With Interest (CPA Australia)

Discover the ins and outs of the ATO’s CAL and find solutions to common problems met by businesses and tax agents.

Join us as we unravel the complexities of the ATO’s client-to-agent linking process, also known as CAL.

Our expert guest also answers questions sent by CPAs to help troubleshoot real-world issues users have met with CAL.

Listen now for your ultimate CAL explainer.

Host: Gavan Ord, business investment and international lead, policy and advocacy, CPA Australia

Guest: Hannah Griffits CPA, from Moore Lewis & Partners, accountants and tax advisors in Toowoomba, Queensland

For more information on today’s topic the ATO has guidance for NFPs and bulk client transfers as well as client-to-agent linking steps and client-to-agent linking in online services.

CPA Australia publishes four podcasts, providing commentary and thought leadership across business, finance, and accounting:

• With Interest
• INTHEBLACK
• INTHEBLACK Out Loud
• Excel Tips

Search for them in your podcast platform.

You can email the podcast team at podcasts@cpaaustralia.com.au

Division 7A remains a stumbling block for many small business owners when it comes to tax compliance.

In this episode, we take a deep dive into Div 7A to ensure you're fully equipped with the knowledge you need, from understanding how this integrity measure operates to pinpointing where it applies and steering clear of potential pitfalls.

As we gear up for tax time 2024, we also outline the crucial deadlines pertaining to Div 7A that tax advisers and their clients need to have on their radar.

If you’re a business owner or an accountant working for an SME, this tax time episode is a must-listen. Tune in now.

• Host: Gavan Ord, Business Investment and International Lead, Policy and Advocacy, CPA Australia
• Guest: Anthony Marvello, Assistant Commissioner with the Australian Taxation Office (ATO)

For added guidance related to this episode, these ATO links will help you:

• Private company benefits: Division 7 A dividends
• Using your business money and assets
• The Div 7A calculator and decision tool
• The Div 7A benchmark interest rate
• Issuing distributions statements
• Essentials to strengthen your small business.

Additionally, CPA Australia has tools and resources to help support you at tax time. 

The four-part Tax Time 2024 series is a special feature in June on the With Interest channel. You can listen to other Tax Time 2024 episodes at the series page.

You can also listen to previous episodes in this series on CPA Australia’s YouTube channel.

CPA Australia publishes four podcasts, providing commentary and thought leadership across business, finance, and accounting:

• With Interest
• INTHEBLACK
• INTHEBLACK Out Loud
• Excel Tips

Search for them in your podcast platform.

Email the podcast team at podcasts@cpaaustralia.com.au

This podcast explores what decentralized finance is and how it affects the finance industry. Learn about MINER tokens, stablecoins and more. Listen now.

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 ATO has useful information on the sharing economy reporting regime

In this episode, delve inside the mind of Daniel Pink, a best-selling book author writing on business, work, creativity and behaviour.

Pink, who is a speaker at the CPA Virtual Congress 19-21 October, explains some innovative ways he approaches workplace productivity and behaviours.

And he outlines smart tips and ideas that can help you enhance your potential and mindset at work.  Listen now.

Host: Jackie Blondell, CPA Australia editor
Guest: Daniel Pink, CPA Australia Virtual Congress speaker and author of several best-selling books on business, work, creativity and behaviour

With Interest presents an episode from CPA Australia's INTHEBLACK  podcast.

With Interest presents an episode from CPA Australia's INTHEBLACK  podcast.

Penetration testers hack into your company servers. Don’t worry – these are friends who can help your company stay safe from the dark web’s cyberthreats.

“Pen testers” do it to protect you from the real hackers out there trying to steal your data.

In this episode we meet a lead penetration tester. Learn what he does, how he does it and how you can improve your own organisation’s cyber security.

Host: Garreth Hanley, podcast producer, CPA Australia
Guests: Dan Weis, Practice Lead - Penetration Testing, Nexon Asia Pacific

CPA Australia has its own cyber security resources and support.

You can also check out the Australian Cyber Security Centre (ACSC), which has useful information for small and medium businesses.

If you've been hacked there is online support and you can phone 1300CYBER1

For global news and security events

• Linkedin.com
• scamwatch.gov.au
• AusCERT
• The Hacker News
• Discord channels and Twitter

For vendor security notification feeds

• SANS @RISK
• Microsoft Security Blog
• Microsoft security intelligence
• Google Online Security Blog (googleblog.com)
• Safety & Security | Google Blog
• Cybersecurity Alerts & Advisories | CISA

CPA Australia publishes four podcasts, providing commentary and thought leadership across business, finance, and accounting:

• With Interest
• INTHEBLACK
• Excel Tips
• INTHEBLACK Out Loud

Search for them in your podcast platform.

You can email the podcast team at podcasts@cpaaustralia.com.au

Disputes can negatively impact small business. In this episode, the Victorian Small Business Commissioner explains how small businesses can put strategies in place to avoid potentially damaging business-to-business disputes. And she outlines the resolution pathways available. Listen now.

Host:  Gavan Ord, senior manager of business policy at CPA Australia
Guest: Lynda McAlary-Smith, the Victorian Small Business Commissioner

In this episode, we discuss the support available to small businesses following a severe storm, flood, bushfire, earthquake, or landslide.

Specifically, we highlight the not-for-profit Small Business Debt Helpline and how it can help small business owners and sole traders in financial difficulty following a natural disaster.

Listen now.

Host: Dr Jane Rennie, CPA Australia General Manager Media and Content

Guests: Helen Davis, Small Business Debt Helpline General Manager and Sandra Blake, Small Business Debt Helpline financial counsellor

You can find the Small Business Debt Helpline online and you can reach them on 1800 413 828. It has qualified financial counsellors who can answer your questions and give you sound advice to help get your business back on its feet.

And CPA Australia’s Disaster Recovery page has sound information as well as resources and strategies for recovering your business following a disaster.

Social media can help you attract and keep customers, get customer feedback and retain loyalty. This podcast outlines the best place to get started.

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.

Australians invest in many assets – rental properties, crypto currency, NFTs – and tax mistakes are not uncommon. Here's common sense advice from the ATO.  

In our ongoing Excel Yourself podcast series, learn how to do dynamic arrays in Microsoft Excel with host Neale Blackwood CPA.

In this episode, we examine Labor’s proposed industrial relations reforms, currently before Parliament.  What will change for business, who might be impacted, and when could this happen? 

To help answer these questions is our guest expert Michael Nicolazzo, who specialises in employment and workplace law at Maddocks law firm.

Listen now. 

Host:  Dr Jane Rennie, CPA Australia General Manager Media and Content

Guest: Michael Nicolazzo, a partner at Maddocks law firm specialising in employment and workplace law

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'.

