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  1. Mid-tier tips 457 visa changes as new advice hotspot

    Last week the government announced that it is going to abolish and replace the 457 visas program, providing accountants a new area to assist their clients, according to a mid-tier partner. The Temporary Work (Skilled) subclass 457 visa program is going...

  2. Govt appoints commissioners of taxation

    ATO have been plagued by digital downtime, including one of the worst unplanned outages the ATO has experienced in December last year, he has delivered strong results. The ATO recently confirmed that in 2017, it has raised $2.9 billion in tax...

  3. Accountant, planner strengths remain at odds

    and financial planners succeed at and struggle with remain starkly different. Speaking at the Accounting Business Expo last month, My Accounts executive director Matthew Rowe referred to a survey done by Harvard Business School earlier this year....

  4. ATO set for increased audits, debt crackdown

    A major win for the ATO in the Full Federal Court last week will boost the confidence of the commissioner in pursuing companies with related party debt, according to one mid-tier firm. Chevron’s loss of an appeal against the ATO in the Full Federal...

  5. Employee underpayment is on watch list: here’s how accountants can help

    don’t want to exploit their staff and the majority actively work with the regulator to address any problems. In fact, last financial year the Fair Work Ombudsman noted nine in every 10 workplace disputes it came across were solved without using any...

  6. ATO real-time push exposes ‘danger’ pattern

    to in real-time, are setting themselves up for significant trouble under the ATO’s planned real-time reporting push. Late last year, the ATO suggested that super funds may soon be required to report things such as pension commencements and commutations...

  7. Aussie arm of NZ-based accounting firm closes

    Daily that the firm will be closing its Australian operations, effective immediately. Staff were informed of the decision last week, and clients are in the process of being informed. Mr Sheehan cited cost issues as one of the main factors behind what he...

  8. Fed Court ruling tipped to unleash tax ‘bombshell’

    especially in light of the fact that many businesses use trusts as the vehicle to operate their business,” he said. Late last year, partner at Queensland law firm Small Myers Hughes, David Hughes, told Accountants Daily he thinks trusts are out of...

  9. Stats blow ATO expenses crusade ‘out of the water’

    according to a national tax and accounting network. Work-related expenses had been in the spotlight from as early June last year with the ATO, when it started releasing materials explaining how to correctly claim deductions. Travel expenses in...

  10. Tax agent, former mayor sentenced after ATO probe

    service work, and supervision by a community corrections officer. The verdict follows the sentencing of another tax agent last week. Salvatore Arcuri was found attempting to lodge two tax returns to his own name, and was sentenced to 18 months with a...

  11. PwC partner finds significant refund hold-ups

    more Australian companies to engage in R&D, by providing a targeted tax offset. It is a self-assessment programme. For the last six to 18 months, and particularly coinciding with the release of two taxpayer alerts which warn against deliberate misuse of...

  12. CA ANZ chief executive stands down

    creation of Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand. “He can be very proud of his achievements with CA ANZ over the last four years as CEO and 30 years as a CA. His legacy will be a strong and vibrant member organisation, having guided our...

  13. Safety nets kept in place for tax time

    lodgement service (ELS) to practitioner lodgement service (PLS). Mr Walker said that when the PLS was introduced in July last year, approximately 4 per cent of returns were lodged through it. That has continued to increase over time and now sits at...

  14. Mid-tier makes Melbourne partner appointment

    in specific sectors such as not-for-profit, property and automotive,” said David Garvey, managing partner, BDO Melbourne. Last month BDO Melbourne also appointed Belinda Cheesewright as a new tax partner.

  15. Govt, ATO continues tax relief for Queensland

    funds established for the relief of people affected by tropical cyclone Debbie to receive tax deductible donations.” Last week the ATO announced the automatic deferral of three tax obligations for people whose businesses or residential addresses are in...

  16. ATO completes internal review, set for major upgrades

    cause of the issue, the ATO is due to replace its SAN during additional scheduled downtime over this Easter weekend. “The last couple of weekends, an enormous amount of work has been done to get ready for that change over. It's a matter now of doing the...

  17. SMSF regulation ‘not all bleak’ for accountants

    “Hand in hand with the increase in the compliance burden has come the largest and most complex legislative changes in the last 10 years. Two super reform bills have come through; they introduced about 12 different measures, most of which begin in July...

  18. Accountants’ job seeking takes a slide

    Kristen Mangelsdorf told Accountants Daily that the hiring intentions for accountants have been relatively flat over the last few years, which could be a reason for this predominantly passive candidate pool. “So there are a lot of accountants who might...

  19. ATO hits up professionals in multibillion-dollar swoop

    affected taxpayers and their professional advisers. The 1,000-person strong Tax Avoidance Taskforce, which was established last year, has been investigating the tax arrangements of a large number of companies, including multinational corporations...

  20. ‘Unannounced’ visits for ATO in pre-insolvency investigation

    illegal phoenix activity, with 80 officers conducting unannounced visits on two sites across Victoria, following 13 visits last August. A Fair Work Ombudsman report put the cost of illegal phoenix activity to the Australian economy at potentially more...

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