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24.01.2022 It’s time for some positivity in what’s been an extraordinarily tough year. The Oct-Nov 2020 issue of Acuity celebrates chartered accountants making a difference where it counts. Plus we look at debtor management software that helps your business get paid faster. cc Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand

24.01.2022 What does Bill Moss AO, the man who set up Macquarie’s Group’s property division, predict for Australian business post-pandemic? A lesson from the past is that after every crisis, technology takes off and booms, he says. cc Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand

23.01.2022 Responsible investing is so hot right now, with investments in sustainable assets globally up 96% in 2020 from 2019. Who’s driving this push and what are the pitfalls? Ben Falkenmire speaks to the experts. cc Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand

23.01.2022 Sarah Bell CA is volunteer treasurer at not-for-profit Wellington Rape Crisis, which offers counselling services to survivors of sexual abuse. By leveraging something I am good at, I’m able to assist the organisation to continue doing amazing work, she says. cc Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand

23.01.2022 As COVID-19 lockdowns took hold, air pollution levels plummeted, oil demand dried up, and wild animals could be seen wandering the streets. But will the coronavirus pandemic have any lasting impact on climate change? cc Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand

23.01.2022 It’s business leaders, not their teams, that make wellbeing policies a success says workplace wellbeing consultant Catherine Ross. cc Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand

23.01.2022 In the latest issue of Acuity, Deloitte Australia CEO Richard Deutsch says leaders have a responsibility to ensure "that we are innovative, that we are economically sound and that we are compassionate toward one another." Do you have what it takes to be recognised as an Acuity Future Leader? Find out by applying here. https://bit.ly/2Gp7j3k

22.01.2022 New Zealand businesses and government departments are facing underpayment perils by failing to comply with the Holiday Act. So how can you ensure your employees’ leave is calculated correctly? Having the right software can help. Brought to you by FlexiTimeTeam. #ad cc Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand

22.01.2022 Did you know the ATO can audit you in secret? Australia’s Inspector-General and Tax Ombudsman Karen Payne FCA says she can help. This is where we can absolutely add a lot of value and alleviate concerns for practitioners and taxpayers, she says. Find out more on the Acuity podcast. cc Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand cc Inspector-General & Taxation Ombudsman

22.01.2022 Corporations are in the box seat when it comes to fighting climate change and accountants have a strong role to play. Jane Gleeson-White and Bruce Gilkison CA discuss the case for greenie accountants on the Acuity Podcast. cc Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand

20.01.2022 How far are we really from the electric vehicle revolution? Here are five things you may not know about this growing industry. cc Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand

20.01.2022 A Delta outbreak delayed the RBNZ’s flagged cash rate rise in August, so it nudged it up to 0.5% in October. But economist Donal Curtin isn’t convinced it’s the best move for the NZ economy. cc Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand

19.01.2022 With almost 1500 redundancies across Australia’s Big Four in the wake of the coronavirus crash, CAs who thought they had their careers mapped out are having to change course. What are the options? cc Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand

19.01.2022 Accounting Heart’s Sonia Gibson CA, Link Advisors Chartered Accountants’ Elle Sweeney CA and Shannon Smit CA from SMART Business Solutions were big winners in Australia’s 2020 Women in Finance Awards. But do they think women working in the financial services sector could be better supported? And what’s their advice for young CAs starting out? cc Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand

19.01.2022 A fiscal cliff looms at the end of September, when governments wind back COVID-19 support. An army of zombie businesses are set to crumble, so how can we avoid the zombie apocalypse? cc Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand

18.01.2022 Treasurer Frydenberg has flagged supply-side reforms as the path to post-COVID economic recovery, but is that enough? Pitcher Partners’ Gavin Debono says there’s a pressing need for other reforms, too. cc Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand

18.01.2022 There’s no question that distrust has increased the longer people have worked from home, says Stuart Taylor from Springfox. So how can employers build the trust they need? cc Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand

17.01.2022 A wise person once told me that being a good auditor is all about having two views. First there's the details view, where auditors spend a lot of time and assemble evidence for the audit file. Then there's the distance view, where you step back from the whole engagement and look for anything that seems off, says Peak Super Audits managing director and Auditor of the Year winner at the 2020 Women in Finance Awards, Naomi Kewley CA. cc Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand #AuditorProud #AuditInAction

15.01.2022 From November 2021, Australian Business Registry Services is accepting applications for director IDs. What does this mean for you and your clients? Grant Thornton’s Sian Sinclair explains. cc Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand Grant Thornton Australia

15.01.2022 Chartered accountants’ skills are proving incredibly useful in the sustainability and climate space, whether through reporting, assurance or risk management, says CA ANZ President Dr Nives Botica Redmayne FCA. cc Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand

14.01.2022 Will the government look to new taxes on super to pay for its coronavirus pandemic spending? SMSF specialist Meg Heffron looks at the urgent changes needed for self managed superannuation funds. cc Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand cc Heffron

