By Ann Kayis-Kumar, UNSW; Kevin O’Rourke, UNSW, and Michael Walpole, UNSW When Debbie (not her real name) lost her main client and was left without a reliable income, the sole trader sold her home and Sometimes people can do with a break: 3 ways tax debt relief rules are too tough […]
The Australian Taxation Office (ATO) has announced it will use real-time data tracking on passengers coming into and out of Australia. The ATO will look to access historic and future data to improve compliance with Australian tax ATO set to introduce real-time data matching […]
The global market in government bonds has been bleeding red lately. “Bond market screams for help but no one answers”, says Bloomberg. It is “the worst start to a year in bonds since 2015”, according Dysfunctional financial markets are making inequality worse all the time – here’s what to do about it […]
Australian CFO optimism has bounced back from a severe COVID-induced shock, with the strength of the country’s economic recovery supporting a return to more positive sentiment after the confronting year that was 2020. More than CFO Sentiment: Confidence bounces back […]
Firms that prepared well for employees to work from home were more resilient during the pandemic, with stronger operational performances, higher credit ratings and lower costs of debt. As the COVID pandemic spread across the Firms prepped for working from home fared better during the pandemic […]
Understanding the difference between value vs. growth investing can help investors respond to periods of market turbulence like the 2020 pandemic. Value stocks trade below what they are worth, while growth stocks do not yet Understanding value vs. growth investing […]
Changes to audit reports are valuable to independent investors and this benefit accrues to Non-Big 4 firms. On 1 August 2019 the Senate referred an inquiry into the Regulation of Auditing inviting submissions from a The case for Key Audit Matters in audit regulation […]