澳大利亚公共会计师协会集团 IPA Group

董事会主席

Damien Moore

在撰写本报告时，协会正在等待最终账目结算和2017-18的年度报表。

通过澳大利亚公共会计师协会（IPA）记录的增长和留存收益，我很高兴地宣布，本年度又是丰收的一年，协会可以为会员利益进行更大投资。

所有地区（澳大利亚，英国和亚洲）会员数量显著增长。但这些都离不开您作为忠诚会员的强大支持。

值得一提的是，协会全年为会员举办了一系列让我们引以为豪的活动。

自本财年开始，IPA焕然一新，在市场上得到了很好的认可。这一变化源于大量研究，并传递到我们所有其他运营区。

在与专业标准委员会（PSC）合作多个月后，我们将PSC计划扩展到其他相互认可的州和地区。会员提供的建议和行为的索赔责任受到限制。我们预计这项计划将于2019年初投放，并拓展成为永久性独立计划。同时，我们孜孜不倦的倡议活动贯穿全年，向政府、监管机构和标准制定者提交了大量意见书。IPA在此期间得到了媒体关系强有力的支持，突出协会在影响会员、专业和小企业等关键问题上的地位。

 IPA在许多关键领域代表其会员和专业人士，包括税务改革、养老金保障特赦，拟议的自我养老金管理 3年审计周期等。我们不得不提到9月底发布的第二版澳大利亚小企业白皮书，这是IPA迪肯中小企业研究中心耗时12个多月的重要成果，将用于IPA持续倡议和游说工作。

为了强调IPA集团和专业的全球性，我们承办了首届英国代表团，为澳大利亚的会员留下了深刻印象。随后组织了另一只代表团访问中国，重点关注商业利益，包括访问即将成为全球最大在线零售商的阿里巴巴等主要业务领域的领导者。

为了进一步扩大会员福利，IPA引入了一系列新的优质战略合作伙伴关系，如：Officeworks，Qantas Business Rewards和St. George银行集团。最近，我们与Reckon合作推出了在线云会计软件IPA Books +。小型企业将受到2019年7月实施的单一工资制度影响，而云会计软件的发展对小型企业至关重要。

诚然，2018年对IPA来说是伟大的一年。我期待在未来12个月，我们将取得更大的成就。

Damien Moore FIPA FFA

A remarkable year by all accounts

At the time of writing this report, the Institute is awaiting final sign-off of the accounts and preparing its annual report for the 2017-18 financial year.

I am pleased to report it has been another stellar year for the IPA, heralded by record growth and retained earnings; a vital element for reinvestment to deliver even greater member benefits.

Growth has been significant in all regions(Australia, UK and Asia). However, none of these results could be possible without the breadth and quality of support from you, out loyal members.

It is worthwhile to mention a number of the highlights that took place throughout the year; as there has been a range of activities that we can all be proud of.

At the start of the financial year, the IPA took on its new look with a refreshed brand, which has been very well receivedin the marketplace. This change stemmed from considerable research and has translated to all of our other operational jurisdictions.

After many months of work with the Professional Standards Council (PSC), we extended the PSC scheme to cover all states and territories under mutual recognition. This provided IPA members witha capped liability should there ever be a claim made based on quality of adviceor conduct. We anticipate that this arrangement is to be extended to apermanent stand alone scheme, likely to commence in early 2019. Similarly, our advocacy activities throughout the year have been tireless and have involved alarge number of submissions to government, regulators and standard setters.This has been supported by strong media relations to highlight our position on key issues impacting members, the profession and small businesses.

The IPA has represented its members and the profession in key areas, including tax reform, superannuation guarantee amnesty, the proposed SMSF 3-year audit cycle, along with many other issues. It would also be remiss not to mention the development of the second edition ofour Australian Small Business White Paper launched at the end of September; this was a significant body of over 12 months’ work through the IPA Deakin SMEResearch Centre and will form the basis of ongoing advocacy and lobbying work.

To underline the global nature of the profession and the IPA Group, we undertook our inaugural UK delegation, with Australian members enjoying an insightful program of visits in London. This was followed by another delegation to China, with a focus on commercial benefits, including visits to key business segment leaders such as Alibaba, which is setto become the largest online retailer in the world.

To extend further member benefits, the IPA has introduced a number of new strategic partnerships, including quality brandssuch as: Officeworks, Qantas Business Rewards and the St. George banking group. More recently, in partnership with Reckon, we have introduced the online accounting software solution, IPA Books+. This development is important for small business that will be impacted by the single touch payroll regime when it is implemented in July 2019.

Yes, it has indeed been a great year for the IPA. I look forward to the next 12 months, where we will strive for even greater achievements.

Damien Moore FIPA FFA