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Our audit team undertakes the complete range of audits required of Australian accounting laws to help you to help you meet obligations or fulfil best practice procedures.
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We are fiercely dedicated to quality, use proven and globally tested audit methodologies, and invest in technology and innovation.
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Financial reporting advisory
Our financial reporting advisory team helps you understand changes in accounting standards, develop strategies and communicate with your stakeholders.
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Grant Thornton’s audit advisory team works alongside our clients, providing a full range of reviews and audits required of your business.
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We capture actionable, quality insights from data within your financial reporting and auditing processes.

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Corporate tax & advisory
We provide comprehensive corporate tax and advisory service across the full spectrum of the corporate tax process.
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We work with private businesses and their leaders on all their business tax and advisory needs.
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Tax compliance
We work alongside clients to manage all tax compliance needs and identify potential compliance or tax risk issues.
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Employment tax
We help clients understand and address their employment tax obligations to ensure compliance and optimal tax positioning for their business and employees.
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International tax
We understand what it means to manage tax issues across multiple jurisdictions, and create effective strategies to address complex challenges.
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GST, stamp duty & indirect tax
Our deep technical knowledge and practical experience means we can help you manage and minimise the impact of GST and indirect tax, like stamp duty.
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Our team – which includes tax lawyers – helps you understand and implement regulatory requirements for your business.
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Innovation Incentives
Our national team has extensive experience navigating all aspects of the government grants and research and development tax incentives.
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Transfer pricing
Transfer pricing is one of the most challenging tax issues. We help clients with all their transfer pricing requirements.
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Tax digital consulting
We analyse high-volume and unstructured data from multiple sources from our clients to give them actionable insights for complex business problems.
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Corporate simplification
We provide corporate simplification and managed wind-down advice to help streamline and further improve your business.
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Superannuation and SMSF
Increasingly, Australians are seeing the benefits, advantages and flexibility of taking control of their own superannuation and retirement planning.

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Payroll consulting & Award compliance
Many organisations are grappling with a myriad of employee agreements and obligations, resulting in a wide variety of payments to their people.
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Cyber resilience
The spectrum of cyber risks and threats is now so significant that simply addressing cybersecurity on its own isn’t enough.
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Internal audit
We provide independent oversight and review of your organisation's control environments to manage key risks, inform good decision-making and improve performance.
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Financial crime
Our team helps clients navigate and meet their obligations to mitigate crime as well as develop and implement their risk management strategies.
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Consumer Data Right
Consumer Data Right (CDR) aims to provide Australians with more control over how their data is used and disclosed.
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Risk management
We enable our clients to achieve their strategic objectives, fulfil their purpose and live their values supported by effective and appropriate risk management.
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Controls assurance
In Australia, as with other developed economies, regulatory and market expectations regarding corporate transparency continue to increase.
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Governance
Through fit for purpose governance we enable our clients to make the appropriate decisions on a timely basis.
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Regulatory compliance
We enable our clients to navigate and meet their regulatory and compliance obligations.

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Our team advises at all stages of a litigation dispute, taking an independent view while gathering and reviewing evidence and contributing to expert reports.
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Our licensed forensic investigators with domestic and international experience deliver high quality results in the jurisdictions in which you operate.
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Asset tracing investigations
Our team of specialist forensic accountants and investigators have extensive experience in tracing assets and the flow of funds.

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Our mergers and acquisitions specialists guide you through the whole process to get the deal done and lay the groundwork for long-term success.
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Acquisition search & strategy
We help clients identify, finance, perform due diligence and execute acquisitions to maximise the growth opportunities of your business.
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Our M&A team works with clients to achieve a full or partial sale of their business, to ensure achievement of strategic ambitions and optimal outcomes for stakeholders.
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Operational deal services
Our operational deal services team helps to ensure the greatest possible outcome and value is gained through post merger integration or post acquisition integration.
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Transaction advisory
Our transaction advisory services support our clients to make informed investment decisions through robust financial due diligence.
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ESG and sustainability due diligence
As environmental, social, and governance (ESG) considerations become increasingly pivotal for dealmakers in Australia, it is important for investors to feel confident in assessing transactions through an ESG lens.
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Business valuations
We use our expertise and unique and in-depth methodology to undertake business valuations to help clients meet strategic goals.
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Tax in mergers & acquisition
We provide expert advice for all M&A taxation aspects to ensure you meet all obligations and are optimally positioned.

