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Pensioners could solve skills shortage

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 DEC 2021
Increasing the number of work hours without affecting Australians' Age Pension could be the solution to the current skills shortage crisis. This is according to the Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry, which is calling on the federal government ...

COVID-19 relief for SMSFs may require specialist input

CHLOE WALKER  |  MONDAY, 22 NOV 2021
... extended relief measures. "Remember, too, the importance of having all the necessary documentary evidence to provide an auditor to support any relief claims made and to ensure there are no breaches of the ATO's rules."

ASIC provides licensing update

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 16 SEP 2021
ASIC has released its annual report on the number of Australian financial services licences (AFSLs) and Australian credit licences (ACLs) applied for and approved - revealing an increase in applications. The regulator revealed that between July 2020 ...

Auditor referral threshold test troubling: SMSFA

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 13 SEP 2021
The SMSF Association is concerned that the introduction of a 20% threshold for auditor referral fees does not address at what point in time the threshold test must be considered or applied. The Accounting Professional & Ethical Standards Board introduced ...

Halifax auditor to cough up fines

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 19 AUG 2021
The auditor of Halifax Investment Services have been slapped with criminal charges and will pay up to $40,000. In a first for Australia's audit sector, Robert James Evett and EC Audit (formerly Bentleys NSW Audit) have been convicted by the Commonwealth ...

Class launches SMSF auditor tool

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 12 JUL 2021
... a restructure to APES 110 Code of Ethics for Professional Accountants, SMSF audits can only be done by an independent auditor therefore an accounting practice cannot offer accounting and auditing to the same SMSF client. "The enhancement of the auditor ...

Perks looks within for directors

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 5 JUL 2021
... Perks. "Fiona has played an important role in building our auditing expertise and recently became a Registered Company Auditor, which is an incredibly difficult qualification to achieve and is appropriate recognition of her outstanding professionalism ...

ASIC disqualifies SMSF auditor

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 JUN 2021
The corporate regulator has disqualified a self-managed superannuation fund (SMSF) auditor for breaching independence and auditing standards. ASIC found that Gordon Victor Shrubsole from Miranda, New South Wales lacked independence during the process ...

Fidelity changes up global equities team

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 11 JUN 2021
... Fidelity Investments for over 17 years. Lodha previously worked at Citigroup as an anlayst and is a former KPMG senior auditor. His portfolio management responsibilities will end June 30, but he will stay on as a senior adviser until September 2021 to ...

Halifax auditors face criminal charges

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 8 JUN 2021
... auditing standards and were mentioned in Downing Centre Local Court today. ASIC has brought three charges against the auditor relating to the audits of the profit and loss statements and balance sheets of Halifax Investment Services. The regulator alleges ...