The CPA Australia Victorian Small & Medium Enterprise Committee brings you a continued discussion on real estate.

This week: current commercial real estate trends and investment considerations along with the impact of COVID-19.

Listen to Bobby Papadopoulos CPA, SME Liaison, who hosts William Young CPA, Head of Australia, China Orient Summit Capital.

Kellie Grant, Director at the ATO, explains what the ATO has found in its reviews of Self-managed Superannuation Fund (SMSF) auditors in the 2019 compliance program and why many of those SMSF auditors were referred to ASIC. The ATO’s 2019 program focussed on the top 100 auditors and high-risk auditors. Kellie explains what the ATO’s focus is for the 2020 program, along with other audit quality initiatives and targeted compliance programs they are running. This is essential listening not only for SMSF auditors, but also for SMSF trustees, their tax agents and accountants.

Guest: Kellie Grant, Director of the SMSF Approved Auditors’ Portfolio, ATO

Host: Claire Grayston, Policy Adviser - Audit and Assurance, CPA Australia

This week’s episode of the CPA Australia Podcast is a discussion of the preliminary findings from the CPA Australia funded research conducted by University of Melbourne into market-readiness in implementing the new accounting standard AASB 16/IFRS 16 Leases. Listeners may obtain a better understanding of how well the market is adapting to the new accounting standard on leases, some of the challenges associated with its implementation and how these challenges may be overcome. Guest: Professor Michael Davern of the University of Melbourne and Host: Ram Subramanian, Policy Advisor – Reporting at CPA Australia.