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Corporate finance
We provide effective and strategic corporate finance services across all stages of investments and transactions so clients can better manage costs and maximise returns.
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Debt advisory
We work closely with clients and lenders to provide holistic debt advisory services so you can raise or manage existing debt to meet your strategic goals.
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Working capital optimisation
Our proven methodology identifies opportunities to improve your processes and optimise working capital, and we work with to implement changes and monitor their effectiveness.
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Capital markets
Our team has significant experience in capital markets and helps across every phase of the IPO process.
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Debt and project finance raising
Backed by our experience accessing full range of available funding types, we work with clients to develop and implement capital raising strategies.
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Private equity
We provide advice in accessing private equity capital.
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Financial modelling
Our financial modelling advisory team provides strategic, economic, financial and valuation advice for project types and sizes.
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Payments advisory
We provide merchants-focused payments advice on all aspects of payment processes and technologies.

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Voluntary administration & DOCA
We help businesses considering or in voluntary administration to achieve best possible outcomes.
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We help clients facing corporate insolvency to undertake the liquidation process to achieve a fair and orderly company wind up.
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As corporate finance specialists, Grant Thornton can help you with raising equity, listings, corporate structuring and compliance.
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Our Safe Harbour Advisory helps directors address requirements for Safe Harbour protection and business turnaround.
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We help clients make informed choices around bankruptcy and personal insolvency to ensure the best personal and stakeholder outcome.
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Creditor advisory services
Our credit advisory services team works provides clients with credit management assistance and credit advice to recapture otherwise lost value.
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Small business restructuring process
We provide expert advice and guidance for businesses that may need to enter or are currently in small business restructuring process.
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Asset tracing investigations
Our team of specialist forensic accountants and investigators have extensive experience in tracing assets and the flow of funds.

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Does your company need a health check? Grant Thornton’s expert team can help you get to the heart of your issues to drive sustainable growth.
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We help clients improve commercial performance, profitability and address challenges after internal or external triggers require a major business model shift.
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Safe Harbour advisory
Our Safe Harbour advisory helps directors address requirements for Safe Harbour protection and business turnaround.
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Corporate simplification
We provide corporate simplification and managed wind-down advice to help streamline and further improve your business.
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Director advisory services
We provide strategic director advisory services in times of business distress to help directors navigate issues and protect their company and themselves from liability.
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Debt advisory
We work closely with clients and lenders to provide holistic debt advisory services so you can raise or manage existing debt to meet your strategic goals.

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Our clients can access business planning and strategy advice through our value add business strategy sessions.
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Private business company secretarial services
We provide company secretarial services and expert advice for private businesses on all company secretarial matters.
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Outsourced accounting services
We act as a third-party partner to international businesses looking to invest in Australia on your day-to-day finance and accounting needs.
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We provide SMSF advisory services across all aspects of superannuation and associated tax laws to help you protect and grow your wealth.
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We help you build comprehensive management reporting so that you have key insights as your business grows and changes.
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We help with all financial reporting needs, including set up, scaling up, spotting issues and improving efficiency.
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We help you build and maintain a business forecasting and budgeting model for ongoing insights about your business.
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Our team of experts provide ATO audit support across the whole process to ensure ATO requirements are met.
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Family business consulting
Our family business consulting team works with family businesses on running their businesses for continued future success.
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We help private business leaders efficiently structure their organisation for optimal operation and tax compliance.
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Our outsourced CFO services provide a full suite of CFO, tax and finance services and advice to help clients manage risk, optimise operations and grow.