13.01.2022 How can auditors use self-service business intelligence data analysis tools to pinpoint fraud and drive down costs? Dr Christopher Kelly FCA and James Hao’s award-winning paper Beneath the Data provides some answers. cc Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand

13.01.2022 After a challenging 18 months, auditors should take a bow during #AuditorProud week. Deloitte Australia’s Rakin Hasan CA and Whanganui-based Talia Anderson-Town CA and Cameron Town CA share why they are #AuditorProud and what the future of audit looks like to them. cc Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand Silks Audit Chartered Accountants Ltd

12.01.2022 Are finance professionals ready to share the driver’s seat on the journey to a carbon neutral economy? We’re on new frontiers, says PwC’s Matthew Lunn FCA, and the need for CFOs and accountants with expertise in sustainability is growing. cc Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand PwC Australia ClimateWorks Australia

11.01.2022 Companies with a more diverse mix of decision-makers tend to have higher profits. So is your organisation missing out by promoting only footy-playing white blokes? As Azlin Lutfi CA explains, Where all, or most, key decision-makers come from a similar background and share similar experiences, it is easy for blind spots to appear. cc Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand cc Pride Advice

10.01.2022 The coronavirus pandemic triggered the biggest, fastest changes to audit EY’s Glenn Carmody CA has ever seen. So what’s different about doing an audit during COVID 19 and what changes are likely to last in the new normal? cc Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand

10.01.2022 Are you a young chartered accountant passionate about the work you do and making a tangible difference to the lives of people around you? Or do you know a CA who is? Acuity magazine is looking for talented CAs aged 35 and under to profile as future leaders in the December/January Big Ideas issue. Nominations close on 12 Oct 2020, so get in touch soon here: https://bit.ly/36oUdxM cc Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand

10.01.2022 NZ farmers are in a race to calculate their greenhouse gas emissions by December 2022. Spearheading efforts towards meeting that deadline is Charles Rau FCA, a BDO tax partner and dedicated farmer. He’s using his own farm as an example of the simple carbon offsets agribusiness can achieve with the help of accountants. cc Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand BDO Gisborne

09.01.2022 Ready for some new challenges? In our Oct-Nov 2021 issue, Acuity explores the opportunities for accountants as the world shifts to carbon neutral. cc Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand

09.01.2022 A cancer diagnosis 20 years ago put Springfox’s Stuart Taylor on the path to resilience. What are his five tips everyone can use to improve their own resilience and create sustainable performance at work? cc Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand Springfox

08.01.2022 Accountants can come under a lot of pressure to do work as ‘a favour’ for friends or a community group. But undertaking engagements outside your area of knowledge is risky. Here’s how it often goes wrong. cc Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand

07.01.2022 New NZ legislation covering trusts comes into force next year. Experts say accountants should be deciding now if it would be better to step out of the trustee role. Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand

05.01.2022 What do accountants have to do with sustainability? Woolworths’ Jason Lowe CA and EY’s Jomo Owusu CA helped craft a renewable power purchase agreement that will see Woolies supermarkets avoid creating 158,000 tonnes of carbon emissions each year. But it wasn’t simple. cc Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand Woolworths EY Australia

04.01.2022 HCF has created a dedicated COVID-19 Hardship Team to assist fund members struggling to pay premiums during the pandemic. What help is available? Brought to you by HCF Health Insurance Australia. #ad

04.01.2022 As a manager, have you considered incorporating non-work goals into your team’s KPIs? Leadership expert Mark LeBusque says this will not only improve worker satisfaction, but also boost productivity and reframe the conversation around work-life balance. cc Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand

04.01.2022 Mark Twomey CA was the mentor for Pradhima Shyamsunder CA through the CA ANZ Mentor Exchange Program, but he ended up learning from her about a different generational approach to a chartered accountant career. cc Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand

04.01.2022 Now a year into his job as Westpac CFO, Michael Rowland FCA is at his desk every day working to make the bank simpler and stronger. What’s his ‘special sauce’ for leadership? cc Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand

03.01.2022 Sue Sheldon CNZM FCA has played an impressive role on many NZ boards and helped NZ Global Women change attitudes, but where did her journey start? cc Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand

03.01.2022 Fiona Campbell FCA totally loathed audit at uni but now she’s deputy chair of its international standards body. How did she end up in love with an audit career? What has the coronavirus pandemic done to audit? And why does she dread putting on high heels again? #AuditorProud #AuditInAction cc Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand

01.01.2022 An AASB/AUASB guidance, updated in April, has changed the mood around reporting on climate risk, nudging it from a social responsibility to a financial one. cc Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand

01.01.2022 There has been recent good news in efforts to develop an effective coronavirus vaccine. But will a vaccine alone be enough to control the spread of the virus? cc Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand

01.01.2022 MYOB has gone back to the drawing board for its new version of MYOB Essentials accounting software. The new, turbocharged functionality makes life a whole lot easier for accountants and their SME clients. Brought to you by MYOB. #ad cc Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand