In a submission to a parliamentary inquiry reviewing the proposed Capital Gains Tax (GCT) reforms, the Council of Small Business Organisations Australia (COSBOA) has endorsed the recommendations advanced by the Auctioneers and Valuers Association of Australia (AVAA) concerning [...]
A new suite of draft professional standards have been released for public comment by the Auctioneers and Valuers Association of Australia (AVAA), providing members, industry stakeholders and the broader community with an important opportunity to help shape [...]
The latest suite of draft professional standards released by the Auctioneers and Valuers Association of Australia (AVAA) has been warmly received by clients, industry stakeholders and AVAA Certified Valuers (CVAu) and AVAA Certified Auctioneers (CAAu), reinforcing the [...]
The nation's certified valuers have lodged a detailed submission to the Senate Standing Committee on Economics regarding the capital gains tax reforms set out in the Treasury Laws Amendment (Tax Reform No. 1) Bill 2026 (Cth), highlighting [...]
The term "professional valuer" is used extensively throughout Australia. It appears in advertising, websites, social media profiles, expert witness resumes, and business correspondence. Yet the widespread use of the description raises an important question ... what does [...]
A group of the nation's leading valuers are collaborating to develop the AVAA Standard Agreement for the Engagement of a Valuer, a practical professional resource designed to support valuation businesses throughout Australia. The project represents another step [...]
Businesses, government agencies, legal practitioners, insurers, accountants and consumers have been cautioned about the use of substandard valuation reports being presented as competent valuations by valuers claiming to be professionals. The good news is that certified valuers [...]
The Australian Consumer Law (ACL) imposes important obligations on businesses that conduct auctions. Among the most significant are the responsibility of auctioneers to take reasonable steps to ensure that information provided to prospective bidders is accurate, balanced [...]
As the Australian Government progresses its proposed Capital Gains Tax (CGT) reforms one issue sits at the centre of successful implementation, this being the accurate determination of asset value. Whether establishing baseline values, assessing historical market values, valuing [...]
One of the most important messages from the International Valuation Standards Council's (IVSC) recent Managing and Communicating Value Uncertainty paper is that uncertainty is not a flaw in valuation. It is an inherent part of professional valuation [...]
