Cpa Australia Podcast

Superannuation for many Australians is at risk of a 45 per cent penalty tax due to ATO rules around applying your own professional or trade skills to your personal life.  And who is at most risk of this super rule? Accountants, solicitors, real estate agents and tradies.  The current rules prohibit transactions with related parties at “mate’s rates” or no rate at all. Even mistakenly using a work laptop to complete a personal task could trigger a breach. To examine this rule and offer CPA Australia’s view is Richard Webb, Policy Adviser for Superannuation and Financial Planning at CPA Australia.  Listen now.  Host: Jennifer Duke, External Affairs Lead at CPA Australia Guest: Richard Webb, Policy Adviser for Superannuation and Financial Planning at CPA Australia CPA Australia publishes three podcasts, providing commentary and thought leadership across business, finance, and accounting:  With Interest INTHEBLACK Excel Tips Search for them in your podcast app.  Email the podcast team at podcasts@cp

Today’s episode features special guest, ATO Assistant Commissioner Tim Loh.  He’ll be discussing the changes made by the ATO to working from home (WFH) deductions and what these revisions mean for you.  Listen now.  Host: Elinor Kasapidis, Senior Manager, Tax Policy, Policy & Advocacy at CPA Australia Guest: Tim Loh, Australian Taxation Office (ATO) Assistant Commissioner CPA Australia publishes three podcasts, providing commentary and thought leadership across business, finance, and accounting:  With Interest INTHEBLACK Excel Tips Search for them in your podcast app.  You can email the podcast team at podcasts@cpaaustralia.com.au  For further information on today’s podcast, the ATO’s media release outlines changes to working from home deductions. Additionally, there is a practical compliance guideline from the ATO for additional running expenses while working from home.  And the ATO has a downloadable PDF poster which summarises working from home deductions.  You can also read about wor

Today’s episode examines new reporting requirements for electronic distribution platforms.  This is relevant to many Australians as an estimated 250,000 work in the online economy, otherwise known as the gig, sharing or barter economy.  And some of these changes from the Australian Tax Office (ATO) will start on 1 July 2023.  Explaining what you need to know is guest expert Elinor Kasapidis, senior manager of tax policy at CPA Australia.  Listen now.  Host: Dr. Jane Rennie, General Manager Media and Content, Marketing and Communications at CPA Australia Guest: Elinor Kasapidis, Senior Manager of Tax Policy at CPA Australia. CPA Australia publishes three podcasts, providing commentary and thought leadership across business, finance, and accounting:  With Interest INTHEBLACK Excel Tips Search for them in your podcast app.  Email the podcast team at podcasts@cpaaustralia.com.au  For more insights, CPA Australia has made a submission to the ATO on electronic distribution platform reporting. And the A

Today’s episode looks at budget submissions made to the Federal Government.  Each year, hundreds of organisations make submissions to the Treasury. This includes CPA Australia, which has 44 recommendations.  Discussing the business issues underlying these requests is guest expert Gavan Ord, Senior Manager of Business Policy at CPA Australia. Listen now.  Host: Dr. Jane Rennie, General Manager Media and Content, Marketing and Communications at CPA Australia Guest: Gavan Ord, Senior Manager of Business Policy at CPA Australia CPA Australia publishes three podcasts, providing commentary and thought leadership across business, finance, and accounting:  With Interest INTHEBLACK Excel Tips Search for them in your podcast app.  Email the podcast team at podcasts@cpaaustralia.com.au  And you can read CPA Australia’s 2023 budget submission to Treasury.

