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Exposure Draft 07/22 Proposed Standard APES 215 Forensic Accounting Services
IPA is supportive of the range of proposed amendments to address definitions and examples in APES 215 and quality management-related conforming amendments arising from changes made to APES 320 Quality Managements for Firms that provide Non-Assurance Services.
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Multinational tax integrity: Public Beneficial Ownership Register
On behalf of the Institute of Public Accountants I submit our comments on the design features for the first phase of a publicly available beneficial ownership register that the Government committed to introducing as part of its multinational tax integrity package.
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Treasury Laws Amendment (2022 Measures No. 4) Bill 2022
Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand (CA ANZ), CPA Australia and the Institute of Public Accountants (IPA) (“the Joint Accounting Bodies”) welcome the opportunity to provide a submission to the Economics Legislation Committee (“the Committee”) on the Treasury Laws Amendment (2022 Measures No. 4) Bill 2022 (“the Bill”) that was referred by the Senate on 24 November 2022.
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Treasury Laws Amendment (Measures for Consultation) Bill 2022: sustainability standards – Exposure Draft and Explanatory Material
IPA supports the proposed amendments to the ASIC Act 2001 to confirm the responsibilities of the AASB, AUASB and FRC on the development of sustainability reporting standards and requests ASIC expedite its decisions on matters that will give Australian entities certainties on sustainability reporting.
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Implementation of the Government's response to the Review of the Tax Practitioners Board
The external professional association members1 of the Tax Practitioners Board (TPB) Tax Practitioner Governance and Standards Forum2 (TPGSF), collectively the Joint Bodies, make this submission in response to consultation on the Exposure Draft Treasury Laws Amendment (Measures for Consultation) Bill 2022: Tax Practitioners Board Review (the ED).
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Australian Law Reform Commissions Review of the Legislative Framework for Corporations and Financial Services Regulation - Interim Report B
The Joint Associations congratulate the ALRC for the detailed, thorough, well-considered and impressive work presented in Interim Report B of its Review of the Legislative Framework for Corporations and Financial Services Regulation.
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Corporate insolvency in Australia
The IPA has had the benefit of reading the submissions made to this Inquiry by the Association of Independent Insolvency Practitioners (AIIP). The AIIP and IPA have joint members who are Registered Liquidators and insolvency practitioners and specialists. The IPA has also had the benefit of reading the submission to this Inquiry of the Condon Advisory Group.
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Exposure Draft 05/22 Proposed Revisions to the Definitions of Listed Entity and Public Interest Entity in APES 110 Code of Ethics for Professional Accountants (including Independence Standards)
IPA is generally supportive of the range of proposed amendments to the Code to align with the requirements of the IFAC IESBA International Code of Ethics for Professional Accountants (including Independence Standards).
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Exposure Draft 06/22 Revision of APESB pronouncements
IPA is supportive of the range of proposed amendments to address quality management-related conforming amendments arising from changes made to APES 320 Quality Managements for Firms that provide Non-Assurance Services......IPA also supports the proposal that the amendments are to become effective as of 1 April 2023, with earlier adoption permitted.
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Strengthening the ABN system
IPA is supportive of the proposed reforms that act to strengthen the integrity of the Australian Business Number (ABN) system to target misuse, enhance the quality of ABN data, and improve ABN holder engagement and compliance.