INTHEBLACK July 2025 - Magazine - Page 5
Professional development
TECHNICAL ACCOUNTING SKILLS
These courses from CPA Australia can help accountants and finance professionals to develop and enhance
technical accounting skills during tax season in Australia.
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Tax planning for SMEs
Learn common tax planning techniques
and how to identify the most effective planning
options when developing a tax strategy for a client.
Identify and understand the benefits, and apply tax
planning to SME clients in this course.
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A practical guide to fringe benefits tax
Updated for the 2024–25 financial year, this PDF
learning manual covers the rules relating to fringe
benefits tax. It provides an overview of how it works,
how to calculate the taxable value for each of the
12 categories, as well as how to prepare the return.
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mentoring program
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Accounting for leases
This course covers the scope of the new lease
standard IFRS 16 Leases, as well as the principles
of lease accounting for both lessee and lessor.
It consists of one online course, one learning manual
PDF and one online assessment.
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BAS advanced learning manual
This learning manual provides an enhanced
understanding of some of the more problematic
areas of accounting for GST in Australia. Designed
for those in tax accounting roles with a responsibility
for preparing income tax returns and BAS statements,
gain an advanced understanding of the preparation
of activity statements with this guide.
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