| 2025 Australian Financial Industry Award winners announced
A full house at The Fullerton Sydney on Friday as we crowned the 2025 Australian Financial Industry Award winners. Hundreds of practitioners, partners and media joined us to celebrate excellence across tax, accounting, superannuation and financial advice.
Headline winners
- Australian Financial Professional of the Year: Michael Driessen, GDA Financial Services
- Australian Financial Practice of the Year: TAG Financial Services
- Financial Adviser of the Year: William Johns, Health & Finance Integrated
- Accountant of the Year: Krishan Sharma, KNS Accountants
- Bookkeeper of the Year: Kathi Tait
- SMSF Auditor of the Year: Ben Lacey
View the full list of winners and finalists here
Thank you to our partners
- Premier Partner: moneyGPS
- Partners: AuditSave, Scientiam, Harvey Norman, The Auditors Institute, Listed, Bennelong, Entry Counts, Lifestyle Asset Management, Tech Femme Fusion, and Digital Chameleon.
- ART has no power to issue summons for ATO inspection of premises
The ART has refused the Commissioner’s application under s 74 of the Administrative Review Tribunal Act 2024 to issue a summons to the taxpayer for permission to access its premises for the purpose of viewing certain facilities. The ART concluded that it did not have power to issue a summons on those terms as the purpose of a summons issued under s 74 was to allow a party to obtain, or have access to, evidence either through the production of a document or thing, or by requiring a person to appear before the Tribunal to give evidence – but it did not permit the Commissioner to access private premises. The ART likewise dismissed the Commissioner’s application under s79 of the Act for the same reasons. (DefendTex Pty Ltd and FCT [2025] ARTA 2287, 29 October 2025)
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