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  1. Further tax audits in the works, says director

    the next 12 months, in light of increase data matching from the ATO. “What we’re finding is that the ATO has said over the last number of months that they are doing a lot of comparison of databases, bank accounts from overseas,” said Mr Munro. “Every...

  2. ‘A delicate balancing act’: ATO pushes for sub-$60k earners to self-lodge

    78 per cent of tax returns prepared by a tax agent required adjustments, compared to 57 per cent for self-preparers. Just last month, the ATO noted that 60 per cent of the 112,000 tax returns that required correction in the first two months of tax time...

  3. Proposed work test reform for recent retirees released

    balance below $300,000 to make voluntary contributions for 12 months from the end of the financial year in which they last met the work test. Treasury has now released draft legislation and regulations for the measure and is seeking feedback by 26...

  4. ATO holds millions in unclaimed refunds after 200k skipped lodgment

    About 200,000 taxpayers who failed to do their taxes last year would “likely” have received a refund, according to the ATO, as part of a campaign to push for on-time income tax lodgment. With the deadline of 31 October for self-preparers edging closer,...

  5. ASIC ramps up SME focus amid backlash to weak big biz monitoring

    obligations of small businesses, having dealt with over 700 offences relating to failure to keep books and records last year. The corporate regulator has announced that it will continue its small business focus for the 2018–19 financial year, as part of...

  6. The gig economy: What you need to know to get it right

    Over the last decade, Australia’s workforce has seen a significant shift towards contract, temporary, and freelance work but employers should take note of their compliance obligations. According to the Australian Bureau of Statistics, about 2.5 million...

  7. Labor franking proposal could spur risky investor behaviour

    for excess franking dividends have ramped up, with accountants called on to educate clients on the potential fallout. Last week, the House of Representatives Standing Committee on Economics announced an inquiry into the implications of removing...

  8. Shift from ‘traditional accounting’ in new mid-tier boss’ sights

    Rowe, who joined the firm in January this year, has now taken the reins as chief executive. Staff were informed of the move last month. This follows the appointment of Alan Green to the newly-created role of chair of the firm this time last year. The...

  9. Technical hiccup sees anxious wait for CA students

    is front and centre to the association’s broader overhaul, spearheaded by chief executive Rick Ellis, who took office last year. ***Update*** CA ANZ has since issued the following statement: “The results for Financial Accounting and Reporting were...

  10. From accounting to bringing down the Taliban

    worked on misdemeanour crimes, narcotics, some violent crime and some gun cases,” he says. “I was there six years, and in my last three-and-a-half years I worked in the Public Corruption and Financial Crimes unit. That involved a lot of forensic...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: CPA Australia
    • Category: Business

  11. ASIC cops it as royal commission report released

    line. Some reassurance for accountants came from the architect of the Future of Financial Advice reforms, Bernie Ripoll, last month. Accountants Daily asked him if he fears smaller operators will bear the brunt of ASIC’s compliance action, given they...

  12. Intuit credits mobile focus for 160k subscribers milestone

    161,000 subscribers from the year in the 12 months to 31 July 2018. The growth has softened following an 89 per cent spike last year, which saw its subscriber base grow to just over 100,000 in 2017. Quickbooks Online subscribers worldwide now stand at...

  13. The consequence of payroll errors

    outside their contracted pattern of work without sufficient documentation in place.” In order to correct the error, the last 8 years of handwritten timesheets will be scanned, indexed, entered into payroll software and rerun. The cost of which is $1.5...

  14. New payments platform set to shake-up invoicing, payroll

    “The direct entry system is a great system, it works well, it is cheap, it is functional and it has done its job for the last 40 years but it is not the system that Australia needs to move through another 40 years of innovation in the payments industry...

  15. Cash crackdown justified, but give biz a break, says IPA

    in recent times, with a number of measures announced following a raft of recommendations by the black economy taskforce last year. Most recently, legislation to extend the taxable payments reporting system (TPRS) to the cleaning and courier industries...

  16. R&D tax incentive changes snuck into omnibus bill

    during the consultation period, there were only minor changes between the draft legislation and the bill released last week. “The rationale behind these changes is to improve the effectiveness and integrity of the program. In practical terms, this means...

  17. 5 tips to getting BEPS right every time

    of the Australian Taxation Office (ATO) local file as part of the BEPS Action 13 requirements, which came into effect last year. This is especially the case given the ATO has made some changes to the local file for Year 2 lodgements. Some of the...

  18. Popular property strategy hits tough times

    billion, of new home loan approvals, according to the latest data from APRA. This represents a 54.9 per cent dive in the last quarter. Interest-only loans are often encouraged as a way to maximise cash flow when building a property portfolio, as opposed...

  19. Tax experts highlight data disruption

    to keep on top of the changing tax landscape. “In terms of universities, we can’t teach tax the same way we have over the last 30 years. I think the analysis of data, the use of data has to be integrated into the syllabus so that people not only become...

  20. Turnaround in lodgement troubles following ATO swoop

    numbers are starting to drop this financial year, according to both the tax office and auditors on the front line. Late last year, the ATO reported that non-lodgement rates for the SMSF sector had reached critical levels, with around 40,000 funds at...

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