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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 search for the shows in your podcast service. To contact the podcast team email us at podcasts@cpaaustralia.com.au.

In this week’s episode, Kristen Beadle, CPA Australia Manager Public Practice and SMEs discusses the state of Australia’s building industry including the increase in insolvencies.

This week’s show is a special presentation from CPA Australia’s leadership, strategy and business podcast, INTHEBLACK.

The cost-of-living crisis is hitting employees hard.

Pay rises, tax relief and bonuses can only do so much. But what if there was a way to support your staff and boost your business without harming the bottom line?

In this episode, we dive deep into how reimagining company rewards programs can tackle the cost-of-living squeeze.

By shifting the focus to practical, everyday benefits, you can attract top talent, boost employee satisfaction and at the same time strengthen your company culture.

Join us as we chat with a leading expert in the field, who shares her views and actionable strategies for transforming your rewards program into a powerful tool for employee cost-of-living relief.

Listen now.

• Host: Aidan Ormond, Digital Content Editor, CPA Australia
• Guest: Kylie Green, managing director of Reward Gateway APAC. For over 20 years, Green has worked with leading companies to help them use technology to take their employee engagement strategy to the next level.

For more useful information on today’s topic, Reward Gateway has produced a detailed e-book in PDF format called 15 benefits to truly make a difference.

Additionally, Reward Gateway has produced a workplace engagement index as well as a cost of living resource hub with reports, ebooks and webinar links.

CPA Australia publishes four podcasts, providing commentary and thought leadership across business, finance, and accounting:

• With Interest
• INTHEBLACK
• INTHEBLACK Out Loud
• Excel Tips

Search for them in your podcast platform.

You can email the podcast team at podcasts@cpaaustralia.com.au

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@cpaaustralia.com.au 

And you can read CPA Australia’s joint submission to Treasury on the non-arm’s length expense rules for superannuation funds. 

For further reading, there is a media release by CPA Australia on this topic.

In this in-depth discussion, CPA Australia leaders share their perspectives and explore ideas around ways that we can achieve reconciliation together.

They outline why an organisation like CPA Australia is involved in this issue and explain the relevance of reconciliation to accountants and finance professionals.

Listen now. 

Host: Adrienne Biscontin, external affairs adviser, policy and advocacy, CPA Australia

Guests: Dale Pinto FCPA, CPA Australia president and chair and John Curtin distinguished professor, and Shane Miller CPA, deputy chair of CPA Australia's Indigenous Advisory Group

For more information on today’s topic, head to CPA Australia’s reconciliation page and to the Reconciliation Australia homepage.

CPA Australia publishes four podcasts, providing commentary and thought leadership across business, finance, and accounting:

• With Interest
• INTHEBLACK
• INTHEBLACK Out Loud
• Excel Tips

Search for them in your podcast platform.

You can email the podcast team at podcasts@cpaaustralia.com.au

Do businesses using AI outperform those that don’t? What AI tools are accountants using? 

Our subject matter experts answer these questions and more as they break down CPA Australia’s third annual Business Technology Report, a survey of technology used by businesses in the Asia-Pacific. 

Host: Simon Downes, External Affairs Lead, CPA Australia

Guest: Gavan Ord, Business Investment Policy Manager, CPA Australia

Read CPA Australia Business Technology Report 2023 for the full findings of our survey.

The Australian Cyber Security Centre (ACSC) has detailed information about the Essential Eight cybersecurity risk mitigation strategies. 

CPA Australia member benefits, tools, guides and links for technology and cybersecurity are available on our website.

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

Over recent months, the ATO-led Serious Financial Crime Taskforce executed a series of warrants across Australia against individuals suspected of being involved in significant GST fraud. Subsequently, it referred details of 29,000 of these individuals to the Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission. Learn how the multi-agency Operation Protego was planned and executed.

Listen now.

Host:  Elinor Kasapidis, CPA Australia’s Senior Manager Tax Policy

Guest: Michael Morton, Assistant Commissioner, Small Business Risk and Strategy at the Australian Tax Office

Gain valuable insights into the key business-related matters that the Government need to address in this year's Budget. 

CPA Australia's business expert delves into this hot topic, analysing crucial areas such as tax, inflation, worker shortages, rising cost pressures and other pressing issues. 

Don't miss out, listen now for expert business analysis and insights. 

Host: Simon Downes, External Affairs Lead, CPA Australia

Guest: Gavan Ord, Business Investment Policy Manager, CPA Australia

For more insights, CPA Australia’s detailed Australian Federal Pre-Budget submission 2024-25 is online.

With Interest is presented by CPA Australia.

CPA Australia publishes four podcasts, providing commentary and thought leadership across business, finance, and accounting:

• With Interest
• INTHEBLACK
• Excel Tips
• INTHEBLACK Out Loud

Search for them in your podcast platform.

You can email the podcast team at podcasts@cpaaustralia.com.au

This podcast explores what’s driving the current volatility in cryptocurrency markets and the importance of seeing a registered tax agent if you’ve disposed of crypto during the recent sell-off. Listen now.  

The recent large-scale Optus data breach in Australia is a timely reminder to small business of cybersecurity. 

In this episode, we explain what small businesses can do to avoid falling prey to cyber criminals. 

It includes advice and explanations on the different types of data breaches, email phishing scams, how cyber insurance works and more. 

Additionally, CPA Australia has its own cybersecurity hub which has information on how your business can protect its data. 

Other useful information can be found at the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner. And the Australian Cyber Security Centre has tips to help you stay secure online.  

Listen now

Host:  Jennifer Duke, CPA Australia External Affairs Lead
Guest: Keddie Waller, CPA Australia Head of Public Practice and SME 

New tax requirements are on the horizon for not-for-profits, and approximately 150,000 NFPs will have to lodge a tax return. 

Learn how these new requirements will affect NFPs and why the ATO implemented the changes. 

Tune in now to stay informed. 

Host: Ram Subramanian, Interim Head of Policy and Advocacy, CPA Australia

Guest: Nunzio Giunta FCPA, the Managing Partner and Founder of Giuntabell, a specialist not-for-profit accounting firm. He is also the chair of the CPA Australia Not-For-Profit Committee in Queensland, and a member of the ATO’s Not-for-Profit Stewardship Group. Nunzio also sits on the Australian Accounting Standards Board Not-For-Profit Advisory panel.

For further information related to this topic, head online to the ATO and to the Australian Charities And Not-For-Profits Commission. 

CPA Australia publishes four podcasts, providing commentary and thought leadership across business, finance, and accounting: 

• With Interest
• INTHEBLACK
• INTHEBLACK Out Loud
• Excel Tips

Search for them in your podcast platform. 

