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CMT Accounting Pty Ltd
Unit 2, 211 Warrigal Rd
Hughesdale, VIC 3166 Australia
Phone: (03) 8525 7100
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As part of our ongoing commitment to Accounting and Ethical Professional Standards it is mandatory for us under APES 305 to communicate the terms of engagement with you. Therefore, this document confirms our understanding of the terms of our engagement and the nature and limitations of the services that we provide for our clients.
Our firm can supply the following services:
Our services will be conducted in accordance with the relevant professional and ethical standards issued by the Accounting Professional & Ethical Standards Board Limited (APESB), and any relevant legislation. The extent of our procedures and services will be limited exclusively for this purpose only. As a result, no audit or review will be performed and, accordingly, no assurance will be expressed. Our engagement cannot be relied upon to disclose irregularities including fraud, other illegal acts and errors that may exist. However, we may, as part of our responsibilities as a Member in Public Practice, take steps and actions as set out in Section 225 of the Code, “Responding to Non-Compliance with Laws and Regulations”. These include but are not limited to the following.
During the course of our engagement, if we identify or suspect that non-compliance with laws or regulations has occurred or may occur, which may have a direct effect on material amounts or disclosures in the financial statements or compliance with which may be fundamental to the operating aspects of your business, to your ability to continue its business or to avoid material penalty, we will discuss the matter with the appropriate level of management, those charged with governance or the internal auditor, as appropriate, to enable you to rectify, remediate or mitigate the consequences of the identified or suspected non-compliance or deter the commission of the non-compliance where it has not yet occurred. We will consider whether to communicate the non-compliance or suspected noncompliance with your external auditor, unless prohibited by law or regulation. We will also consider, based on materiality and/or significance of the matter, whether further action is needed in the public interest. Further action may include disclosing the matter to an appropriate authority even when there is no legal or regulatory requirement to do so or withdrawing from the engagement and the professional relationship where permitted by law or regulation. Where appropriate we will inform you of our intention to disclose the matter to an appropriate authority before disclosing the matter. However, if we have reason to believe that the actual or intended conduct would constitute an imminent breach of a law or regulation that would cause substantial harm to investors, creditors, employees or the general public, we may immediately disclose the matter to an appropriate authority in order to prevent or mitigate the consequences of such imminent breach of law or regulation.
This engagement includes on the individual or entity which we have agreed to work upon.
There is no assumption of responsibility for any reliance on our report by any person or entity other than yourself and those parties indicated. Our work shall not be inferred or used for any purpose other than for which it was specifically prepared. Accordingly, our reports and work may include a disclaimer to this effect.
This engagement will start upon the appointment of our firm and our acceptance of the work to be undertaken. We will not deal with earlier periods unless you specifically asks us to do so and we agree.
This engagement document will be effective for future years and ongoing unless we issue an amended one to you.
In conducting this engagement, information acquired by us in the course of the engagement, including any information relating to your affairs whether it belongs to you or not or is provided by you or not, is subject to strict confidentiality requirements. That information will not be disclosed by us to other parties except as required or allowed for by law, or with your express consent unless, we determine that disclosure of the non-compliance or suspected non-compliance to an appropriate authority is an appropriate course of action in the circumstances.
We wish to draw your attention to our firm’s system of quality control which has been established and maintained in accordance with the relevant APESB standard. As a result, our files may be subject to review as part of the quality control review program of CPA Australia which monitors compliance with professional standards by its members. We advise you that by accepting our engagement you acknowledge that, if requested, our files relating to this engagement will be made available under this program.
We may collect Personal Information about you, your representatives, your clients and others when we provide services to you. If we do, you agree to work with us to ensure that we both meet the obligations that we each may have under the Privacy Act 1988 (as amended). The obligations may include notifying the relevant person to whom the personal information relates who we are and how we propose to use their personal information. Where you have collected personal information, you confirm that you have collected the personal information in accordance with the Privacy Act, that you are entitled to provide this personal information to us and that we may use and disclose the personal information for the purpose/s we provide our services to you. We will handle personal information in accordance with the Privacy Act.
