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Apr 2020

Australian tax specialists: Remote learning options coming to the fore

By: Odyssey Outsourcing
Tags: ACCOUNTING CONFERENCE, Australian Accountant, compliance, REMOTE LEARNING, THE AUSTRALIAN TPB

With many Australian accountants being under restricted movements, the requirements for professional learning haven’t ceased. At the same time, with social distancing rules in place across much of Australia, the bottom has fallen out of physical conferences, as well as the opportunity for many suppliers to get their services or products in front of Australian accountants. Hence there is a …

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Apr 2020

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Australian accountants: Are you working as best as you can in remote mode?

By: Odyssey Outsourcing
Tags: Accounting Firms, Ad hoc work, Australian Accountant, Compliance Work, WORKING FROM HOME

We’re seeing and hearing from our clients that some of them have been taken by surprise by the recent and quick move to lock down in Australia. Despite providing pretty much the same compliance services to the public, remote work for firms has been a huge range from “not a problem” to “very difficult”. For more progressive firm owners who …

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Apr 2020

Accounting Compliance firms valuation drops in the face of SME closures

By: Odyssey Outsourcing
Tags: Accounting Firms, Australian compliance, COVID19, systemisation, valuation

I was speaking to an accountant who has a business assisting accounting firms get their practices ready for sale, usually when they are retiring. He assists both buyers and sellers. Basically the premise of valuation of an accounting firm is a multiple of the annual revenue, with individual returns having a lower multiple than other “stickier” clients. There’s a lot …

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Apr 2020

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Australian SMSF auditors: including the extra Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) Notification

By: Odyssey General
Tags: Australian Accountant, COVID19, SMSF, SMSF audit, SMSF auditors

With the longer term impact of COVID-19 as yet one of the unknowns, there has been recent news regarding disclosure requirements for SMSF trustees who have not yet completed their 2019 financial year accounts. We’ve seen some recommendations related to the need to disclose the pandemic as a significant event in the “Events subsequent to Balance Date”. Accountants should be …

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Apr 2020

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Australian Tax Compliance offshore: Cracks in the offshore full time labour model

By: Odyssey Outsourcing
Tags: Ad hoc resources, Australian compliance, Cost Savings, Fixed offshore model, Future for offshoring

Australian accountants are looking to a 6-12 month business slowdown, and possibly longer, and are starting to cut fixed costs. Those fixed costs which can easily be released are the offshore full time labour force, which usually require 1-3 months notification to let the staff be returned to the offshore labour firm. Those firms will still need resources for ad-hoc …