You can email the podcast team at podcasts@cpaaustralia.com.au

This podcast dives into the super changes, what business and accountants need to do, and the impacts of abolishing the minimum threshold for super guarantee payments 

In this episode learn how Excel's new functions continue to extend and expand both the power and versatility of Excel's formula capability.

In this special episode, we explain what this statement actually means. And why a professional accounting organisation like ours is actively supporting reconciliation.  

And we ask the tough questions, such as, is this an appropriate thing for businesses to be doing? And is there a risk that some will engage in so-called ‘social washing?

Providing perspective and insights on this important issue are two experts from CPA Australia. 

Simone Spaulding, CPA Australia Senior Manager, Culture, Capability and Wellbeing, and Patrick Viljoen, CPA Australia Senior Manager Environmental, Social and Governance Policy.

Listen now. 

Host: Dr Jane Rennie, General Manager Media and Content at CPA Australia

Guests: 

Simone Spaulding, CPA Australia Senior Manager, Culture, Capability and Wellbeing

Patrick Viljoen, Senior Manager Environmental, Social and Governance 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 on your podcast platform. 

Email the podcast team at podcasts@cpaaustralia.com.au 

You can also read CPA Australia’s response to the Uluru Statement from the Heart and Innovate Reconciliation Action Plan 2022-2024 on our website

Discover the latest from the International Ethics Standards Board for Accountants (IESBA) including its strategic roadmap for 2024-2027.

Explore key focus areas shaping the future of ethical conduct in accounting, and dive into its updated five-part code of ethics for sustainability.

Tune in for insights on IESBA’s vision and its impact on the profession’s ethical landscape.

Host: Ram Subramanian, Interim Head of Policy and Advocacy, CPA Australia

Guest: Gabriela Figueiredo Dias, Chair of the International Ethics Standards Board for Accountants (IESBA). And she is Co-CEO, International Foundation for Ethics and Audit. In her role as IESBA Chair, she ensures that IESBA activities maintain a public interest focus, while developing high-quality ethics and independence standards.

Learn more about the International Ethics Standards Board for Accountants at their website.

You can also listen to other With Interest episodes on CPA Australia’s YouTube channel.

CPA Australia publishes four podcasts, providing commentary and thought leadership across business, finance, and accounting:

• With Interest
• INTHEBLACK
• INTHEBLACK Out Loud
• Excel Tips

Search for them in your podcast platform.

Email the podcast team at podcasts@cpaaustralia.com.au

Tax time tends to attract the attention of those nasty scammers - but don’t worry.

This episode has specialist advice and strategies to help you safeguard your sensitive information.

Outlined are the dubious tactics that scammers use, such as ATO-branded email scams, text messages and other ways to trick you to reveal sensitive data.

For professionals in the tax industry, we also shed light on the threats posed by cyber criminals targeting your company and clients’ tax data.

The final episode in the tax time 2024 series will help you deal with this growing problem. It empowers you with practical security measures to help safeguard your data from cyber criminals.

Tune in now to navigate tax season with confidence.

• Host: Garreth Hanley, Podcast Producer, CPA Australia
• Guest: Joda Walter, Assistant Commissioner of Cyber Governance at the Australian Taxation Office (ATO)

For more information related to this episode, these links will help you:

• Protect your personal identifying information
• Verify or report scams
• Security advice for tax professionals and businesses
• Business and government resources
• Cybersecurity essential eight

You can also call the ATO on 1800 008 540 to report if you think you have disclosed any personal information to a scammer. 

Additionally, CPA Australia has tools and resources to help support you at tax time as well as cybersecurity resources and support.

The four-part Tax Time 2024 series is a special feature in June on the With Interest channel. You can listen to other episodes at the series page.

You can also listen to episodes in this series on CPA Australia’s YouTube channel.

CPA Australia publishes four podcasts, providing commentary and thought leadership across business, finance, and accounting:

• With Interest
• INTHEBLACK
• INTHEBLACK Out Loud
• Excel Tips

Search for them in your podcast platform.

Email the podcast team at podcasts@cpaaustralia.com.au

A new Asia-Pacific Small Business survey by CPA Australia was released this week. 

And the survey has some surprise findings, despite the economic turbulence and COVID-19-related issues. 

However, we’ve flagged issues with the government that we believe could harm our future growth.

Want key learnings from CPA Australia’s 14^th annual Asia-Pacific small business survey? 

We received responses from 4280 small businesses in:

• Australia
• New Zealand
• Mainland China
• Hong Kong
• India
• Malaysia
• New Zealand
• Philippines
• Singapore
• Taiwan
• Vietnam

In this episode, we chat with one of the report’s authors to deep dive into the findings. 

Listen now. 

Host: Dr. Jane Rennie, General Manager Media and Content, CPA Australia

Guest: Gavan Ord, Senior Manager Business Policy, CPA Australia 

And after you’ve listened to the podcast, have a read of the CPA Australia’s Small Business Survey and vote in our LinkedIn poll. 

There is also a media release on this podcast topic.

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 platform. 

You can email the podcast team at podcasts@cpaaustralia.com.au

In this episode of CPA Australia's With Interest, Dr Andrew Leigh provides insights into how the Australian Labor Party plans to engage with Australian businesses to deliver their economic plan, modernising fundraising laws, taxation issues and the important role of accountants.

In this episode, COP27 (the United Nations Climate Change conference of the Parties) is explained by CPA Australia’s Senior Manager of Environmental, Social and Governance Policy. 

From what’s on the agenda to Australia’s participation and the potential outcomes from this major climate change conference, currently being held in Egypt. 

Listen now. 

Host:  Dr Jane Rennie, CPA Australia General Manager Media and Content

Guest: Patrick Viljoen, CPA Australia’s Senior Manager of Environmental, Social and Governance Policy

We examine the recent Government review into insolvency with the report Chair. 

Broken or fit for purpose? We put Australia’s corporate insolvency regime under the spotlight. 

Tune in now.

Host: Dr Jane Rennie, Head of Media and External Engagement, CPA Australia

Guest: Senator Deborah O’Neill, the Chair of a Parliamentary Joint Committee on Corporate and Financial Services (PJCCFS) which released a report into corporate insolvency in July 2023 

For more insights, you can read the corporate insolvency in Australia report online and CPA Australia’s submission to the review. 

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 platform. 

You can email the podcast team at podcasts@cpaaustralia.com.au

Ever wondered who advises the Australian government on tax policy from a business and tax community perspective?

If so, you’re in the right place: this episode delves into the role Australia’s Board of Taxation plays.

