How Independent is your Auditor Function?

The Accounting Professional & Ethical Standards Board (APESB) released an Independence Guide in May 2020. This guide was rewritten to incorporate changes to APES 110 Code of Ethics for Professional Accountants (the code) which took effect from 1 January 2020. In response to this guidance provided to Australian Auditors, HQB have expanded their Audit Services […]

JobMaker Hiring Credit – Are you eligible?

The legislation for the next round of government economic stimulus, known as the ‘JobMaker Hiring Credit’, became available on the 4th December 2020 with the first JobMaker period being 7 October 2020 – 6 January 2021. So, what does this mean for your business and will you be eligible to participate? To be eligible, you […]