, CPA Australia
Guest: Dr Andreas Barckow, Chair of the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB)
For more information, the International Financial Reporting Standards Foundation (IFSB) website has an article that explains the benefits of connectivity in reports.
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Are you concerned about data fraud at tax time? If so, this podcast can help.
Learn how to avoid online scams and keep your personal and business data safe with expert advice from the ATO. Join Assistant Commissioner Tim Loh and CPA Australia’s senior tax manager as they explain smart ways to avoid online scammers at tax time.
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Host: Elinor Kasapidis, Senior Manager Tax Policy, CPA Australia
Guest: Tim Loh, Assistant Commissioner Australian Tax Office (ATO)
For more information, the ATO website has multiple resources for online security tips and advice. The myGovID website is also updated regularly with support materials.
CPA Australia publishes three podcasts, providing commentary and thought leadership across business, finance, and accounting:
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Are you a property investor? Then this is the tax time podcast for you.
Join ATO Assistant Commissioner Tim Loh together with CPA Australia’s senior tax expert as they outline what you need to know ahead of tax time 2023.
Don’t miss out on this essential guide for property investors.
Host: Elinor Kasapidis, Senior Manager Tax Policy, CPA Australia
Guest: Tim Loh, Assistant Commissioner Australian Tax Office (ATO)
For more tax-time insights, the ATO’s toolkit for investors is a helpful place to start.
The ATO has further guidance on main residence exemption for foreign residents.
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Are you a tradie? Then this is the tax time podcast for you. Join ATO Assistant Commissioner Tim Loh as he outlines tradies’ work-related expenses for 2023.
Also featuring CPA Australia’s senior tax expert, this is the ultimate guide for Aussie tradies at tax time.
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Host: Elinor Kasapidis, Senior Manager Tax Policy, CPA Australia
Guest: Tim Loh, Assistant Commissioner Australian Tax Office (ATO)
If you’re an employee or sole trader working in the trades, the ATO has guidance for you.
For more on what tradies can claim, the ATO has advice for employees or those who run a small business.
The ATO also lists information on personal services income and tradesperson income and work-related deductions.
Additionally, in the ATO app there is a handy tool called myDeductions that makes it easier to keep records in one place.
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ATO Assistant Commissioner Tim Loh is in the studio to explain what you need to know for tax time 2023. Along with CPA Australia’s senior tax expert, this is your ultimate guide to tax time.
Do not miss out. Tune in now.
Host: Elinor Kasapidis, Senior Manager Tax Policy, CPA Australia
Guest: Tim Loh, Assistant Commissioner Australian Tax Office
For more essential insights, With Interest has covered the ATO’s changes to working from home deductions, and outlined the new online economy tax changes.
Additionally, if you would like to understand more about FBT-free EVS, there is an episode from 2022 that outlines key information on this topic.
Furthermore, the ATO has guidance on its website for the fixed rate method, and information on motor vehicle and car expenses as well as the sharing economy reporting regime.
CPA Australia publishes three podcasts, providing commentary and thought leadership across business, finance, and accounting:
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Australia's Productivity Commission aims to double philanthropic giving by 2030. Is this a realistic ambition?
Tune in now for CPA Australia expert analysis of the Commission’s review into philanthropy and find out what you need to know.
Host: Dr Jane Rennie, General Manager Media and Content, CPA Australia
Guest: Ram Subramanian, Senior Manager Reporting and Audit Policy, CPA Australia
If you’d like to read more about this topic, CPA Australia’s submission to the Productivity Commission is online.
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The Treasurer’s Federal Budget 2023 has been delivered with CPA Australia's tax and business experts dissecting the announcement.
Stay informed with this in-depth budget breakdown. Listen now.
Host: Dr Jane Rennie, General Manager Media and Content, CPA Australia
Guests: Elinor Kasapidis, Senior Manager Taxation Policy CPA Australia and Gavan Ord, Senior Manager Business Policy, CPA Australia
For additional coverage, head online for CPA Australia’s 2023-24 Federal Budget coverage.
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There’s a crisis in Australia.
Construction companies are going into liquidation at a record rate, leaving home buyers, tradespeople, employees and the industry in shock.
CPA Australia’s insolvency expert shares advice and need-to-know insights.
Listen now.
Host: Jennifer Duke, External Affairs Lead, CPA Australia
Guest: Kristen Beadle, Manager Public Practice and SME, CPA Australia
And for more, CPA Australia has a guidance page on indicators of financial distress for SMEs.
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Australia’s superannuation system is a global leader.
Worth around AUD $3.4 trillion, the nation should be proud of the world’s fifth-largest super system, one that covers around 16 million Australians as they work towards retirement.
So, why is the Australian Government seeking to legislate an “objective” for super? A public consultation on the objective recently closed, and CPA Australia has made a submission.
CPA Australia thinks that superannuation is only one component of a broader retirement savings system and, therefore, should not be considered in isolation.