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There is a growing demand for organisations to provide transparency on their commitment to sustainability and disclosure of the nonfinancial impacts of their business activities. Commonly, the responsibility for sustainability and ESG reporting is landing with CFOs and finance teams, requiring a reassessment of a range of reporting processes and controls.
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With the ESG and sustainability landscape continuing to evolve, we are focussed on helping your business to understand what ESG and sustainability represents and the opportunities and challenges it can provide.
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ESG, sustainability and climate reporting assurance
As the demand for organisations to prepare information in relation to ESG & sustainability continues to increase, through changes in regulatory requirements or stakeholder expectations, there is a growing need for assurance over the information prepared.
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ESG and sustainability due diligence
As environmental, social, and governance (ESG) considerations become increasingly pivotal for dealmakers in Australia, it is important for investors to feel confident in assessing transactions through an ESG lens.

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Management consulting
Our management consulting services team helps you to plan and implement the right strategy to deliver sustainable growth.
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Financial consulting
We provide financial consulting services to keep your business running so you focus on your clients and reaching strategic goals.

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The investment opportunities between Australia and China are well established yet, in recent years, have also diversified.
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Japan practice
The trading partnership between Japan and Australia is long-standing and increasingly important to both countries’ economies.
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It’s an exciting time for Indian and Australian businesses looking to each jurisdiction as part of their growth ambitions.
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Our Singapore Practice works alongside Singaporean companies to achieve growth through investment and market expansion into Australia.
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Investment and business opportunities in Vietnam are expanding rapidly, driven by new markets, diverse industries, and Vietnam's growing role in export manufacturing, foreign investment, and strong domestic demand.