We’re joined by the board’s Secretary and Tax Counsel, who explains how this important non-statutory advisory body helps improve the design and operation of tax policy.

Discover the board’s origins, its charter, members, key focus areas, notable recommendations, current projects and more.

Tune in now for a comprehensive overview.

• Host: Jenny Wong, Tax Lead, CPA Australia
• Guest: Paul Korganow, Secretary and Tax Counsel, Board of Taxation

For more information, head to the board’s website.

And you can find a CPA at our custom portal on the CPA Australia website.

CPA Australia publishes four podcasts, providing commentary and thought leadership across business, finance, and accounting:

• With Interest
• INTHEBLACK
• INTHEBLACK Out Loud
• Excel Tips

Search for them in your podcast platform.

You can email the podcast team at podcasts@cpaaustralia.com.au

The ISSB's new reporting standards IFRS S1 and S2 are set to have a wide-ranging impact. If you’re a business, finance or accounting professional, these expert insights on the two new reporting changes will come in handy. 

Tune in now to so you can better understand how these reporting changes might impact your business.

Hosts: Patrick Viljoen, Senior Manager ESG policy, CPA Australia and Ram Subramanian, Senior Manager, Reporting Policy, CPA Australia

Guest: Terence Jeyaretnam, Partner and APAC Leader of Ernst & Young Climate Change and Sustainability team based in Melbourne

For more information on today’s topic, CPA Australia has insights on sustainability reporting – IFRS S1 and S2 and the implications for Australian entities and their boards. 

Additionally, in the light of climate-related risks becoming a major area of focus for organisations today, CPA Australia has a climate risk and audit of financial statements overview guide.

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 platform. 

You can email the podcast team at podcasts@cpaaustralia.com.au

In 2024, Australia will see a raft of changes in superannuation. Staying up to date is vital. 

Join CPA Australia's experts, who will help you navigate the evolving super landscape. Policy areas covered include the First Home Super Saver scheme, the Better Targeted Superannuation Concessions Bill, payday super and SMSFs. 

You’ll also gain valuable knowledge on maximising your retirement savings.

Don’t miss this episode. 

Host: Simon Downes, External Affairs Lead, CPA Australia

Guest: Richard Webb, Superannuation Lead, CPA Australia

For more insights, the Australian Tax Office (ATO) has guidance on changes to the first home super saver scheme and the better targeted superannuation concessions bill. 

The ATO also has useful information on when payday superannuation starts in Australia.

CPA Australia has made a submission in response to the Objective of Super Bill inquiry at the Senate Economics Legislation Committee, which is also online. 

CPA Australia publishes four podcasts, providing commentary and thought leadership across business, finance, and accounting: 

• With Interest
• INTHEBLACK
• INTHEBLACK Out Loud
• Excel Tips

Search for them in your podcast platform.

You can email the podcast team at podcasts@cpaaustralia.com.au

Did you know that the audit function dates back to ancient Rome? Or that it was Henry I who coined the word “audit”? Explore these and other interesting facts about the audit profession in the lead-up to Auditor Proud Day.

This wide-ranging conversation covers the audit expectation gap, how auditors respond to climate change and what would happen to the economy if there weren’t enough auditors. 

Tune in now.  

Host: Dr. Jane Rennie, Head of Media and External Engagement, CPA Australia

Guest: Ram Subramanian, Senior Manager Audit & Assurance, CPA Australia

Additional show notes:

PDF: Guide on climate risks and its impacts on the audit of financial statements

Pre-recorded webinar: Climate risk – what external auditors need to consider [Password:CPAAustralia2023]

Video: Understanding International Standard on Sustainability Assurance 5000 (IAASB ED 5000)

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

Australia’s superannuation system is a global leader. 

Worth around AUD $3.4 trillion, the nation should be proud of the world’s fifth-largest super system, one that covers around 16 million Australians as they work towards retirement. 

So, why is the Australian Government seeking to legislate an “objective” for super? A public consultation on the objective recently closed, and CPA Australia has made a submission. 

CPA Australia thinks that superannuation is only one component of a broader retirement savings system and, therefore, should not be considered in isolation. 

Furthermore, there should be a clear long-term vision articulated for Australia’s retirement savings system. 

We speak with the author of CPA Australia’s submission to learn more. 

Listen now. 

Host: Dr Jane Rennie, General Manager Media and Content, CPA Australia

Guest: Michael Davison, Senior Manager Advocacy and Retirement Policy, CPA Australia 

For information on today’s topic, you can read CPA Australia’s submission on legislating an objective for the superannuation system. 

And for more, CPA Australia has a summary page with policy perspectives to government policy, legislative or administrative announcements. 

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 platform. 

You can email the podcast team at podcasts@cpaaustralia.com.au

This podcast outlines what tax claims and tax deductions can be made in 2022 and finally answers the question: are Tim Tams a work-related expense?

Having multiple employers has tax consequences. The ATO explains what work-related expenses can and can’t be claimed on your tax return claims. 

There’s a crisis in Australia. 

Construction companies are going into liquidation at a record rate, leaving home buyers, tradespeople, employees and the industry in shock. 

CPA Australia’s insolvency expert shares advice and need-to-know insights. 

Listen now. 

Host: Jennifer Duke, External Affairs Lead, CPA Australia

Guest: Kristen Beadle, Manager Public Practice and SME, CPA Australia

And for more, CPA Australia has a guidance page on indicators of financial distress for SMEs. 

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 platform. 

You can email the podcast team at podcasts@cpaaustralia.com.au

In this podcast episode hear from Neale Blackwood CPA on the essential excel skills current and future accountants should know.

When creating a line chart in Excel, you may need to insert a vertical line to mark something on the chart. Listen to this podcast episode to learn how to do it. 

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 working from home expenses on the ATO’s website. 

Also, the ATO’s Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn accounts have content related to today’s episode.

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

Until recently, Buy Now Pay Later services have flown under the radar in terms of regulation. They have not typically been considered “credit” and so have been exempted from laws that apply to credit cards and personal loans.

But with this space worth A$14.3 billion to Australia’s GDP in the most-recent financial year  ̶   and with user debt also a concern  ̶   should there be more regulatory scrutiny on this booming micro-credit industry?

Do you need to enhance your understanding of Australia's property market? Whether you’re a homeowner, investor, buyer or renter, this episode will provide you with valuable property insights. 

Uncover expert perspectives from one of Australia's most respected economists by tuning in now. 

Host: Dr Jane Rennie, Head of Media and External Relations, CPA Australia

Guest: Warren Hogan, Chief Economic Adviser at Judo Bank, Managing Director and Founder of EQ Economics, former chief economist of the ANZ Banking Group and a principal adviser to the Federal Treasury. Hogan also undertakes residential property research as an economic adviser to Halo Technologies. 