Today’s episode looks at Australia’s rollercoaster property market. What do the fluctuations mean for property owners, buyers (including first-time buyers), investors and renters? Discussing this is guest expert Warren Hogan. He is the chief economic adviser at Judo Bank and has recently commenced doing residential property research as an economic adviser to Halo Technologies. Warren is also a former chief economist of the ANZ Banking Group and a principal adviser to the Federal Treasury. Listen now. Host: Dr. Jane Rennie, General Manager Media and Content, Marketing and Communications at CPA Australia Guest: Warren Hogan, a chief economic adviser at Judo Bank who has recently commenced doing residential property research as an economic adviser to Halo Technologies. He is also a former chief economist of the ANZ Banking Group and a principal adviser to the Federal Treasury. CPA Australia publishes three podcasts, providing commentary and thought leadership across business, finance, and accounting: With Inter

Today’s episode looks at the Federal Government’s commitments on environmental policy, and what they mean for business in Australia. This includes climate-related disclosures, new emissions limits, net zero, greenwashing, costs to businesses, just transition and more. Discussing this is our guest expert Patrick Viljoen, Senior Manager of Environmental, Social and Governance Policy at CPA Australia. Listen now. Host: Dr. Jane Rennie, General Manager Media and Content, Marketing and Communications at CPA Australia Guest: Patrick Viljoen, Senior Manager of Environmental, Social and Governance Policy at CPA Australia CPA Australia publishes three podcasts, providing commentary and thought leadership across business, finance, and accounting. They are: With Interest INTHEBLACK (coming soon) Excel Tips Search for them in your podcast service. You can email the podcast team at podcasts@cpaaustralia.com.au And if you have a question about any of the topics we’ve discussed in this podcast, or any of CPA Australia’s p

In this first episode of 2023, we forecast what’s in store for business this year. Specifically, we focus on key areas such as economic growth, the labour force, inflation, and interest rates. To discuss this is our guest expert Gavan Ord, Senior Manager of Business Policy at CPA Australia. Listen now. Host: Dr Jane Rennie, General Manager Media and Content Guest: Gavan Ord, Senior Manager of Business Policy at CPA Australia CPA Australia publishes three podcasts, providing commentary and thought leadership across business, finance, and accounting: With Interest INTHEBLACK Excel Tips Search for them in your podcast service. And you can email the podcast team at podcasts@cpaaustralia.com.au

In 2023, the CPA Australia Podcast is changing its name to With Interest. With Interest brings you unrivalled commentary and thought leadership for businesses, accounting and finance professionals. Each week, we share expert industry opinions, insights and resources across accounting, public practice, taxation, auditing, finance, strategy, leadership, economic and business-related issues. Subscribe today to stay up-to-date with the latest episodes. With Interest is presented by CPA Australia, one of the world’s largest accounting bodies, with core services that include education, training, technical support and advocacy. In 2018, CPA Australia won an Award of Excellence at the 24th Annual Communicator Awards in the category of 'Podcasts - General-Corporation/Business'. ---------------------------------------------------- CPA Australia publishes three podcasts: - With Interest - INTHEBLACK  - Excel Tips To find out more about our podcasts, visit https://www.cpaaustralia.com.au/tools-and-resources/podcasts - or

In this episode, we examine the summer employment market.  We look at what jobseekers, recruiters and employers need to know, including those in the accounting and finance industries.  We also explore job ads, wages growth, and WFH home trends. To discuss this is our guest expert Matt Cowgill, Senior Economist at Australian online employment marketplace, SEEK. Listen now.  Host:  Dr Jane Rennie, General Manager Media and Content Guest: Matt Cowgill, Senior Economist at SEEK For more career insights, CPA Australia’s “Career, Elevated” December 2022 January 2023 Special Edition is out now.  And for market insights, SEEK has produced an employment report across industries with national and state and territory insights.  SEEK has also produced a report that examines the advertised salaries index (ASI) trends across a variety of industries up to October 2022.  This is our last episode of With Interest for the year.  But we will return in January 2023 with all-new episodes.  From all of us here at CPA Australia,

In this episode, tech evangelist Doug Boyd from Data reFactory delves into different aspects of financial data.  He simplifies what it is and how financial data can be combined with other data to provide meaningful information and business insights.  Specifically, he offers his insights into key areas that relate to CPA Australia members and, more broadly, the accounting profession, such as data triangulation, data governance and data sovereignty. Listen now.  Host:  Dr Jana Schmitz, Digital Economy Policy Lead, CPA Australia Guest: Doug Boyd, Director, Data reFactory