Should auditors reduce their fees during COVID-19?
With clients facing COVID-induced financial strain, there is pressure on auditors to reduce fees. But is it an ethical trap?...
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How unbiased is a financial report really?
Research into financial reports has found that the way they’re designed has a big influence on how a business is judged...
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Brydon Review suggests sweeping changes to audit
Auditing would dramatically increase in scope to cover environmental and social governance if the Brydon Review takes effect...
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A roadmap to the future of audit
How can the public’s confidence and trust in audit be strengthened? CA ANZ has developed a 15-point plan...
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Last chance to have your say in the XRB’s Targeted Review
External Reporting Board chair Michele Embling FCA wants to remind the accounting community there is still time to make a submission to the Targeted Review of the New Zealand Accounting Standards...
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Catching up on intangibles
Research from ACCA and Deloitte throws light on the choice to capitalise or expense R&D costs...
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How companies put climate change financial risks on the books
Local standard setters have backed the G20’s push to include climate-related risks to earnings in financial statements...
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How integrated reporting <IR> tells the value story
What is integrated reporting? A way to give stakeholders a concise view of how an organisation creates sustainable value...
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Audit quality is good, but can we do better?
Audit quality in Australia and NZ isn’t bad, but the profession still has to work harder to address regulators’ concerns...
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Putting climate-change risk on the balance sheet
Chartered accountants are on notice to identify and measure business risks related to climate change...
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Why accountants need insurance
As data-matching grows more powerful every year, the right insurance can safeguard professionals against the increased risk of audits and stronger government scrutiny of clients...
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Bitcoin bonanza – or tax-time headache?
Investing in cryptocurrencies, even by SMSFs, is now more common, with up to half a million taxpayers actively in the market last year. But tax authorities are warning they will track down crypto...
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Trust vital in NZ tax transformation
A CA ANZ-TMNZ survey shows tax agents and businesses are nervous about sharing information with Inland Revenue...
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Integrated Reporting – the future of accounting
What does the new wave of global non-financial reporting mean for Australian accountants? London-based global expert Richard Howitt, head of the International Integrated Reporting Council, recently...
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The dementia epidemic and financial control
How capable is an ageing population of making complex financial decisions, and what happens when cognitive abilities decline?...