For more on today’s topic, Hogan was a guest on With Interest earlier this year, offering expert insights on Australia’s property market. 

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 platform. 

You can email the podcast team at podcasts@cpaaustralia.com.au

CPA Australia's 15th annual Asia-Pacific Small Business Survey reveals extensive data on small business challenges across the region. 

This episode dissects the survey’s findings and delves into the issues faced by businesses in 11 diverse markets, including India, Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia, Mainland China and Hong Kong. 

With input from more than 4,200 business owners and senior managers from companies with less than 20 employees, the survey offers invaluable information for you and your organisation. 

Tune in now to gain essential insights for your small business.

Host: Simon Downes, External Affairs Lead, CPA Australia

Guest: Gavan Ord, Senior Manager Business and Investment Policy, CPA Australia

Download CPA Australia's 15th annual Asia-Pacific Small Business Survey and discover valuable insights. 

CPA Australia publishes four podcasts, providing commentary and thought leadership across business, finance, and accounting: 

• With Interest
• INTHEBLACK
• INTHEBLACK Out Loud
• Excel Tips

Search for them in your podcast platform. 

You can email the podcast team at podcasts@cpaaustralia.com.au

From rental property repairs to capital allowances, record-keeping, and navigating the Medicare levy, we’ve got you covered at tax time.

Gain insights on the ATO's debt collection approach along with practical tips on lodgement advice, working-from-home calculations, and effective record-keeping.

Learn what’s new and what the ATO will focus on to help prepare you for the upcoming tax season. Tune in now.

Host: Gavan Ord, Business Investment and International Lead, Policy and Advocacy, CPA Australia

Guest: Rob Thomson, Assistant Commissioner at the Australian Taxation Office (ATO) 

For information related to this episode, these ATO links will help in areas such as keeping records, occupations, investor’s toolkit, Medicare and private health insurance and the Super Health Check.

Additionally, CPA Australia has tools and resources to help support you ahead of tax time. 

CPA Australia publishes four podcasts, providing commentary and thought leadership across business, finance, and accounting:

• With Interest
• INTHEBLACK
• INTHEBLACK Out Loud
• Excel Tips

Search for them in your podcast platform.

Email the podcast team at podcasts@cpaaustralia.com.au

This podcast episode identifies the elements of the Australian economy under pressure and impacting the country’s road back to normal. Listen now.  

Did you know the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) was last reviewed in 1981? That was the Campbell inquiry reporting to the then Fraser Government. 

Much has changed since then. 

Little wonder there’s great interest in this current review to be delivered to the Federal Government imminently, and which was triggered by the reporting of senior Sydney Morning Herald and The Age correspondent Shane Wright. 

The respected correspondent joins Jennifer Duke, CPA Australia’s Walkley Award-winning former economics correspondent for the Sydney Morning Herald and The Age. 

They discuss the potential impact of this review. In particularly, the origins of the RBA and the broader implications for the Central Bank of this review. 

And with the RBA firmly in the spotlight for its aggressive cash rate rises since May 2022, there will be much focus on this review when it’s delivered to the Treasurer Jim Chalmers. 

“The reserve bank has this fantastic graph,” Wright says in this episode, “showing its forecast for wages growth from about 2012 marked against reality. And never the twain shall meet. 

“This is the Mary Celeste of forecasting.” 

Listen now. 

Host: Jennifer Duke, External Affairs Lead at CPA Australia

Guest: Shane Wright, Senior Economics correspondent with the Sydney Morning Herald and The Age

You can read Shane’s reporting on the origins of the Reserve Bank and the case for a review.

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 platform. 

You can email the podcast team at podcasts@cpaaustralia.com.au

Audio of RBA Governor Philip Lowe: Source: Reserve Bank of Australia 2021

This podcast episode helps accountants advise their SME clients in financial distress from challenges ranging from inflation to insolvency. Listen now.

Join CPA Australia's expert policy team as we dive into Treasurer Jim Chalmers' announcements from last night's Budget unveiling.

Learn what these measures could mean for accountants, business owners and finance professionals, and explore the broader implications for the Australian economy.

Uncover valuable insights with this comprehensive breakdown of Budget 2024.

Host: Simon Downes, external affairs lead, policy and advocacy, CPA Australia

Guests: Gavan Ord, business investment and international lead, policy and advocacy, CPA Australia, and Elinor Kasapidis, interim chief learning and innovation officer, learning and innovation, CPA Australia.

For further insights, head to CPA Australia’s Budget 2024 page for expert and authoritative insights on the latest Federal Budget. 

CPA Australia publishes four podcasts, providing commentary and thought leadership across business, finance, and accounting: 

• With Interest
• INTHEBLACK
• INTHEBLACK Out Loud
• Excel Tips

Search for them in your podcast platform. 

You can email the podcast team at podcasts@cpaaustralia.com.au

In this episode, we look at the risks and approaches to drought planning, preparedness and recovery and the role that accountants can play in this cycle.

To help explore this topic is our guest expert Courtney Bryant, Assistant Secretary from the Commonwealth Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry.

Listen now. 

Host:  Kimberley Ohayon, Manager of Advocacy and Engagement at CPA Australia

Guest: Courtney Bryant, Assistant Secretary from the Commonwealth Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry

CPA Australia has released two new My Firm, My Future e-learning modules to further support our regional and rural members. 

One on the Drought Support Shared Responsibility Framework which we have referenced in this podcast, and one on Succession Planning for farming clients.

Additionally, you can find more useful information by searching “drought” on the official government department site. 

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

CPA Australia’s Senior Tax Manager Elinor Kasapidis attended September’s invite-only, ATO-hosted OECD Forum on Tax Administration.

At this event in Sydney, discussions took place between global tax regulators, administrators, and business representatives, with a raft of ideas debated.

In this episode, she unpacks what was raised in the forum’s agenda and offers CPA Australia’s perspective on the event.

Listen now.

Host:  Dr Jane Rennie, CPA Australia General Manager Media and Content

Guest: Elinor Kasapidis, CPA Australia Senior Manager Tax Policy

Accountants’ letters are used by some lenders to assess a borrower’s ability to service a loan before they’ll approve it, requiring an accountant to confirm that they’ve assessed the client’s ability to repay the loan. In this podcast, Keddie Waller, CPA Australia’s Head of Public Practice and Small and Medium Enterprises explores the reasons for their use and the associate risks for accountants and business. She also outlines CPA’s position on this issue.  

Financial performance isn’t the only corporate benchmark these days.

Investor and public information needs are evolving towards a broader set of performance measures, such as climate change, modern slavery and human rights. 

