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22.May.2013

Tax News from Korea

News from BKR International's member in Korea, Seonjin Accounting Corporation: SEONJIN ACCOUNTING CORPORATION’S KOREA TAX NEWSLETTER – May 2013 Korea’s big companies face tougher tax probes Big businesses are...

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20.May.2013

New Zealand Budget 2013

Please go to HERE for a publication from BKR International's member firm, Munro Benge, on the New Zealand Budget 2013.

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15.May.2013

Australia Federal Budget 2013-14

The Federal Treasurer, Mr Wayne Swan, handed down his sixth budget at 7:30 pm (AEST) on 14 May 2013. The 2013/14 Federal Budget could be described as a moderate one in the context of the current budget deficit of $18b. It sets a pathway to return...

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02.May.2013
Asia Pacific Regional Meeting 2013 - Penang, Malaysia

Asia Pacific Regional Meeting 2013 - Penang, Malaysia

by Tim Partridge (Bunbury, Australia) Upon arrival at the Shangri-La Rasa Sayang Resort & Spa, any weariness from airport queues and international flights during the transit from our home countries quickly elapsed. The view from our hotel...

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29.April.2013

BKR Asia Pacific region presents second scholarship award

BKR International were proud to present their second Asia Pacific scholarship award at the regional conference in Penang, Malaysia. The award was presented to Ms. Tan Shee Ying of BKR host firm, Peter Chong & Co (Kuala Lumpur and...

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01.March.2013

Indian Budget 2013

Please go to the Members Area to download a document prepared by Doshi, Chatterjee, Bagri & Co on the Indian Budget 2013: http://www.bkrasiapac.com/Members-Area/Resources/Other.aspx

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31.January.2013

New member in Shanghai

We are pleased to announce the acceptance of Shanghai JaHwa CPAs (Shanghai) into membership. Shanghai JaHwa CPAs offers a variety of assurance, financial advisory, and business management services. Established in 2009, after splitting from...

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17.December.2012

NEW ADDRESS FOR EMEA REGIONAL OFFICE

From Monday 17 December 2012, the new contact address for the EMEA regional office will be:   16 Great Queen Street Covent Garden London WC2B 5AH United Kingdom   The telephone and fax numbers will remain the same.

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13.December.2012

FLYNTH (Netherlands) expands International Services

Flynth has been a member of BKR International since the end of 2008. Flynth promote this as enabling them to provide their customers who do business abroad with appropriate assistance across a wide range of issues. Affiliate offices of BKR...

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30.November.2012

Audit and Tax Meetings 2012 - EMEA region

This year's EMEA regional Tax and Audit meetings were held in Amsterdam on Monday 26 November.  Record numbers in attendance were achieved, with 60 delegates across both meetings, from 27 member firms, coming from 18 different countries.

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08.November.2012

Walker Wayland announced as fastest growing network in Australia

We are delighted to anounce that the Walker Wayland Australasia group has been named as the fastest growing network in Australia. Please see the article and quotes from Grant Allsopp (Sydney) on BRW's website...

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01.October.2012
Global outsourced accounting centralised from London member firm

Global outsourced accounting centralised from London member firm

Fluency is Blick Rothenberg’s global outsourced accounting subsidiary, having been formed to develop and extend the UK activities of BRAL Ltd., which has been trading successfully since 1985. BRAL is now a leading provider of outsourced...

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31.August.2012
V. Robert Lew (Hong Kong) quoted in IAB article

V. Robert Lew (Hong Kong) quoted in IAB article

V. Robert Lew (Hong Kong) was quoted in the International Accounting Bulletin's August 28 article, "Regulation: Chinese Power Play."  For those who have a subscription to the IAB, you can access the full article in its entirety...

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09.May.2012

Australia Federal Budget 2012-13

On 8 May 2012, the Treasurer, Mr Wayne Swan handed down his fifth Federal Budget. A fiscally tight Budget designed to return the Budget to surplus, it contained anticipated tax changes, but also had a raft of other tax measures some of which may not...

