Accountants Daily Podcast Network – Details, episodes & analysis

Parras & Associates accountant Nick Parras and Pristine Finance broker Marinko Radomir share how working together has helped support their clients and strengthened their businesses.

In this latest episode of Accountants Daily Insider podcast, host Miranda Brownlee and Annie Kane, managing editor of The Adviser, speak to Nick and Marinko about their specialisation in high-net-worth and medical professionals and how they work together to deliver the best outcomes for these clients. 

Tune in to find out:

• How working with brokers can also benefit accounting firms.
  Tips for finding broking partnerships that are the right fit for the accounting firm.
• Shared and unique challenges in each profession.
• How they work with high-net-worth clients.

Paul Dove joins Imogen Wilson on this week's episode of AD Insider to discuss how outsourcing can benefit accounting firms in light of current issues and industry struggles.

Cloudstaff is a remote staffing solutions provider that helps innovative companies around the globe find their "dream team" of staff.

Dove is the senior vice president of sales at Cloudstaff and is quite the guru when it comes to the ins and outs of outsourcing. He shares his personal experience and knowledge of how this mechanism can help transform and alleviate the accounting industry. 

Dove chats about his role at Cloudstaff, his personal experience and shares his knowledge of how this mechanism can help transform and alleviate the accounting industry.

Heather Smith and Tyler Caskey delve into the latest features, integrations and developments across QuickBooks, MYOB and Xero over April and May.

Accounting app specialist Heather Smith and technology enthusiast and partner at The Bean Counters, Tyler Caskey, share their thoughts on some of the recent updates across accounting apps in the past two months.

They chat about the release of several new features by QuickBooks including the spreadsheets sync feature and the release of the fixed asset register and some recent integrations on the platform. 

They also touch on some of the big announcements in the space including Xero's decision to retire Planday and changes with its pricing plans.

Smith and Caskey also highlight some of the other useful features launched across practice management and business management software platforms recently. 

With 30 June fast approaching, we take a closer look at recent developments that could come into play in the new financial year and what they mean for SMSFs.

Host Aaron Dunn discusses the Treasury's long-awaited exposure draft documents on ECPI measures, as well as two bills set to be debated in the Senate this week — the six-member SMSF bill and the bring-forward rule bill for 65 and 66-year-olds.

Aaron also gives his top tips for SMSFs ahead of the end of the financial year.

Dry tax training sessions that go on for hours on end tend to be a feature of the profession, but does it always have to be this way?

Joyce Ong, founder of Tax Nuggets Academy, joins host Jotham Lian in this episode of Accountants Daily Insider to explain why she left a lucrative career in the profession to change the way we approach tax training.

Named as one of the top 20 future leaders to watch by Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand, Joyce explains how she combines her creative flair with her technical expertise to create short and engaging videos — or "lollipops for your brain with hidden veggies", as she terms it.

Joyce also gives her honest and unbridled take on the current tax training landscape and shares what it's like to step out as a business owner for the first time.

In this week's special budget round-up, hosts Aaron Dunn and Jotham Lian take a closer look at all the measures affecting superannuation and SMSFs that are set to kick in from 1 July 2022.

The pair discuss the abolition of the work test for personal contributions, changes to legacy income streams, the relaxation of SMSF residency rules, new super measures addressing housing affordability, and the scrapping of the $450 superannuation threshold.

Aaron explains how these measures will affect SMSF practitioners and their clients, and also shares what he had hoped to see in the budget this year.

It's a big spending budget with an even bigger net debt approaching $1 trillion. But what does it all mean for the profession, and how will it impact your clients?

The Institute of Public Accountants' general manager of technical policy, Tony Greco, joins host Jotham Lian in this week's episode of Accountants Daily Insider to unpack all the big-ticket measures from this year's budget that will have an impact on practitioners and their clients.

Tony shares his initial reaction to the budget, tackling everything from tax cuts to superannuation, while taking a closer look at some glaring omissions that continue to haunt the profession.

Kristine Woods has spent over 33 years fighting seven chronic autoimmune diseases, had to deal with blindness in her right eye, and now has a permanent port implanted in her chest after her veins failed in 2017. Despite these challenges, she has refused to let them limit her, and has now gone on to set up her own successful bookkeeping firm, The Accounts Ladies.

In this episode of Accountants Daily Insider, Kristine tells host Jotham Lian how she balances her life as a mother, a business owner and a BAS agent, all while having to deal with different treatments and setbacks.

Kristine shares her advice on how to deal with adversity, and how she is determined to continue achieving new goals and giving back to the community.

It's been over a year since we first entered lockdown, yet accountants are still reeling from the additional workload heaped upon the profession.

In this episode of Accountants Daily Insider, businessDEPOT founder and managing director John Knight joins host Jotham Lian to look at the ongoing issues facing the profession, including staff burnout, talent shortage and impending deadlines.

John also shares some tips to improve firm culture after a year of working from home and his advice to fellow practitioners as they head into the busy tax season.

In this week's episode of Accountants Daily Insider, Class senior analyst Angelique Faes takes a closer look at trust administration and why it's ripe for disruption.

Angelique talks about the popularity of trusts, common pain points in trust administration, and how Class is looking to change things.

She also covers some recent acquisitions at the company and what it means for the future of Class.