Tune in now to learn more.   

Host: Ram Subramanian, Senior Manager Reporting and Audit Policy, CPA Australia

Guest: Dr Andreas Barckow, Chair of the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) 

For more information, the International Financial Reporting Standards Foundation (IFSB) website has an article that explains the benefits of connectivity in reports.

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 platform. 

You can email the podcast team at podcasts@cpaaustralia.com.au

Retirement and financial wellbeing depends on ensuring all Australians can access appropriate, high-quality financial advice. Right? However, aspects of this sector haven’t worked as well as they could. Instead, consumers and advisers are grappling with high costs, a lack of trust and excessive documentation. 

For these reasons, there has been a review (Michelle Levy’s Quality of Advice Review, otherwise known as the QAR). 

The aim of the review is to improve the accessibility and affordability of quality financial advice. The recommendations were made public in February 2023.

 To dive into the QAR are two CPA Australia experts who made submissions and worked closely with government and industry to help find some practical solutions. 

Want to learn more? Listen right now. 

Host: Jennifer Duke, External Affairs Lead at CPA Australia

Guests: Keddie Waller, Head of Public Practice and SME at CPA Australia, and Michael Davison, Senior Manager, Advocacy and Retirement Policy at CPA Australia

You can also have a look at CPA Australia’s Quality of Advice Review – Proposals for Reform.

And read the media release explaining why the Joint Associations Working Group welcomes the release of the final report of the Quality of Advice Review

For further information, CPA Australia has produced a Value of Advice research report which has some excellent insights.

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 platform. 

You can email the podcast team at podcasts@cpaaustralia.com.au

Keeping pace with industrial regulations is crucial for Australian businesses - and we’ve seen a raft of law changes in recent times.

This episode looks at the latest developments in Australian Industrial Relations (IR) law and their potential impact on employers and employees.

Deep dive into the practical implications for employers and employees of fixed-term contracts, the right to disconnect, the revised definitions of employee, employer and casual work and more.

Stay on top of the latest IR law developments by listening today.

• Host: Gavan Ord, Business Investment Policy Manager, CPA Australia 
• Guest: Ruth Hart, Special Counsel, Coors, Westgarth Chambers

Learn more about today’s topic at the Fair Work Commission website, which has guidance on changes to the Secure Jobs Better Pay Act and the Closing Loopholes Act.

Additional relevant information is available at the Safe Work Australia website.

You can also listen to other With Interest episodes on CPA Australia’s YouTube channel.

CPA Australia publishes four podcasts, providing commentary and thought leadership across business, finance, and accounting:

• With Interest
• INTHEBLACK
• INTHEBLACK Out Loud
• Excel Tips

Search for them in your podcast platform.

Email the podcast team at podcasts@cpaaustralia.com.au

Australia's Productivity Commission aims to double philanthropic giving by 2030. Is this a realistic ambition? 

Tune in now for CPA Australia expert analysis of the Commission’s review into philanthropy and find out what you need to know. 

Host: Dr Jane Rennie, General Manager Media and Content, CPA Australia

Guest: Ram Subramanian, Senior Manager Reporting and Audit Policy, CPA Australia

If you’d like to read more about this topic, CPA Australia’s submission to the Productivity Commission is online. 

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 platform. 

You can email the podcast team at podcasts@cpaaustralia.com.au

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, thanks for listening to With Interest in 2022.

The recently tabled changes to the fringe benefits tax (FBT) are part of the government strategy for boosting electric vehicle (EV) uptake by reducing the price differential between EVs and conventional petrol and diesel-fueled cars.

Is it time to switch to an EV to qualify for FBT exemption? This podcast highlights key factors to consider, such as the vehicles that are eligible and the additional costs of running and maintaining an EV. Listen now.

Planning for retirement is crucial. For many Australians this involves managing and increasing contributions to their superannuation fund. 

Government policies, however, significantly affect retirement savings. Recent draft legislation proposed by Treasurer Jim Chalmers aims to reduce tax concessions for those with super savings exceeding $3 million.

This draft legislation was released within a month of the government revealing plans to define an “objective of superannuation” for future generations and parliaments, with the purpose of preserving savings in an equitable and sustainable way.

What does this all mean for you? Tune in now for expert insights. 

Host: Simon Downes, External Affairs Lead, CPA Australia

Guest: Richard Webb, Senior Manager Financial Planning and Superannuation Policy, CPA Australia

You can read CPA Australia’s submission on the Better Targeted Superannuation Concessions Bill on our website.

CPA Australia publishes four podcasts, providing commentary and thought leadership across business, finance and accounting: 

• With Interest
• INTHEBLACK
• INTHEBLACK Out Loud
• Excel Tips

Search for them in your podcast platform. 

You can email the podcast team at podcasts@cpaaustralia.com.au

Receiving communications from the Australian Taxation Office (ATO) can often be stressful for taxpayers and their advisers. 

Nevertheless, being aware of what to anticipate and how to appropriately react can alleviate some of the anxiety. 

As the deadline for submitting your tax return approaches (October 31), we’ve got you covered. This timely episode provides valuable insights and guidance on what’s essential.

Tune in now.

Host: Dr Jane Rennie, Head of Media and External Engagement, CPA Australia

Guest: Elinor Kasapidis, Head of Policy and Advocacy, CPA Australia

For more insights on today’s topic, CPA Australia has a tip sheet on responding to ATO enquiries. Additionally, the ATO has a taxpayer charter with further information. 

CPA Australia publishes four podcasts, providing commentary and thought leadership across business, finance and accounting: 

• With Interest
• INTHEBLACK
• INTHEBLACK Out Loud
• Excel Tips

Search for them in your podcast platform. 

You can email the podcast team at podcasts@cpaaustralia.com.au

In this podcast episode, learn about Goal Seek and how it can help you in Microsoft Excel. Hosted by Neale Blackwood CPA.

We’re now in the middle of winter and true to form, winter illnesses are surging. The chief, though by no means only, culprit is COVID-19; and like other COVID-19 spikes, it’s having a major impact on workplaces.

In this environment, businesses have to make tough decisions about how to operate sustainably while ensuring staff, clients and customers are kept safe.

Marissa Alley, CPA Australia’s Executive General Manager People and Culture, drops in to discuss how businesses and employees can navigate this difficult environment.

Host:  Dr Jane Rennie, CPA Australia’s General Manager Media and Content

Organisations around the world are grappling with an array of complex global issues right now. That said, those businesses prioritising technology and digital skills are in a much better position to handle these challenges. CPA Australia recently published its Business Technology Report 2022. Jonathan Ng, policy adviser in CPA Australia’s Hong Kong office, coordinated this major research piece, and in this week’s podcast he discusses the findings.

