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  1. ASIC defends handling of Shipton’s tax expense probe

    late to the Australian National Audit Office, on 16 October 2020. Auditor-General Grant Hehir told the committee in November last year that he had been forced to escalate the expenses matter to Treasury after ASIC’s processes in response to the expenses...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Sarah Kendell
    • Category: Tax

  2. 80¢ per hour work-from-home deduction method extended

    the third time the Tax Office has chosen to extend the shortcut method, after it was first due to expire at the end of the last financial year, then September 2020, and more recently, at the end of December 2020. Conversely, the ATO’s updated Practical...

  3. Firms warned against delaying audit decisions for ATO letter

    regarding the auditor independence standards until they receive the ATO’s letter have been warned they could be caught in a last-minute scramble. The ATO announced in June last year that it would be writing to firms during the 2020-21 financial year to...

  4. Phoney tax agent jailed after 14 years on the run

    to five months in jail after pocketing over $40,000 in fraudulent tax refunds. Sentenced in the Parramatta Local Court last month, Ibrahim El-Hassan had posed to be a tax agent and lodged multiple false income tax returns on behalf of unsuspecting...

  5. Sole trader triumphs in JobKeeper test case

    a sole trader access to JobKeeper after it found that his backdated ABN registration satisfied the integrity rules. Late last month, the AAT ruled that sole trader Jeremy Apted was in fact entitled to the JobKeeper program despite not holding an active...

  6. GST and stamp duty reform key to a sustainable tax system

    also be crucial in ensuring long-term sustainability in the tax system, says a key tax body. Delivering the state budget last month, NSW Treasurer Dominic Perrottet announced his intention to reform stamp duty. Supported by a consultation paper, the...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Reporter
    • Category: Tax

  7. Key dates ahead of the ATO’s annual closure

    Lodgement program deferral requests processed after 14 December may not display on a client’s record until the new year. The last tax return status email that reports the actions the ATO are taking when processing clients’ tax returns have been sent on...

  8. 23 days late: Accounting firms face growing debtor days

    flow now ranks within the top five challenges facing practices, despite such concerns failing to feature for three of the last four years. The white paper notes that there are a range of strategies to help reduce delays, including documenting credit...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Reporter
    • Category: Business

  9. Profession revolts against proposed ATO deadline

    now been told in no uncertain terms that the proposed start date for the second phase of Single Touch Payroll is unfeasible. Last week, the ATO confirmed that it was working towards a 1 July 2021 start date for STP Phase 2, which will see employers...

  10. Ombudsman data foreshadows challenging future for small businesses

    has revealed that payment times in October have ballooned up to an average of 31 days late, compared to 13 days late last year. Ombudsman Kate Carnell believes the new figures are an indicator of the challenges facing small businesses in the coming...

  11. Indexation of TBC tipped to trigger surge in excess amounts

    if indexation of the general TBC does occur, this will result in “significant difficulties” for many SMSFs. In an update last week, the ATO reminded SMSFs that if the All Groups consumer price index (CPI) figure for the December 2020 quarter is 116.9 or...

  12. Deloitte and Freedom Foods Group hit with class action

    revealed that its past financial results were inaccurate, among other revelations. Freedom Foods reported, in October last year, that it earned a full-year profit of $11.6 million. But that figure has now been “restated” as a $145.8 million loss. The...

  13. JobMaker registrations now open: ATO

    now opened registrations for the JobMaker Hiring Credit scheme following the release of rules by Treasurer Josh Frydenberg last week. Administered by the Tax Office, the scheme will run for 12 months from 7 October, with registrations through ATO online...

  14. Former ASX-listed company accountant faces multiple stealing charges

    an ASX-listed company has now been charged with stealing over $700,000 from the company. Facing the Perth Magistrates Court last Friday, the former accountant of Legacy Iron Ore Limited, Karen Kwan, was charged with 13 counts of stealing. The ASX-listed...

  15. ATO called out over ‘inconsistent’ work-related expenses case

    believing it is inconsistent with established case law and guidance material. The Administrative Appeals Tribunal had last month confirmed that taxpayer Cameron Lambourne, an electronics technician with the Australian Navy, was not entitled to over...

  16. Australia’s recession ‘technically over’, says Frydenberg

    per cent.” The Treasurer noted since the health pandemic started, the goal has been to keep Australians in work. “Over the last five months, 650,000 jobs have been created, the effective unemployment has come down from a peak of 14.9 per cent to 7.4 per...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Cameron Micallef
    • Category: Technology

  17. Temporary full expensing changes tabled in Parliament

    a track record of making substantial investments in Australia. The change, announced by Treasurer Josh Frydenberg last month, is intended to allow Australia-based businesses who are connected with large global groups to access the measure. Choice to opt...

  18. How APS helped Bentleys SA reap the rewards of data

    – and in particular, the increasing role that data will play. “Technology has changed the landscape immensely over the last few years. I remember first using paper ledger books, then going to Excel spreadsheets, and then going through on-premise...

  19. Financial advice regulation to undergo reforms following TPB review

    of the Tax Practitioners Board. The independent review of the TPB, chaired by Keith James, was released by the government last week, including wide-ranging recommendations aimed at ensuring a fit-for-purpose regulatory regime for the tax profession....

  20. Tax, BAS agent education standards set for overhaul following landmark review

    with a number of accounting bodies hitting out at the proposal when it was first floated in a discussion paper released last year. The government has adopted a neutral position on the final recommendation, noting that it will instead undertake further...

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