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Client Alert Unlock 2025: government grants updateIf government grants are part of your 2025 strategy, take note of the available quarter one funding opportunities. With increasing inflationary pressures, government grants can be an essential alternative funding source for businesses with critical investment projects.
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Report Agribusiness, Food & Beverage Dealtracker 2024Merger & Acquisition (M&A) and equity market activity in the Agribusiness, Food & Beverage (Ag, F&B) sector is undergoing a strategic shift, as investors have become more selective and increasingly cautious in response to global economic uncertainty.
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Client Alert Government Grants in FY25As we embark on a new financial year, it’s crucial to take a strategic approach to understanding the government grants landscape.
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Client Alert Consultation on foreign resident CGT rules commencesTreasury is taking steps to ensure fairer tax treatment for foreign resident investors by tightening Australia's foreign resident Capital Gains Tax (CGT) regime. Proposed changes aim to broaden the CGT base and enhance integrity, impacting infrastructure, energy, agriculture, and more.
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- ADIs are being encouraged to strengthen governance by aligning regulatory expectations with strategy, improving board oversight, and leveraging internal audit for better organisational resilience.
- They must also adapt to the evolving payments landscape by modernising infrastructure, implementing proactive fraud controls, and preparing for the transition to real-time payments while protecting customers.
- Increased regulatory focus on AML reforms, vulnerable customer support, and tax governance means ADIs need to reassess their risk frameworks and operational practices to maintain trust and remain competitive.
Authorised Deposit-taking Institutions (ADIs) are navigating a complex operating landscape – one shaped by regulatory reform, rising consumer expectations, and rapid digital transformation.
Boards and executives are encouraged to respond with agility to remain competitive, as the focus shifts on how regulatory expectations are embedded into strategy, resilience, and growth.
ADIs now face the challenge of turning regulatory requirements into strategic advantage. To help you be prepared, we’ve summarised some key considerations to keep front of mind.
Governance beyond regulatory compliance
Regulators continue to emphasise that strong governance is key to organisational resilience. The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) and Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) continue to probe into linkage between weak governance and systemic compliance failures and cultural shortcomings. Boards are being urged to lift their governance maturity or face greater scrutiny.
Recent proposals from APRA aim to raise the bar, with higher expectations around board skills, director tenure, succession planning, and proper fit and proper process on key appointments. These updates are designed to incorporate accountability and strategic oversight at the Board level.
For ADIs, this is an opportunity to move beyond reactive compliance. Boards that actively measure performance, manage conflicts transparently, and align closely with regulatory expectations will be better positioned to lead through complexity and show strength to the market.
Fraud risks in the evolving payments landscape
With funds moving in seconds and fewer friction points, scams and fraud risks have grown rapidly – creating reputational, financial, and operational risks for banks. As Australia accelerates its modernisation agenda, regulators are watching how overseas markets are responding. The UK’s experience with its authorised push payment (APP) fraud reimbursement regime shares some lessons, with financial institutions now required to reimburse victims unless gross negligence is proven.
The focus has therefore shifted to prevention, meaning institutions will need to invest in better data sharing, fraud controls, and customer education initiatives. Taking a proactive approach to fraud risk – based on consumer protection and aligned with international best practice – will be key in maintaining public trust and regulatory confidence.
Australia’s move to real-time payments
With cheques and Bulk Electronic Clearing System (BECS) being retired by 2030, Australia’s payments system is undergoing its biggest transformation in decades. Real-time payments are becoming the norm, bringing benefits in speed, transparency, and operational efficiency, but also requiring a rethink of legacy systems and processes.
As a result, ADIs and their payments service providers will need to ensure their infrastructure is future-proofed and ready to support high-volume, real-time transaction processing with robust fraud controls and data security.
This is an opportunity to embed innovation, improve customer experience, and strengthen financial resilience. Institutions that invest in scalable, secure, interoperable platforms now will be better positioned to lead in the digital economy.
Using updated internal audit standards for strategic assurance
Internal audit is evolving into a more strategic function, one that does more than highlight control gaps. It plays a critical role in providing boards with assurance on risk culture, emerging threats, and the effectiveness of end-to-end risk management. Updated standards reflect this shift, encouraging audit teams to deliver greater impact through integrated assurance and smarter planning.
Boards are being urged to treat internal audit as a strategic partner by leveraging insights and using tools like integrated assurance maps to form a more complete view of the organisation’s performance and resilience.
To that end, technology is key to lifting audit effectiveness. Data analytics should inform planning and testing, enabling better diagnostics of fraud, cyber risk, and control weaknesses. When done well, internal audit not only supports decision-making, but also helps safeguard against future uncertainties.
Supporting vulnerable customers requires a rethink
ASIC’s recent review of hardship responses shows real gaps in how institutions identify and support vulnerable customers. With many instances of inconsistent communication, lack of tailored support, and poor data use, ADIs must reassess their hardship policies to meet both regulatory expectations and community standards.
Common issues include poor identification of hardship, confusing communication, and lack of customising the support provided. To address this, ADIs must proactively identify at-risk customers, tailor assistance, and stay engaged throughout the support journey. With consumer duty influencing local regulation, institutions need to shift from reactive responses to proactive, data-driven strategies that promote long-term financial wellbeing.
AML tranche 2 reforms impacting financial institutions
Australia’s long-awaited Anti-Money Laundering (AML) tranche 2 reforms will expand the regime to cover high-risk professions and tighten requirements for existing reporting entities. The changes will introduce enhanced due diligence, broader regulatory powers, and a stronger emphasis on governance.
For ADIs, the changes go beyond compliance – they’re a chance to reassess risk frameworks, close control gaps, and strengthen oversight across complex third-party networks. With tighter timelines and broader enforcement powers ahead, the institutions that move early on integrating automation, improving data integrity, and investing in governance will reduce risk and be better prepared for regulatory scrutiny.
Tax governance and innovation incentives
The ATO is sharpening its focus on the financial services sector, particularly in relation to GST assurance, R&D tax claims, and broader tax governance. ADIs need to ensure that tax positions are defensible, transparent, and strategically aligned with the business.
In addition, the R&D tax incentive is often underutilised, especially by larger institutions. But with offsets of up to 43.5 per cent, this is an opportunity for ADIs to turn innovation spend into greater strategic value. Strong governance, clear documentation, and alignment with the broader innovation agenda are key to unlocking that benefit.
Looking ahead
The regulatory agenda for FY26 is broad, complex, and fast-moving, but also rich with opportunities. Institutions that leverage compliance as a driver of transformation, not just an expense, will be best placed to succeed in an operating landscape where trust, agility, and innovation matter more than ever.
If you’re looking to navigate these challenges and unlock greater value from your risk, governance and compliance functions, we offer practical insights, a tailored approach and a clear focus on outcomes. Please get in touch to explore how we can support your priorities.