Federal Labour has handed down its first Budget since it came to power earlier this year. 

Has this first Budget delivered on what Australia needs in these challenging economic times? How does this Budget rate and what does it mean for small business? 

What were the taxation measures announced? And is there a clear roadmap for future growth from the Albanese Government?

CPA Australia’s policy experts analyse and dissect the Budget announced by the Treasurer Jim Chalmers. 

Listen now. 

Host:  Dr Jane Rennie, CPA Australia General Manager Media and Content
Guests: Gavan Ord, CPA Australia Senior Manager Business Policy and Elinor Kasapidis, CPA Australia Senior Manager Taxation Policy 

And for more analysis and commentary on this the second Federal Budget of 2022, CPA Australia online has you covered. 

There is a global push for businesses to increase the disclosures of the environmental risks their operations pose. With the new draft of International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB) standards recently released, we discuss the Board’s approach and how it might compel businesses to disclose their sustainability practices, or lack thereof, to the public.

This podcast outlines what tax claims tradies can make in 2022 and answers the question: are bacon and egg rolls a work-related expense? Listen now.  

JobKeeper was the biggest stimulus payment to business in Australian history.

CPA Australia’s expert panel takes a look at how this A$88.9 billion stimulus package stacks up against other programs and evaluates its effectiveness. 

Was it worth the cost? Tune in now. 

Host: Dr Jane Rennie, Head of Media and External Engagement, CPA Australia

Guests: Elinor Kasapidis, Head of Policy and Advocacy, CPA Australia, and Gavan Ord, Senior Manager Business Policy, CPA Australia 

In June this year, the Australian Government called for feedback on the JobKeeper program. CPA Australia made a submission, which you can read online. 

CPA Australia publishes four podcasts, providing commentary and thought leadership across business, finance, and accounting: 

• With Interest
• INTHEBLACK
• INTHEBLACK Out Loud
• Excel Tips

Search for them in your podcast app. 

You can email the podcast team at podcasts@cpaaustralia.com.au

The world of financial reporting, auditing, assurance and tax advice seems far away from a subject like climate change. But the challenge of sustainability reporting, and the requirements that will fall on the accounting profession, are getting closer and closer. 

This podcast will deliver insights on the changes set to happen in sustainability reporting obligations. Delve into the expert analysis on how these measures could impact accountants, finance professionals and businesses alike. 

Don’t miss out - tune in to stay ahead of the climate reporting curve.

Host: Simon Downes, External Affairs Lead, CPA Australia

Guest: Patrick Viljoen, ESG Lead, Policy and Advocacy, CPA Australia

For further information, head online to read CPA Australia’s ESG policy submissions. 

Other podcasts on corporate disclosure and ISSB’s new reporting standards are also available on the CPA Australia platform. 

Additionally,  you can find industry feedback on Australian Sustainability Reporting Standards – Disclosure of Climate-Related Financial Information. 

CPA Australia publishes four podcasts, providing commentary and thought leadership across business, finance, and accounting: 

• With Interest
• INTHEBLACK
• INTHEBLACK Out Loud
• Excel Tips

Search for them in your podcast platform. 

You can email the podcast team at podcasts@cpaaustralia.com.au

CPA Australia is helping to ease the excessive red tape burden on business by successfully advocating for more streamlined processes. 

In this podcast you’ll learn how we’re facilitating a better navigation of regulatory requirements, especially in financial reporting.

Listen now to find out more. 

Host: Simon Downes, External Affairs Lead, CPA Australia

Guest: Ram Subramanian, Interim Head of Policy and Advocacy, CPA Australia

For more insights, read how CPA Australia saved the Queensland construction industry unnecessary red tape.

Additionally, there is information on nationally consistent fundraising principles for the charity sector which frees up debilitating red tape. CPA Australia was one of the peak bodies that supported this campaign. 

CPA Australia publishes four podcasts, providing commentary and thought leadership across business, finance, and accounting: 

• With Interest
• INTHEBLACK
• INTHEBLACK Out Loud
• Excel Tips

Search for them in your podcast platform. 

You can email the podcast team at podcasts@cpaaustralia.com.au

Navigating work-related expenses can be a challenge. Little wonder the ATO says it’s one of the biggest areas for errors at tax return time.

That’s why today’s episode will help you demystify the rules for claiming work-related expenses in 2024.

This comprehensive episode covers everything from the importance of diligent record-keeping to the intricacies of claiming home office expenditures, travel and car costs, specialised equipment and educational expenses.

But we're not just stopping at the basics – we'll also equip you with expert tips for accurately calculating your expenses and ensuring you have all the requisite documentation should the ATO require further information.

Consider this your roadmap to smooth sailing for your tax return expenses. Listen now.

• Host: Gavan Ord, Business Investment and International Lead, Policy and Advocacy, CPA Australia
• Guest: Rob Thomson, Assistant Commissioner at the Australian Taxation Office (ATO)

The four-part Tax Time 2024 series is a special feature in June on the With Interest channel. You can listen to other Tax Time 2024 episodes at the series page.

You can also listen to previous episodes in this series on CPA Australia’s YouTube channel.

Additionally, CPA Australia has tools and resources to help support you ahead of tax time 2024.

For further information, the ATO offers guidance on keeping records, occupations, car expenses, tools, clothing, self-education and common deductions.

CPA Australia publishes four podcasts, providing commentary and thought leadership across business, finance, and accounting:

• With Interest
• INTHEBLACK
• INTHEBLACK Out Loud
• Excel Tips

Search for them in your podcast platform.

Email the podcast team at podcasts@cpaaustralia.com.au

In this podcast, public practitioner at Future Advisory and CPA Australia public practice committee member Jason Robinson explores some of these challenges and shares his insights into how the industry is handling these issues.

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 policy and advocacy work, email policy.advocacy@cpaaustralia.com.au.

It’s that time of year again: SMSF reporting season is upon those managing their own superannuation.

Staying updated on the latest changes is crucial, whether you’re overseeing it yourself or working with a fund.

To guide you through the latest in super, CPA Australia’s superannuation expert helps break down what you need to know.

From SMSF reporting season to insights on NALI, indexation and changes to rules and caps, stay on top of your super by tuning in today.

• Host: Aidan Ormond, Digital Content Editor, CPA Australia
• Guest: Richard Webb, Superannuation Lead, CPA Australia

For more information, head to the ATO website for:

• Non-arm’s length income
• Assessable contributions
• Super for individuals and families
• Understanding concessional and non-concessional contributions

You can also read the quality of advice review final report on the Treasury website. 

And you can find a CPA at our custom portal on the CPA Australia website.