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30.April.2012

BKR presence in Guernsey proves valuable for Mumbai firm

Please refer to our Case Study page where our Mumbai member firm, T.R. Chadha & Co. worked closely with our Guernsey firm, Lince Salisbury, resulting in a great success story for BKR...

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27.April.2012

Secondment of staff - A success story

The idea of being paid to travel overseas is alluring for many professionals. A few months in the London or New York office can be an exciting prospect. The promise can be a major benefit of working in a large organisation. The downside, of...

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20.April.2012
Asia Pacific Regional Meeting 2012 - Bali, Indonesia

Asia Pacific Regional Meeting 2012 - Bali, Indonesia

Selamat Datang – Welcome to Bali!  by Jason Croston (Brisbane) Selamat Datang is ‘Welcome’ in Balinese and what a wonderful warm welcome we received in paradise for the BKR Asia Pacific Regional Meeting at the Westin Hotel...

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16.April.2012
BKR presents its first scholarship award in Bali

BKR presents its first scholarship award in Bali

BKR International were proud to present the first scholarship award in the Asia Pacific region at the regional conference in Bali. The award was presented to Bayu Aji Soedibyo of BKR International's Indonesian firm - Doli, Bambang, Sudarmadji...

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30.March.2012
Australasia Team Conference

Australasia Team Conference

By Nikki Gueco (Walker Wayland, Sydney) On February 17, 54 accountants, auditors and advisors invaded sunny Hamilton, New Zealand, for the Walker Wayland Australasia team conference. As the name suggests, it’s a conference aimed at the...

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27.March.2012
South Africa Meeting 2012

South Africa Meeting 2012

Stephen Roger and Grant Allsopp (Walker Wayland, Sydney) attended the South Africa Meeting of 2012. Please go to the EMEA website for an article of the event: HERE Presentations from the meeting are also available in the Members Area of...

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06.March.2012

New Practice Group

Expatriate Tax The Asia Pacific and EMEA Expatriate tax groups have been meeting via teleconference over the past few months. The groups discuss ways in which BKR specialists can work together to service clients in regards to expatriate tax...

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14.December.2011

Proposed changes to tax treatment of LAFHA in Australia

The Federal Government has recently outlined changes to the taxing arrangements of Living Away From Home Allowances(LAFHA) from 1 July 2012. Under the current legislation there is the ability to pay a LAFHA to employees that consists of payments...

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14.December.2011

PPSA is now upon us – Suppliers be aware

After a few false starts the new Personal Property Securities Act (PPSA) is now set to commence on 30 January 2012. The PPSA is the most significant change in the law in relation to business to business transactions that has occurred in years. It...

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03.August.2011
Brisbane member appoints new Director

Brisbane member appoints new Director

SRJ Accountants and Business Advisors in Brisbane, Australia, are delighted to announce the appointment of Michael Noon, as Director of their Business Services Division. Michael has already made a significant contribution over the past 12 months...

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22.July.2011

New member in Bunbury

We welcome AMD Chartered Accountants, who joins BKR International with their main office in Bunbury. Since its inception in 1982, AMD Chartered Accountants has grown to become the largest accounting, audit, and business services firm in Bunbury...

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13.July.2011

India - Union Budget 2011

BKR member, DOSHI, CHATTERJEE, BAGRI & CO., have produced an overview of the Union Budget 2011 from India. Please visit the Members Area at: http://www.bkrasiapac.com/Members-Area/Resources/Other.aspx

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17.May.2011
Asia-Pacific Regional Meeting – Hanoi, Vietnam

Asia-Pacific Regional Meeting – Hanoi, Vietnam

By Neville Rose, Melbourne: I have become accustomed to very warm welcomes from local member BKR firms who host Regional and Worldwide BKR conferences and Hanoi was no exception, from the moment we arrived, until we departed. The Vietnam firm...

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