This week on UTH, Emma and co-host Lee-Ann Hayes are joined by Mark Ellem, head of SMSF education at Accurium, to bust some myths about Division 296 and chat through some of the technical specifics of the recently passed bill.

Tune in to hear more about:

• Mark's career journey and how he got to where he is today.
• Common Div 296 myths.
• The bill's unexpected impacts on estate planning.
• How Div 296 has affected technical complexity in SMSFs.
• Mark's advice for high-net-worth individuals.

You can contact the Accountants Daily team and podcast host Emma at emma.partis@momentummedia.com.au.

Accountants in the past have suffered from information overload from the vast amounts of financial information collected from clients, but AI is now allowing them to interpret this data into simple, meaningful insights.

Leaders in Business managing director Brent Szalay and My Accounts CEO Noel Tiufino discuss what this means for the role of advisory as large language models continue to evolve at an exponential rate.

Szalay explains that just like a doctor with decades of patient records, AI is enabling accountants to efficiently identify patterns and potential risks from the financial data of clients "before they become chronic issues".

However, while AI can analyse the data and provide insights, Szalay stressed that accountants play an important role in bridging the emotional gap by understanding their clients' goals and values and supporting them in their journey.

Tiufino and Szalay also offer practical tips and tools including an adviser readiness quiz that can help practitioners evaluate where they may be falling short.

Leaders in Business: Don't guess where you sit on the advisory spectrum, test it. Take the Client Advisory Readiness Quiz. It'll show you where you're already thriving, and where the right structure, tools and clarity could take you further, beyond the numbers.

On this episode of Accountants Daily Insider, Jerome is joined by Drew Pflaum, co-founder and chief executive of SavvyWise, to chat about how his company is helping accountants adapt to the AI-powered future.

The pair cover:

• Why early AI adopters have a real advantage.
• How AI can save time and alleviate burnout.
• Why success depends on implementation, not just tools.
• Drew's thoughts on how AI is reshaping the business model of accounting.
• How SavvyWise has been built by an accountant, for accountants.

If you would like to know more about SavvyWise and how it could help transform your accounting firm, visit the website here.

This week on Under the Hood, we hear from our friends Heather Smith and Tyler Caskey, co-hosts of the Accounting Apps Podcast. In this episode, Heather and Tyler cover the flurry of new AI tools emerging in Q1 2026, and other developments in the accounting tech space.

Tune in to hear more about:

• How AI is rapidly transforming accounting workflows.
• Major platforms that are evolving into all-in-one ecosystems.
• New automated features that promise to reduce admin.
• How rising API costs might affect new apps.
• Upcoming local and global accounting conferences.

You can contact the Accountants Daily team and podcast host Emma at emma.partis@momentummedia.com.au.

This week on UTH, Emma is joined by public practice accounting recruiter Christine Foggiato to talk about the current hiring landscape, the top perks her clients are looking for and how AI is shifting the skills firms are prioritising in candidates.

Tune in to hear more about:

• Christine's career journey and how she got to where she is today.
• What separates firms that struggle to hire from those that easily attract talent?
• The top perks her clients have been looking for in employers.
• How AI, offshoring and talent shortages have affected the hiring landscape.
• The skills firms are prioritising in the AI landscape.

You can contact the Accountants Daily team and podcast host Emma at emma.partis@momentummedia.com.au.

This week on UTH, Emma is joined by Grant Thornton's national head of technical tax, David Montani, to chat about his new book, Tax Wars, which tackles the political forces behind Australia's tax reform gridlock.

Tune in to hear more about:

• David's career journey and how he got to where he is today.
• What inspired him to write Tax Wars?
• The difference between holistic and piecemeal tax reform.
• Mythbusting common policy misconceptions.
• Why the average Australian should care about tax reform.

You can contact the Accountants Daily team and podcast host Emma at emma.partis@momentummedia.com.au.

This week on UTH, Emma is joined in the studio by Ben Johnston, director of Johnston Advisory, to talk through the challenges and highlights of advising unconventional clients, including entrepreneurs, athletes and creatives.

Tune in to hear more about:

• Ben's career journey and how he got to where he is today.
• What it's like to advise surfers, creatives and entrepreneurs.
• The challenges of structuring wealth for non-traditional, non-linear careers.
• Property asa tried and true wealth-building strategy.
• Challenging accounting stereotypes, perceptions versus reality.

You can contact the Accountants Daily team and podcast host Emma at emma.partis@momentummedia.com.au.

This week on UTH, Jerome Doraisamy speaks with Adrian Cartland, principal solicitor at Cartland Law, about what he sees as necessary taxation changes for South Australia, which formed the basis of a manifesto he published ahead of the state's election later this month.

Tune in to hear more about:

• Lingering issues with SA's taxation system.
• The "uncontroversial" changes that the state government can and must make.
• Cartland's views on anti-overtaxing provisions, payroll tax grouping provisions, a consistent definition of charity across tax laws, and more.
• How the state of SA could benefit from needed tax changes.
• How individual practitioners can better advocate for needed change.

You can contact the Accountants Daily team at editor@accountantsdaily.com.au.