You are responsible for the reliability, accuracy and completeness of the accounting records, particulars and information provided and disclosure of all material and relevant information. You are required to arrange for reasonable access by us to relevant individuals and documents, and shall be responsible for both the completeness and accuracy of the information supplied to us. Any advice given to you is only an opinion based on our knowledge of your particular circumstances. You or your staff are responsible for maintaining and regularly balancing all books of accounts, and the maintenance of an adequate accounting and internal control system. You have obligations under self assessment to keep full and proper records in order to facilitate the preparation of accurate returns. It is your responsibility to keep those records for five (5) years.
A taxpayer is responsible under self assessment to keep full and proper records in order to facilitate the preparation of a correct return. Whilst the Commissioner of Taxation will accept claims made by a taxpayer in an income tax return and issue a notice of assessment, usually without adjustment, the return may be subject to later review. Under the taxation law such a review may take place within a period of up to four (4) years after tax becomes due and payable under the assessment. Furthermore, where there is fraud or evasion there is no time limit on amending the assessment. Accordingly, you should check the return before it is signed to ensure that the information in the return is accurate.
Where the application of a taxation law to your particular circumstances is uncertain you also have the right to request a private ruling which will set out the Commissioner’s opinion about the way a taxation law applies, or would apply, to you in those circumstances. You must provide a description of all of the facts (with supporting documentation) that are relevant to your scheme or circumstances in your private ruling application. If there is any material difference between the facts set out in the ruling and what you actually do the private ruling is ineffective.
If you rely on a private ruling you have received, the Commissioner must administer the law in the way set out in the ruling, unless it is found to be incorrect and applying the law correctly would lead to a better outcome for you. Where you disagree with the decision in the private ruling you can lodge an objection against the ruling if it relates to income tax, fuel tax credit or fringe benefits tax. Your time limits in lodging an objection will depend on whether you are issued an assessment for the matter (or period) covered by the private ruling.
Timely lodgement of accounts, documents, tax returns, ASIC lodgements with the ATO, banks, ASIC or any other authority is the sole responsibility of the taxpayer. We accept no responsibility if documents are lodged late, lost or destroyed. The taxpayer has full responsibility to pay any fees or penalties incurred by the tax office, banks, ASIC or any other authority no matter what the reason is for the penalty, fee or interest charge.
The fee arrangement is based on the expected amount of time and the level of staff required to complete the taxation services as agreed. This fee arrangement may be subject to change if work that is performed or disbursements that are incurred which are outside the scope of our engagement will be the subject of additional charge.
If no fee arrangement is in place then we will charge based on either time to complete the work or for the value of work undertaken or completed, which is at the discretion of us. We are not at liberty to disclose the hours taken to complete work unless we agree to do so. Fees must be paid prior to lodgement of any returns with the Australian Taxation Office or lodgement of any documents with any third party or authority.
We may reach agreement with business clients to pay a monthly fee for accounting & taxation services. The fee agreement is based on a fixed monthly fee but should work be required outside the normal tasks for the client then an additional fee will be advised to the client prior to the fee being incurred. Cancellation of fees requires 7 days’ notice from either party and may require an additional payment if delivery of services for the current financial year has exceeded the fee paid using our standard hourly rates. No refund is payable if services have not been requested or delivered in any given financial year.
Our liability is limited by a scheme approved under Professional Standards Legislation.
All original documents obtained from you arising from the engagement shall remain your property. However, we reserve the right to make a reasonable number of copies of the original documents for our records. Our engagement may result in the production of other documents including Electronic copies. All other documents produced by us in respect of this engagement will remain the property of the firm, subject to any statutory obligations. The firm has a policy of exploring a legal right of lien over any client documents in our possession in the event of a dispute.
Appointment of us to complete any work will confirm that you have agreed to our Engagement terms and we reserve the right to update or amend these terms without prior notice. This Engagement Authority will be effective for future years and ongoing unless amendments or updates are made at the discretion of the firm.
