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  1. 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...

  2. 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...

  3. Tax practitioners warned against entering confidential info into ChatGPT

    Institute has warned accountants against entering confidential client information into AI tools such as ChatGPT. Speaking last Friday at the ACE25 Accounting Conference & Expo, hosted by Accountants Daily, Tax Institute chief executive Scott Treatt...

  4. Bitcoin offers liquid solution against possible tax liabilities

    and an alternative allocation to hedge against inflation. “A lot of the geopolitical risks that we that we've seen in the last 12-24 months, whether that be trade wars, or uncertainty around the global economic environment, constant money printing, and...

  5. Alternative super tax proposal now in the hands of government

    analysts evaluating the alternative, the explanation of the modelling was added to the previous 34-page summary, which was last week provided as a 57-page document to the Greens, the Labor party and the Liberal party.” Gore added that as part of the...

  6. Accountants not seen as strategic partners by SMBs

    15 per cent of all businesses view accountants as strategic partners, Agile reported. This does represent an uptick from last year’s score of 10 per cent, but ultimately, accountants currently have an “under-leveraged position” with their clients, the...

  7. Most SMBs find accountants through word of mouth

    ask ‘some’ of their clients. For small practices, 32 per cent of accountants reported not asking any clients at all. In the last year, just one in five (22 per cent) of businesses have referred their accountant to peers, 11 per cent of which have only...

  8. Aussie SMEs reflect stability in Q2 2025: MYOB

    throughout the second quarter of this year, however, gross value added (GVA) was 5 per cent lower than the same period last year. The findings showed the strongest performing sectors over the three-month duration were mining, public administration and...

  9. Tax Office, Victorian police seize 18k cigarettes, $100k in cash

    Crossing, Victoria. In a joint statement with the Victorian Police, the Tax Office said search warrants were executed last week at the suspected properties in Melbourne as part of Operation Beach, which saw the destruction of illicit tobacco crops with...

  10. RBA delivers September 2025 rate call

    decision, Commonwealth Bank, Westpac, NAB, and ANZ each predicted that the RBA would hold the cash rate steady in September. Last Wednesday (24 September), it was revealed that the August headline inflation rate had climbed to 3.0 per cent, its highest...

  11. Lawyer further penalised for dodgy creditor scheme

    of unsatisfactory professional conduct and professional misconduct and recommended her removal from the roll of solicitors. Last July, Grubisa and DG Institute were ordered by the Federal Court to pay millions of dollars in penalties and redress for...

  12. SMEs are buckling under the weight of insurance premiums, ACCI says

    take steps to mitigate their risk exposure to threats such as cyber-attacks, workplace hazards and physical security.” Late last year and earlier this year, Business NSW was significantly vocal about insurance premiums and how they were “slowly boiling...

  13. Net cash flow tax: What is it and what will it mean for SMEs?

    being both never seen before and more focused on larger businesses rather than small ones, Accountants Daily reported last week that the tax could have adverse impacts on the small business community. Letty Chen, the Institute of Public Accountants...

  14. Lipo, lip filler, Botox not for early super access, ATO warns

    a significant growth in applications for compassionate release of super, with dental service requests doubling over the last two years. According to the ATO, to be approved, the services needed to be certified by two practitioners as necessary to...

  15. Accountants, industry bodies rally behind Tax Ombudsman's ATO service review

    review into the ATO’s tax agent service, industry members and bodies are pushing for sustainable and meaningful change. Last Thursday (16 October), the Tax Ombudsman unveiled her highly anticipated review into the ATO’s service to tax agents, with the...

  16. The accountant who thought they were helping (and created a $200k liability instead)

    something that troubles me: accountants creating liability for themselves while genuinely trying to help their clients. Last month, a director called me in a panic. She'd bought a business, agreed to pay off the seller's tax debt as part of the purchase...

  17. No, seriously, where are the women?

    it serves. “While there has been some success in increasing the number of female practitioners in the industry over the last three years, we still have a long way to go,” he said. “We have a number of excellent female practitioners and female lead firms...

  18. IAWO trend continues as calls are renewed for permanency

    The Albanese government revealed the extension of the $20,000 instant asset write-off (IAWO) measure as it passed the Senate last week (27 November). The IAWO was extended until 30 June 2026 in hopes it would “boost cash and incentivise small businesses...

  19. To fix or not to fix: What smart accountants are doing with their home loans

    per cent, with its lowest two-year fixed rate now starting at 5.24 per cent. BOQ increased its fixed rates by 0.40 per cent last week. Two-year fixed rates remain the sharpest priced in the market. At the time this article was published, the sharpest...

  20. Small Business Pulse reflects additional uptick: ASBFEO

    Enterprise Ombudsman (ASBFEO) has published the latest Small Business Pulse, reflecting an increase of 0.8 per cent for the last quarter. Ombudsman Bruce Billson said over the past 12 months, the pulse had increased 0.5 per cent and that there was “a...