IPA

Financial planning

New push to reinstate Accountant’s Exemption

The Institute of Public Accountants has emerged at the head of a new push to reinstate the Accountants’ Exemption....

Financial planning

Individuals are being advised not to be too hasty with filing their tax returns early as there are additional complexities in play this year. ...

Financial planning

Accountants seek voice in retirement advice provision

The Institute of Public Accountants has advocated an advisory role for accountants flowing from the Government’s promised review of the retirement income system....

Policy & Regulation

Accounting body alleges the ALP misled the public on advice fees

Labor has been accused of spreading “significant misinformation” on accountants’ fees for providing tax advice, with a major industry body saying that its figures on fees...

Policy & Regulation

IPA claims dodgy data underpins ALP’s tax advice changes

The Institute of Public Accountants has continued its defence of tax advice fees, arguing the move is unjustified and that the underlying data has been inappropriately us...

Policy & Regulation

Accounting bodies unite over ALP’s ‘rort’ accusation

The major accounting bodies have united to defend the existing tax deductibility of tax advice provided by accountants in the face of proposed Labor changes....

Financial planning

Should accountants fill advice gap?

The Institute of Public Accountants has suggested that it is accountants who can fill the gap when consumers want advice but don’t want to pay high fees to advisers....

Financial planning

Regulation must come with accountability

The enforcement of new regulation must come with accountability and resources, according to the Institute of Public Accountants....

Financial planning

Accountants want to be re-enabled to give advice

The Institute of Public Accountants has made a direct call for accountants to be re-enabled to have ‘broader and deeper holistic conversations’ with clients....

Policy & Regulation

Franking credit reform “fraught with danger”: IPA

Opposition to Labor’s franking credit proposal is not dying down, with the Institute of Public Accountants today saying 95 per cent of its surveyed members did not suppor...

Policy & Regulation

IPA welcomes instant write-off extension

The Institute of Public Accounts has commended the Government’s decision to extend the instant asset write-off for small businesses to 2020, but argues it should be a per...

Superannuation

IPA calls for greater clarification of super trustee obligations

The role and accountability of superannuation fund trustees must be reinforced, according to the Institute of Public Accountants....

Superannuation

IPA questions competitiveness of super system post-PC

The Institute of Public Accountants has called for more consideration of whether the inefficiencies of the superannuation system are due to a lack of marketplace competit...

People & Products

Sam Zervides elected IPA Victorian president

Sam Zervides has been elected president of the Victorian branch of the Institute of Public Accountants....

Superannuation

IPA lambasts Government’s SMSF audit proposal

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...