This podcast episode introduces Andrew Seinor FCPA, co-creator of The H Factor, and Sainyog Prajapati CPA, founder of Next Climb and F360. They discuss how they work together on strategic planning, the benefits of digital innovation, and how mutual respect and trust are key to a productive working relationship. Listen now.
This podcast episode introduces the concept of dynamic arrays in Excel. The new UNIQUE function is used as an example to help explain the new formula terminology and symbols. Listen now.
This podcast episode gives an in-depth explanation of two new functions that are part of Excel’s new dynamic arrays feature. We cover the use and structure of the UNIQUE and FILTER functions.
This podcast episode introduces and explains the remaining four new functions associated with the new dynamic arrays feature in Excel. The SORT, SORTBY, SEQUENCE and RANDARRAY functions are all discussed. Listen now.
Discover how to create a cybersafe environment for your organisation, covering cost-effective tech solutions and remote work risks. Listen now.
Tips for public practitioners to identify the tax consequences arising from COVID-19 for their rental property investor clients. Listen now.
Discover why micro-credentials demonstrate a specialised skill that employers can trust, and why they can fill a skills gap at any age and career stage.
Learn the signs that your client may be heading for insolvency and how to work with them, plus how small business owners can protect themselves. Listen now
As part of our career skills re-release series, listen to discover how robotic process automation can benefit your organisation, covering strategy, key factors for successful implementation, and more
A fascinating discussion on how to build your skills and reputation within an organisation to be ready for promotion when opportunities emerge. Listen now.
The response of governments worldwide to the COVID-19 pandemic was strong and swift, with many businesses unprepared for economic lockdown. How can businesses reimagine and reinvent once the COVID-19 restrictions are lifted?
In this podcast episode, Mike Sewell FCPA discusses the types of businesses who have experienced high demand throughout - or due to - the COVID-19 pandemic, and some of the challenges they face. He provides practical ways businesses can manage a temporary spike in demand, and offers lessons other businesses can learn from these high growth businesses. Listen now.
Guest: Mike Sewell FCPA, Business Advisor, The Entrepreneurs’ Programme.
Host: Gavan Ord, Manager – Business and Investment Policy, CPA Australia.
The response of governments worldwide to the COVID-19 pandemic was strong and swift, with many businesses unprepared for economic lockdown. How can businesses best recover in the current climate?
In this podcast episode, Mike Sewell FCPA discusses practical ways businesses who have been, or are about to be, hit by substantial revenue reduction due COVID-19 lockdowns can react. He offers lessons learnt from businesses who have already been through the crisis of their work and clients diminishing, and what businesses can do to prepare and act to ensure survival.
Guest: Mike Sewell FCPA, Business Advisor, The Entrepreneurs’ Programme.
Host: Gavan Ord, Manager – Business and Investment Policy, CPA Australia.
The response of governments worldwide to the COVID-19 pandemic was strong and swift, with many businesses unprepared for economic lockdown. How can businesses best respond to the current climate?
In part one of the Roadmap to Recovery podcast series, Mike Sewell FCPA discusses how businesses have responded to the COVID-19 crisis, and how they are recovering. He provides practical tips to improve the cash position of a business, suggestions for how business should approach the recovery phase, and how to reconsider strategy for the post-COVID-19 environment. Listen now.
Practical tips for tax time, including potential issues around JobKeeper payments, preparing for an earlier tax time & how to manage workflow. Listen now.
Discover how COVID-19 has accelerated projects on central bank digital currencies, including technical design options and the role of the private sector.
Discover what Australia might look like post-pandemic, why accounting skills are crucial, and Salt’s best advice for young professionals. Listen now.
Learn how to charge clients for services, how to assist with JobKeeper, how to segment your client base and how to align staff to communicate consistently.
David Hardidge, Technical Director at Queensland Audit Office, says there’s an intention to make IFRS Interpretations Committee (IFRIC) agenda decisions mandatory.
In this podcast episode, Hardidge provides an overview of IFRIC agenda decisions, discusses what may happen if they are mandated, and how to know if you’re affected by these decisions. He also gives examples in relation to AASB 15 or IFRS 15, AASB 16 or IFRS 16 among others. Hardidge is in conversation with Ram Subramanian, Policy Adviser – Reporting at CPA Australia.
Hear a discussion with representatives from The International Auditing and Assurance Standards Board (IAASB) on auditing and assurance standard setting.
Discover why the JobKeeper package is a lifesaver for businesses and the economy, the challenges eligible businesses face and how to prepare. Listen now.
In this podcast episode, Claire Braund, co-founder and Executive Director of Women on Boards, shares her incredible career success story. Braund is a social entrepreneur who co-founded Women on Boards in 2006 and has been at the helm of the company ever since, growing it to 22,000 women across Australia from its head office in Gosford on the Central Coast. Braund discusses the challenges she faced in the Board ‘universe’ and how to take that next step in your career to secure a board position. Braund is in conversation with Louise Roberts FCPA, Deputy Chair of the Victorian Women’s CPA Committee.
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.