CPA Australia publishes four podcasts, providing commentary and thought leadership across business, finance, and accounting:

• With Interest
• INTHEBLACK
• INTHEBLACK Out Loud
• Excel Tips

Search for them in your podcast platform.

You can email the podcast team at podcasts@cpaaustralia.com.au

This is a special cybersecurity awareness month edition of With Interest.

Governments, businesses large and small, and individuals – no-one is safe from man in the middle attacks. Just ask Google, Facebook or Puerto Rico.

Also known as payment redirection or invoice fraud, these schemes are devasting, highly profitable, growing and evolving.

Join our cyber and consumer experts to find out what it takes to defeat these money mules.

Tune in now.  

Host: Jacqueline Blondell, Editor, CPA Australia

Guests: Alastair MacGibbon is Chief Strategy Officer at CyberCX. He’s has spent 20 years in the cyber security space, including as a former special advisor to the Australian Prime Minister on cyber security.

Delia Rickard is a former Deputy Chair at the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) and has spent a decade fighting scammers.

Show notes

The ACCC’s Scamwatch website includes fraud prevention advice, case studies and up-to-date data on what different types of frauds are costing the Australian people.

If you’d like to read more about invoice fraud, including the schemes discussed in this episode, these links have information through press releases, documents and news articles. 

• ·        Puerto Rican fraud  https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/13/us/puerto-rico-phishing.html
• ·        https://www.trendmicro.com/vinfo/hk-en/security/news/cybercrime-and-digital-threats/puerto-rico-loses-millions-in-email-scam
• ·        https://www.nbcnews.com/news/latino/puerto-rico-says-it-was-scammed-out-2-6-million-n1136191
• ·        Toyota fraud Toyota Parts Supplier Hit By $37 Million Email Scam (forbes.com)
• ·        https://www.cpomagazine.com/cyber-security/toyota-subsidiary-loses-37-million-due-to-bec-scam/
• ·        Facebook, Google fraud Lithuanian pleads guilty in U.S. to massive fraud against Google, Facebook | Reuters
• ·        Barbara Corcoran fraud How Barbara Corcoran almost lost $400,000 to an email scam (cnbc.com)
• ·        Phishing in Australia Phishing - scam emails | Cyber.gov.au

CPA Australia publishes four podcasts, providing commentary and thought leadership across business, finance, and accounting: 

• With Interest
• INTHEBLACK
• INTHEBLACK Out Loud
• Excel Tips

Search for them in your podcast app. 

You can email the podcast team at podcasts@cpaaustralia.com.au

The ATO recently disclosed that more than 180,000 tax returns, or around 4 per cent of the 4.5 million tax returns filed in July, were either manually reviewed by an ATO employee to verify claims and/or adjusted by the ATO.

The ATO has pointed the finger squarely at early lodgments as the culprit for the high number of returns which needed reviewing or fixing.

Does it make more sense to delay the start of tax time? Listen now.

This podcast episode discusses CPA Australia’s analysis of the 2022 Federal Election and what members can expect from the new government. Listen now.

PivotTables allow you to create reports without using a single formula. The standard calculation for a PivotTable is SUM. 

With Interest presents an episode from CPA Australia's INTHEBLACK Out Loud podcast.

While learning a programming language was once the domain of IT specialists, today it starts in primary school. This is because programming unlocks the full power of computers to perform difficult tasks and answer complex queries.

While accountants already take advantage of tools like Microsoft Excel, a simple programming language like Python helps to streamline workflows and improve data manipulation when deeper insight is needed.

Listen to the full episode.

Click to read the article.

INTHEBLACK Out Loud is presented by CPA Australia.

CPA Australia publishes four podcasts, providing commentary and thought leadership across business, finance, and accounting:

• With Interest
• INTHEBLACK
• Excel Tips
• INTHEBLACK Out Loud

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You can email the podcast team at podcasts@cpaaustralia.com.au

Against a backdrop of the lowest unemployment rate in 48 years, and with more job vacancies than unemployed people in Australia, a national Skills and Jobs Summit was held over two days in early September. 

This is the first of two With Interest episodes that explore outcomes from the Summit.  

In this episode, you’ll learn what the summit delivered in terms of solutions for business. 

Listen in as CPA Australia’s subject matter experts discuss.  

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 Interest
• INTHEBLACK (coming soon)
• Excel Tips

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You can email the podcast team at podcasts@cpaaustralia.com.au

With Interest presents an episode from CPA Australia's INTHEBLACK Out Loud podcast.

The stress and burnout that have permeated the working environment in recent years have increased the importance of empathy at work.

Empathy and authentic vulnerability have become vital in the workplace, and both are often regarded as key leadership traits.

Listen to the full episode.

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INTHEBLACK Out Loud is presented by CPA Australia.

CPA Australia publishes four podcasts, providing commentary and thought leadership across business, finance, and accounting:

• With Interest
• INTHEBLACK
• Excel Tips
• INTHEBLACK Out Loud

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You can email the podcast team at podcasts@cpaaustralia.com.au

The Treasurer’s Federal Budget 2023 has been delivered with CPA Australia's tax and business experts dissecting the announcement. 

Stay informed with this in-depth budget breakdown. Listen now.

Host: Dr Jane Rennie, General Manager Media and Content, CPA Australia

Guests: Elinor Kasapidis, Senior Manager Taxation Policy CPA Australia and Gavan Ord, Senior Manager Business Policy, CPA Australia

For additional coverage, head online for CPA Australia’s 2023-24 Federal Budget coverage. 

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 platform. 

You can email the podcast team at podcasts@cpaaustralia.com.au

Did you know that more than $683 billion in tax was collected across all levels of Australian government in 2021-22? 

These funds were allocated to everything from health, education, infrastructure and defence, and biosecurity surveillance. Even fishing rods for school kids. 

With ever-growing government debt and stubborn deficits, key questions emerge: where is the money being spent, how is it being collected and from whom?

Today’s episode addresses these questions, giving you expert analysis and insights on Australia's major tax events and changes in 2023.

Host: Simon Downes, External Affairs Lead, CPA Australia

Guest: Elinor Kasapidis, Head of Policy and Advocacy, CPA Australia

For more insights, listen to an earlier episode of With Interest which examines super’s proposed changes. 

You can read more about what was discussed in today’s episode here:

• Tax revenue info
• EV case
• GST Sharing
• Private wealth AAT case
• ATO debt collection

CPA Australia publishes four podcasts, providing commentary and thought leadership across business, finance and accounting: 

• With Interest
• INTHEBLACK
• INTHEBLACK Out Loud
• Excel Tips

Search for them in your podcast platform. 

You can email the podcast team at podcasts@cpaaustralia.com.au