Insights

Celebrating the Lunar New Year: A time for reflection and renewal

As we welcome the Lunar New Year, it’s a time to reflect on the past year’s accomplishments and embrace new beginnings. Kevin Nguyen, Audit Supervisor, and Wesley Choy, BAS Supervisor, share how they celebrate the New Year.

2 contributors

Perth

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The ATO’s Top 1000 CAR Program: an insight into transfer pricing assurance

The Australian Taxation Office (ATO) recently released its sixth findings report, providing key insights into its Top 1000 Combined Assurance Review (CAR) program, particularly focusing on transfer pricing and related areas. Introduced in 2020, the CAR program targets the top 1,000 Australian taxpayers to ensure compliance with taxation laws across...

Becky Nguyen

Partner

Melbourne

Insights

Navigating Superannuation and KiwiSaver Transfers Between New Zealand and Australia

Thinking about making a permanent move between New Zealand and Australia in 2025? Whether you're relocating for work, family, or lifestyle reasons, there's one important thing you’ll need to consider: your retirement savings. The good news is that the Trans-Tasman Retirement Savings Portability Scheme makes it possible to transfer your...

Nicholas Falzon

Director

Sydney, Newcastle

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From vision to reality: PKF’s business advisory service helping to build a cutting-edge fertility clinic

Dr. Antony Lighten, a renowned fertility specialist, spent years working in the corporate IVF world. Driven by a desire to provide personalised, patient-centred care, he set out on an ambitious journey to build his own fertility clinic and day surgery centre in Sydney’s Northwest. Transitioning from a sole trader to...

Andrew Chen

Partner

Sydney, Newcastle

Case Studies

Forensic data analytics for a global not-for-profit organisation

Instances of fraud or workplace misconduct can have very serious organisational and reputational consequences for unsuspecting businesses. It's at these times when expert assistance is required for a swift, reliable, and comprehensive response. This was the experience of a global not-for-profit organisation, which was facing serious allegations of systemic bullying...

Craig Gregory

Partner - PKF Integrity

Perth

Case Studies

Forensic data analytics for a state government insurer

A state government insurer, responsible for managing insurance policies and claims, including workers compensation, state-owned assets, and home builders, faced significant challenges in identifying and mitigating instances of fraud, error, waste, and abuse within their insurance policy and claims data. They sought a robust solution to detect and address these...

Craig Gregory

Partner - PKF Integrity

Perth

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PKF Perth advise Dataline Visual Link on the successful sale to ASX-listed Intelligent Monitoring Group

The PKF Perth team is proud to have acted as financial and tax adviser to the shareholders of Dataline Visual Link Pty (DVL) in the sale of the business to ASX-listed Intelligent Monitoring Group (IMG). DVL is a Perth based provider of high-quality and leading-edge electronic security solutions, including CCTV...

Matthew Hall

Executive Director

Perth

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PKF Perth donates $10,000 to Perth Children’s Hospital Foundation

PKF Perth is proud to support Perth Children’s Hospital Foundation (PCHF) Christmas Appeal, “Ring the Bell”, with a $10,000 donation. The funds raised by the Christmas appeal will be used to support children’s cancer research and ensure that sick children have access to world-class care. For PCHF, the most heartwarming...

Kirsty Jones

Partner

Perth

Insights

The age of ESG: Why corporate responsibility matters

Corporate responsibility beyond profit At its core, ESG encourages corporations and other businesses and not for profit entities to be better corporate citizens and expand their focus beyond financial performance. Traditionally corporations were focused on financial aspects of their business, such as profitability, EBIT, dividend yields to name a few...

Simon Fermanis

Partner

Perth

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PKF Perth team raises over $11,000 for breast cancer research at Triathlon Pink

Each year thousands of women from across Australia take part in Triathlon Pink at WA Athletics Centre to raise funds for breast cancer research. And, this year, a team of women from PKF Perth participated raising $11,000 for the cause. The event is designed to cater to all abilities. Some...

Kirsty Jones

Partner

Perth

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Fraud prevention: it’s all about opportunity

Fraud in Australia is a persistent fact of life, affecting businesses of all sizes and across all industries. While there is no foolproof method of preventing fraud, the risk can be minimised by taking a systematic and considered approach to its management. It is generally accepted that there are three...

Geoff Peck

Partner - PKF Integrity

Melbourne

Insights

Is your business system still fit for purpose?

As a partner at PKF Digital, I’ve seen many clients in the same frustrating position: financial audits that were once manageable have turned into time-consuming torture. If you’re spending more time and energy than ever preparing for audits, your business system might be the culprit. Business systems should streamline processes,...

Don McLean

PKF Digital Partner

Sydney

Insights

Sustainability and the role of organisations

Australian Sustainability Reporting Standards are now live. In this article, we explore where your business can start to address these new requirements.