Tax

City Beach founders win tax battle with ATO over $52m restructure

A selective capital reduction to extinguish Division 7A loans that raised the Tax Office's eyebrows was not a “sham”,...

12 June 2024 • By Christine Chen

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Tax time confusion spikes among small business owners, survey shows

Recent research indicates that a growing proportion of small business owners find the tax system and the process of...

10 June 2024 • By Miranda Brownlee

Business

Retail business failure rate highlights ongoing challenges for sector

Retail businesses are struggling to stay afloat, with failure a common theme amongst many of them in the past year,...

11 June 2024 • By Jack Campbell

Super

LRBAs under fire as super legislation debate continues

The introduction of the $3 million super tax has sparked a fresh debate about limited recourse borrowing arrangements,...

11 June 2024 • By Keeli Cambourne

Tax

Lost receipts to cost SMB owners $948m in unclaimed expenses

SMB owners are expected to miss out on claiming an estimated $948 million in unclaimed expenses due to damaged or lost...

11 June 2024 • By Miranda Brownlee

Tax

Victoria’s new tax regime to ‘significantly impact’ commercial propery

The new commercial and industry property tax is a complex regime that will impact cash flow and returns, a specialist...

10 June 2024 • By Miranda Brownlee

Tax

Bendel appeal could affect Section 100A approach, says ATO

A decision by the Full Federal Court that ends up being unfavourable to the ATO for the Bendel appeal could have...

11 June 2024 • By Miranda Brownlee

Business

CPA Australia calls for 2-year extension to stalled tax break

The government’s pattern of announcing tax incentives but failing to pass them has become a “running joke” for...

07 June 2024 • By Christine Chen

Business

William Buck charity event brings joy for sick and disadvantaged children

Over 3,000 children and their families attended William Buck’s dedicated charity night at Sydney Zoo’s GLOW Festival.

07 June 2024 • By Miranda Brownlee

Tax

ATO ‘scrutinising’ section 109RB requests, practitioners warned

The ATO has cautioned practitioners and their clients not to rely on favourable discretion from the Tax Commissioner...

07 June 2024 • By Miranda Brownlee

Tax

NFPs urged to check guidance before applying for private rulings

The Tax Office has experienced a surge in requests for private rulings by non-charitable NFPs as the new reporting...

07 June 2024 • By Miranda Brownlee

Tax

Instant asset write-off measure for 2024–25 introduced into Parliament

A bill to set the instant asset write-off threshold to $20,000 for 12 months over the 2024–25 income year has been...

05 June 2024 • By Miranda Brownlee

Super

New Victorian property tax will affect investment decisions: legal specialist

SMSF trustees that invest in qualifying use property in Victoria from 1 July 2024 will need to be aware of how the new...

05 June 2024 • By Keeli Cambourne

Tax

CPA outlines ATO focus areas for expenses this tax time

With tax time fast approaching, the professional body has outlined some of the claims that may attract additional...

05 June 2024 • By Jack Campbell

Business

Over half of accounting firms to raise fees for services: Ignition

Ignition’s latest tax and compliance pricing data reveals that 55 per cent of firms plan to increase fees across all...

05 June 2024 • By Miranda Brownlee

Regulation

Dob-in window ‘nearly impossible’ for practitioners, joint bodies warn

A submission to the TPB says the 30-day time frame needs to be extended to at least three months amid heavy workloads...

05 June 2024 • By Christine Chen

Super

Div 296 tax carve outs include special super interests

It has already been revealed that there will be some superannuation members who will be excluded from Division 296,...

04 June 2024 • By Keeli Cambourne

Tax

ATO offers further guidance on self-assessing for new NFP return

The Tax Office has stressed that the main purpose of a community service organisation must be altruistic to be...

05 June 2024 • By Miranda Brownlee