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Proposed Financial Institutions Supervisory Levies for 2024–25
CPA Australia, Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand (CA ANZ) and the Institute of Public ccountants ( P ) (“the Joint Accounting Bodies”) welcome the opportunity to provide a submission to Treasury on the Proposed Financial Institutions Supervisory Levies for 2024–25 Discussion Paper (“the Discussion Paper”), currently available for consultation.
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Improving Employability And Migration Outcomes For International Graduates And Migrants By Building On Professional Year Programs
A paradox exists: Australia’s demand for talent is huge, yet many international students who stay on to work after graduation are not working in their field of study. This observation also applies to migrants more generally.
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Reforming Australia’s anti-money laundering and counter-terrorism financing regime
Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand, CPA Australia and the Institute of Public Accountants (we/our) together with their respective affiliate bodies represent over 350,000 professional accountants in Australia, New Zealand and around the world.
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Consultation paper: Response to PwC – tax regulator information gathering powers review
The Institute of Public Accountants (IPA) welcomes the opportunity to make a submission on the above. IPA is one of the professional accounting bodies in Australia. Of the IPA’s members who hold a Professional Practicing Certificate, 91 per cent are Registered Tax Agents. IPA has regular interactions with the ATO and TPB relating to their respective information gathering activities.
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Draft TPB(I) D53/2024 – Breach reporting under the Tax Agent Services Act 2009
The Australian Bookkeepers Association, Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand, CPA Australia, the Institute of Public Accountants, the Institute of Certified Bookkeepers, the NTAA Plus, the Taxation Committee of the Business Law Section of the Law Council of Australia, the SMSF Association, and The Tax Institute (together, the Joint Bodies) write to you as members of the Tax Practitioners Governance and Standards Forum (GSF) and Consultative Forum (CF).
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Inquiry into wholesale investor and wholesale client tests
Chartered Accountants Australia & New Zealand (CA ANZ), CPA Australia, the Institute of Public Accountants and the SMSF Association (the Joint Associations) welcome the opportunity to provide comments to the above inquiry.
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IESBA Exposure Draft Proposed International Ethics Standards for Sustainability Assurance (including International Independence Standards) (IESSA) and Other Revisions to the Code Relating to Sustainability Assurance and Reporting
The Institute of Public Accountants Group (IPA) welcomes the opportunity to comment on IESBA’s Exposure Draft Proposed International Ethics Standards for Sustainability Assurance (including International Independence Standards) IESSA and Other Revisions to the Code Relating to Sustainability Assurance and Reporting. IPA commends the IESBA for developing the Exposure Draft under a relatively compressed timeframe.
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Better Targeted Superannuation Concessions: Draft Regulations
Chartered Accountants Australia & New Zealand (CA ANZ), CPA Australia, Financial Advice Association of Australia (FAAA) and the Institute of Public Accountants appreciate the opportunity to respond to the Draft Regulations consultation presently underway at Treasury. It is our overall view that these draft regulations demonstrate again that the Better Targeted Superannuation Concession (BTSC) is poorly designed and needs to be redesigned.
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IESBA Exposure Draft Using the Work of an External Expert
The Institute of Public Accountants Group (IPA) welcomes the opportunity to comment on IESBA’s Exposure Draft Using the Work of an External Expert.
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Competition and Consumer (Designated Complaints) Determination 2024
The Institute of Public Accountants (IPA) welcomes the opportunity to provide comments on the Competition and Consumer (Designated Complaints) determination 2024 Exposure Draft. Approximately three-quarters of IPA’s members work in or advise the small business and small to medium enterprises sectors. Our submission is taken from this perspective.