With Interest

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

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You can email the podcast team at [email protected]

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

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You can email the podcast team at [email protected]

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

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You can email the podcast team at [email protected]

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

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You can email the podcast team at [email protected]

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.

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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 [email protected]

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

Unlock long-term career success by honing your communications skills.

In this episode you'll discover why these abilities are crucial and how you can elevate your soft skills to give your accounting and finance career a lift. Tune in now.

Host: Jacqueline Blondell, Content Editor, CPA Australia Guest: Professor Nick McGuigan FCPA teaches at Monash Business School. He teaches finance and accounting leaders about the value of communication and its growing role for the profession.

INTHEBLACK has insights on today's topic, including how to communicate complex financial information.

For more thought leadership, Nick McGuigan co-wrote a paper on the subject of art, technology and accounting.

McGuigan has also written a paper on the development of integrative thinking and has been part of a mycelium and accounting project, which was subsequently reported on.

Additionally, there are examples of the way accounting is communicated at organisations such as TJ Accounting Consultants and Fox and Hare Financial Advice.

For added background, head to the creative accounting research project at Coventry University and the Accountability Institute.

You can also watch the Dating an Accountant project and read about how you measure love.

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

• With Interest
• INTHEBLACK
• Excel Tips

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You can email the podcast team at [email protected]

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.

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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

Search for them in your podcast platform.

You can email the podcast team at [email protected]

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

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You can email the podcast team at [email protected]

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

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You can email the podcast team at [email protected]

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 [email protected]