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Australia (Perth) · Jun 6, 2026, 6:11 AM AWST

Strengthen compliance checks and vendor terms for advisory services

Regulatory enforcement (TPB/ATO) is active again; expect advisers to demand stronger evidence and to narrow acceptance criteria for trust, tax and payroll work. AI tax-research and practice-management integrations are moving into supplier offers, creating licence-plus-delivery commercial splits that shift negotiation focus from labour rates to tool SLAs and support. Federal budget conversations are prompting advisers to reframe AML/CTF duties and fee scopes; buyers should confirm who owns compliance tasks in statements of work. Public incidents — a reported client-data breach and senior leadership exit at firms — raise continuity and cyber-due-diligence requirements when renewing or awarding advisory contracts

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  • Cost / money: Two-part commercial models (tool licence + delivery labour) can shift recurring costs and integration effort to the buyer unless contracts explicitly allocate them
  • Cost / money: Regulatory exposure or supplier incident histories make suppliers likelier to add mobilisation fees, short quote validity, or pass-through clauses to protect indemnity positions
  • Supplier / commercial: Vendors packaging AI capabilities will try to standardise licence terms and limit audit rights; buyers lose leverage on tool pricing unless they require tool-level SLAs
  • Supplier / commercial: Advisers with weak documentation or recent incidents may insist on scope limits, higher proof of insurance, or deposit-like terms before accepting trustee/tax engagements
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  • Safety / operations: Public data breaches and leadership churn create real continuity risks that can interrupt payroll, lodgements and advisory deliverables unless backup and incident response are proven
  • Safety / operations: Shallow AI integrations introduce uptime and support dependencies; inadequate post-sale support increases risk of execution failures during critical lodgement windows

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