AUDIT

People & Products

A former ASIC veteran who spent 25 years at the corporate regulator has been appointed to a senior chair role by the Albanese government....

Financial planning

Two-thirds of all licensees are paying over $1 million annually in internal compliance costs, including 13 per cent of those with less than 100 staff and representatives,...

Financial planning

Licensees should ensure they pre-vet any advice given, according to Fourth Line, as it is no longer acceptable to conduct retrospective audits....

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Policy & Regulation

Former Halifax Investment Services lead auditor, Robert James Evett, has been found to not be a fit and proper person to remain registered as an auditor following his con...

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Financial planning

EC Audit was fined $40,000 while Robert Evett was fined $10,000 for auditing standards breaches of Halifax Investment Services....

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People & Products

Class has launched an online tool to help accounting practices to make the decision to work with an audit partner based on automation through technology integrations....

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Policy & Regulation

The first auditors in Australia to face criminal prosecution for failing to comply with auditing standards have pled guilty to the three charges against them....

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Policy & Regulation

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has cancelled or imposed restrictions on 42 SMSF auditors for failing to maintain their audit experience....

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Policy & Regulation

The audit industry has been delivered a reasonably favourable assessment by a key Parliamentary Committee because the Australian Securities and Investments Commission sai...

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Financial planning

Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand has proposed a 15-point plan to improve the confidence and quality of audits....

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Policy & Regulation

The major financial services regulators need to be comprehensively audited to ensure they are actually delivering value for money in the work that they do reflecting the ...

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Tools & guides

SuperConcepts’ Graeme Colley explains why self-managed super funds are likely to come under more scrutiny following recent court decisions and how trustees and their clie...

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Policy & Regulation

The Australian Taxation Office has said that it’s already referred 37 SMSF auditors to the Australian Securities and Investments Commission since last June, as part of th...

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Superannuation

Amid continued debate over the Government’s triennial auditing proposal for SMSFs, the SMSF Association has warned that the change would not produce significant cost savi...

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Superannuation

The Institute of Public Accountants says the Government’s proposal to change the annual audit requirement for SMSFs shows it neither understands nor respects the work car...

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