The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has the job of policing the introduction of the tax reform and ensuring people are not exploiting the situation. The ACCC has launched a GST Web site

HP has announced a completely new line-up of computers, printers and handheld devices for the Australian Christmas 2007.

Back before the GST was introduced, many retailers were understandably nervous that their point-of-sale (POS) system wouldnt be up to scratch once the dreaded tax came in. Thats where the makers of AAPos, like many other software companies, saw an opportunity.

There are plenty of GST accounting packages to choose from, but which is right for your business? Clem Roberts takes a look at four of the best. The new tax system will mean huge changes

A software vendor recently accused all its competitors of not being GST-compliant in a national newspaper. If the same lines of reason were applied to the ATO, it wouldnt be GST compliant either. You

Pastel will change the tax defaults for your entire inventory to GST in one fell swoop. You can also set a future tax price on your entire inventory as far in advance of July 1st as you like, and then

Much like MYOB. It handles combination taxes but you need to change customer and supplier tax information manually. You can, however, make expense accounts automatically subject to GST. So every time

Company should act now, say analysts.

It might seem unfair comparing MYOB’s best selling single user product with Quicken’s multi-user small business accounting package, but the key difference between the two is number of licences and not the functionality.

MYOB looks uncluttered. Its easy to find and change the list of tax codes and to see how the system works. However, the manual still doesnt offer enough step-by-step instructions. You ca

Toshiba adds more models with Next G capabilities, but if you want to slot in a 3 SIM you're out of luck unfortunately.

The lead up to the introduction of the GST was a boon for anybody with a localised accounting package...

Sage Line 50 can produce what it calls a Tax Return. This has some of the figures you need for the BAS. Sage guarantees, as the others do, that by July 1st the report will be complete. For working wit

The slump in the accounting software market since the heady days leading up to the introduction of GST has seen the major players completely revamp their products. For example, QuickBooks Pro once sold for less than half its current price and was designed for small business.

A Bluetooth headset that reminds you to replace the batteries when they’re getting low? GN shows you the light.

LaCie has announced new RAID devices for Windows and Mac OS computers.

Fujitsu announces the tiny S300 and the S510 colour desktop scanners.

IBM has launched the ThinkCentre S50 ultra small, a PC which it claims is the smallest in the world.

Came within one level of LHC control.