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  1. ATO monitoring advice fee deductions, FAAA cautions

    It also highlighted the importance of maintaining adequate records in case the ATO reviews these deductions later on. Last month, the major accounting bodies and the FAAA released a guide for the financial planning and accounting communities containing...

  2. Tax Office issues crucial scam warning for businesses

    consequences. The Tax Office said ATO impersonation email scam reports had increased by over 300 per cent from the same time last year, with more scam reports expected around tax time as scammers were aware this is when people would usually hear from...

  3. Tax Office to consult on ‘future tax administration’ for small business

    forms part of the ATO’s broader program of work focused on helping small businesses meet their tax and super obligations. Last month, the ATO announced its ‘ready for business campaign’ that aims to improve compliance with tax, super, and registry...

  4. ATO issues interim decision impact statement on meal expenses case

    work-related travel expenses and record keeping until the appeals process for the recent Shaw decision is finalised. The ATO last week published an interim decision impact statement on the decision, Shaw and Commissioner of Taxation [2025] ARTA 224,...

  5. Consistent outcomes critical for building trust in tax system, says IGTO

    managing the request rather than the merits of the case, even when the facts are identical," CPA said in a submission last year. The IFPA said its members were concerned that the criteria for getting interest remitted "seemed very opaque and...

  6. Government fraudster slapped with prison sentence

    by committing tax fraud, identity and counterfeiting fraud and social security fraud. The 18-month sentence was handed down last week in the Melbourne County Court to Paolo Esmaquel, who is already serving jail time for similar offences she committed...

  7. IPA urges IGTO to prioritise review into payday super readiness

    the Tax Ombudsman to prioritise a review into payday super readiness for this year, with the start date fast approaching. Last month, the Inspector-General of Taxation and Tax Ombudsman (IGTO) Ruth Owen released a shortlist of proposed reviews for the...

  8. CA ANZ outlines key priorities for Tax Ombudsman's 2025-26 work plan

    increasingly frustrated with the ATO and its responsiveness in critical areas, calling on the Tax Ombudsman to step in. Last month, the Tax Ombudsman called on the accounting community to provide feedback on its proposed work plan for systemic reviews...

  9. Beware the early lodgment tax trap, CPA Australia warns

    and missing information. Data from the Tax Office showed that almost 3 million individual tax returns were lodged by 23 July last year, which climbed to 5.8 million by 20 August. Jenny Wong, tax lead at CPA Australia, said she urged taxpayers to take...

  10. Tribunal upholds ATO’s position in COVID-19 payment case

    transactions that were recorded on the bank statements as salary/wages or director fees. The Commissioner also said the last time wages were reported was in the 2016 income tax return. A review of business activity statements between 1 July 2016 and 31...

  11. Tax practitioners warned on emerging issues with family trust elections

    provider is noticing a growing number of problems in this space, which can be difficult to fix once they arise. In an update last week, the ATO warned tax professionals that it was seeing an increase in FTDT issues due to inadequate record keeping,...

  12. Insolvencies plateau but tariff risks loom, CreditorWatch warns

    their customers’ demand weakened. Hopefully the recent interest rate cuts by the RBA can build on the beneficial effects of last year’s income tax cuts and cost-of living support.” While inflation has returned to the RBA’s 2–3 per cent target bands,...

  13. Less commute, more coffee: inside an accounting firm’s caffeinated recruitment drive

    despite their efforts to market themselves locally. Each cup was labelled with a simple slogan: ‘This could be your last commute’. While execution was a challenge – from lugging in a generator to power the coffee machine to keeping up with the...

  14. TPB urges small firms to prepare for new code obligations

    Conduct obligations that will begin from 1 July 2025. The new code obligations were introduced by the government last year under the Tax Agent Services (Code of Professional Conduct) Determination 2024. The obligations already commenced for large firms...

  15. Tax expert slams NSW government over ‘sloppy’ communications on IAWO

    owners contain misleading and inaccurate statements about the instant asset write-off measure, a tax specialist has said. Last week, the NSW government issued problematic email communication about the instant asset write-off (IAWO) incentive to the...

  16. PowerUp: The first-ever XPM user conference is happening in Adelaide

    workflows — how jobs move through the system, how teams stay aligned, and what they’ve learned from building systems that last. See where XPM fits into the broader tech stack, how firms are reducing manual work, and why some changes have made all the...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Account Kit
    • Category: Business

  17. Super tax will haunt government: Spender

    legislation since its inception two years ago and led the charge of opposition in the Lower House during the government’s last term of office. “I think this is bad for Labor. The ability to run scare campaigns on taxation of unrealised gains means if...

  18. Carbon offsets in the spotlight amid greenwashing litigation

    to directly reduce their emissions,” the spokesperson said. The formal hearing began on Thursday and is expected to last two weeks. Denniss added: “Promoting big polluters as climate leaders punishes companies with legitimate climate ambition and...

  19. AFSA puts insolvency practitioners on notice over ‘system misuse’

    noted that AFSA had already taken recent action in this area, including an application it made to the Federal Court last year regarding a personal insolvency agreement it considered to be unreasonable. In its decision in February, the Federal Court set...

  20. Small business to remain ‘front and centre’ under Ley leadership

    focus for business is certainty and access to reliable and affordable energy while continuing on the pathway to net zero.” Last year, in an address to the CPA Albury Wodonga Branch, Ley said the value of the work that each financial service professional...

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