Furthermore, there should be a clear long-term vision articulated for Australia’s retirement savings system.
We speak with the author of CPA Australia’s submission to learn more.
Listen now.
Host: Dr Jane Rennie, General Manager Media and Content, CPA Australia
Guest: Michael Davison, Senior Manager Advocacy and Retirement Policy, CPA Australia
For information on today’s topic, you can read CPA Australia’s submission on legislating an objective for the superannuation system.
And for more, CPA Australia has a summary page with policy perspectives to government policy, legislative or administrative announcements.
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Did you know the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) was last reviewed in 1981? That was the Campbell inquiry reporting to the then Fraser Government.
Much has changed since then.
Little wonder there’s great interest in this current review to be delivered to the Federal Government imminently, and which was triggered by the reporting of senior Sydney Morning Herald and The Age correspondent Shane Wright.
The respected correspondent joins Jennifer Duke, CPA Australia’s Walkley Award-winning former economics correspondent for the Sydney Morning Herald and The Age.
They discuss the potential impact of this review. In particularly, the origins of the RBA and the broader implications for the Central Bank of this review.
And with the RBA firmly in the spotlight for its aggressive cash rate rises since May 2022, there will be much focus on this review when it’s delivered to the Treasurer Jim Chalmers.
“The reserve bank has this fantastic graph,” Wright says in this episode, “showing its forecast for wages growth from about 2012 marked against reality. And never the twain shall meet.
“This is the Mary Celeste of forecasting.”
Listen now.
Host: Jennifer Duke, External Affairs Lead at CPA Australia
Guest: Shane Wright, Senior Economics correspondent with the Sydney Morning Herald and The Age
You can read Shane’s reporting on the origins of the Reserve Bank and the case for a review.
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Audio of RBA Governor Philip Lowe: Source: Reserve Bank of Australia 2021
A new Asia-Pacific Small Business survey by CPA Australia was released this week.
And the survey has some surprise findings, despite the economic turbulence and COVID-19-related issues.
However, we’ve flagged issues with the government that we believe could harm our future growth.
Want key learnings from CPA Australia’s 14th annual Asia-Pacific small business survey?
We received responses from 4280 small businesses in:
In this episode, we chat with one of the report’s authors to deep dive into the findings.
Listen now.
Host: Dr. Jane Rennie, General Manager Media and Content, CPA Australia
Guest: Gavan Ord, Senior Manager Business Policy, CPA Australia
And after you’ve listened to the podcast, have a read of the CPA Australia’s Small Business Survey and vote in our LinkedIn poll.
There is also a media release on this podcast topic.
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Retirement and financial wellbeing depends on ensuring all Australians can access appropriate, high-quality financial advice. Right? However, aspects of this sector haven’t worked as well as they could. Instead, consumers and advisers are grappling with high costs, a lack of trust and excessive documentation.
For these reasons, there has been a review (Michelle Levy’s Quality of Advice Review, otherwise known as the QAR).
The aim of the review is to improve the accessibility and affordability of quality financial advice. The recommendations were made public in February 2023.
To dive into the QAR are two CPA Australia experts who made submissions and worked closely with government and industry to help find some practical solutions.
Want to learn more? Listen right now.
Host: Jennifer Duke, External Affairs Lead at CPA Australia
Guests: Keddie Waller, Head of Public Practice and SME at CPA Australia, and Michael Davison, Senior Manager, Advocacy and Retirement Policy at CPA Australia
You can also have a look at CPA Australia’s Quality of Advice Review – Proposals for Reform.
For further information, CPA Australia has produced a Value of Advice research report which has some excellent insights.
CPA Australia publishes three podcasts, providing commentary and thought leadership across business, finance and accounting:
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In this special episode, we explain what this statement actually means. And why a professional accounting organisation like ours is actively supporting reconciliation.
And we ask the tough questions, such as, is this an appropriate thing for businesses to be doing? And is there a risk that some will engage in so-called ‘social washing?
Providing perspective and insights on this important issue are two experts from CPA Australia.
Simone Spaulding, CPA Australia Senior Manager, Culture, Capability and Wellbeing, and Patrick Viljoen, CPA Australia Senior Manager Environmental, Social and Governance Policy.
Listen now.
Host: Dr Jane Rennie, General Manager Media and Content at CPA Australia
Guests:
Simone Spaulding, CPA Australia Senior Manager, Culture, Capability and Wellbeing
Patrick Viljoen, Senior Manager Environmental, Social and Governance Policy at CPA Australia.
CPA Australia publishes three podcasts, providing commentary and thought leadership across business, finance, and accounting:
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You can also read CPA Australia’s response to the Uluru Statement from the Heart and Innovate Reconciliation Action Plan 2022-2024 on our website
Superannuation for many Australians is at risk of a 45 per cent penalty tax due to ATO rules around applying your own professional or trade skills to your personal life.
And who is at most risk of this super rule? Accountants, solicitors, real estate agents and tradies.
The current rules prohibit transactions with related parties at “mate’s rates” or no rate at all. Even mistakenly using a work laptop to complete a personal task could trigger a breach.
To examine this rule and offer CPA Australia’s view is Richard Webb, Policy Adviser for Superannuation and Financial Planning at CPA Australia.
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Host: Jennifer Duke, External Affairs Lead at CPA Australia
Guest: Richard Webb, Policy Adviser for Superannuation and Financial Planning at CPA Australia CPA Australia publishes three podcasts, providing commentary and thought leadership across business, finance, and accounting:
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And you can read CPA Australia’s joint submission to Treasury on the non-arm’s length expense rules for superannuation funds.
For further reading, there is a media release by CPA Australia on this topic.
Today’s episode features special guest, ATO Assistant Commissioner Tim Loh.
He’ll be discussing the changes made by the ATO to working from home (WFH) deductions and what these revisions mean for you.
Listen now.
Host: Elinor Kasapidis, Senior Manager, Tax Policy, Policy & Advocacy at CPA Australia
Guest: Tim Loh, Australian Taxation Office (ATO) Assistant Commissioner
CPA Australia publishes three podcasts, providing commentary and thought leadership across business, finance, and accounting:
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For further information on today’s podcast, the ATO’s media release outlines changes to working from home deductions.
Additionally, there is a practical compliance guideline from the ATO for additional running expenses while working from home.
And the ATO has a downloadable PDF poster which summarises working from home deductions.
You can also read about working from home expenses on the ATO’s website.
Also, the ATO’s Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn accounts have content related to today’s episode.
Today’s episode examines new reporting requirements for electronic distribution platforms.
This is relevant to many Australians as an estimated 250,000 work in the online economy, otherwise known as the gig, sharing or barter economy.
And some of these changes from the Australian Tax Office (ATO) will start on 1 July 2023.
Explaining what you need to know is guest expert Elinor Kasapidis, senior manager of tax policy at CPA Australia.
Listen now.
Host: Dr. Jane Rennie, General Manager Media and Content, Marketing and Communications at CPA Australia
Guest: Elinor Kasapidis, Senior Manager of Tax Policy at CPA Australia.
CPA Australia publishes three podcasts, providing commentary and thought leadership across business, finance, and accounting:
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For more insights, CPA Australia has made a submission to the ATO on electronic distribution platform reporting.
And the ATO has useful information on the sharing economy reporting regime
Today’s episode looks at budget submissions made to the Federal Government.
Each year, hundreds of organisations make submissions to the Treasury. This includes CPA Australia, which has 44 recommendations.
Discussing the business issues underlying these requests is guest expert Gavan Ord, Senior Manager of Business Policy at CPA Australia.
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Host: Dr. Jane Rennie, General Manager Media and Content, Marketing and Communications at CPA Australia
Guest: Gavan Ord, Senior Manager of Business Policy at CPA Australia
CPA Australia publishes three podcasts, providing commentary and thought leadership across business, finance, and accounting:
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And you can read CPA Australia’s 2023 budget submission to Treasury.
Today’s episode looks at Australia’s rollercoaster property market.
What do the fluctuations mean for property owners, buyers (including first-time buyers), investors and renters?
Discussing this is guest expert Warren Hogan.
He is the chief economic adviser at Judo Bank and has recently commenced doing residential property research as an economic adviser to Halo Technologies.
Warren is also a former chief economist of the ANZ Banking Group and a principal adviser to the Federal Treasury.
Listen now.
Host: Dr. Jane Rennie, General Manager Media and Content, Marketing and Communications at CPA Australia
Guest: Warren Hogan, a chief economic adviser at Judo Bank who has recently commenced doing residential property research as an economic adviser to Halo Technologies. He is also a former chief economist of the ANZ Banking Group and a principal adviser to the Federal Treasury.
CPA Australia publishes three podcasts, providing commentary and thought leadership across business, finance, and accounting:
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Today’s episode looks at the Federal Government’s commitments on environmental policy, and what they mean for business in Australia.
This includes climate-related disclosures, new emissions limits, net zero, greenwashing, costs to businesses, just transition and more.
Discussing this is our guest expert Patrick Viljoen, Senior Manager of Environmental, Social and Governance Policy at CPA Australia.
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Host: Dr. Jane Rennie, General Manager Media and Content, Marketing and Communications at CPA Australia
Guest: Patrick Viljoen, Senior Manager of Environmental, Social and Governance Policy at CPA Australia
CPA Australia publishes three podcasts, providing commentary and thought leadership across business, finance, and accounting. They are:
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And if you have a question about any of the topics we’ve discussed in this podcast, or any of CPA Australia’s policy and advocacy work, email policy.advocacy@cpaaustralia.com.au.