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  1. Winding-up case against alleged $14m tax avoidance scheme gets green light

    to proceed with winding-up claims against 26 individuals and companies that allegedly owe tax authorities over $14 million. Last Wednesday (11 February), the Federal Court of Australia allowed liquidator Peter Krejci to proceed with his winding-up...

  2. Government urged to prioritise Div 7A reform this year

    The Tax Institute are urging the government to prioritise reform changes to the Division 7A regime, with the Bendel decision last year illustrating the consequences of leaving issues with the provisions unresolved. In a recent pre-budget submission, the...

  3. CA ANZ conducts review into exam platform outage

    ANZ has issued an apology to provisional CA ANZ members who could not complete their Audit and Risk (AR126) exam on Tuesday last week due to a malfunction of a third-party exam delivery platform. "We sincerely apologise to affected candidates and...

  4. Tax Ombudsman kicks off review into OSfA

    review into Online Services for Agents (OFsA), building on her previous review into the ATO's registered agent phone line last year. The review into the ATO's registered agent phone line found that many of the issues raised by agents were linked to...

  5. Tweaks to negative gearing, CGT won't solve housing crisis, says Domain, HIA

    relatively small price movements of around 1-4 per cent. That’s less than the growth many cities saw in a single quarter last year." Powell said a change in tax settings could, however, see a shift in who’s buying property. “If investor activity eases,...

  6. Senator grills IPA about ongoing membership of CADB-banned auditor

    Auditors Disciplinary Board (CADB). As previously reported by Accountants Daily, the CADB cancelled O’Shea’s registration last October after finding his audits of property development companies had contained “extensive and serious” failures. The CADB...

  7. Treasury reveals Board of Taxation, TPB chair appointments

    Practitioners Board while KPMG Australia partner David Bradbury will chair the Board of Taxation (BoT), Treasury announced last Friday (27 March). In a joint statement, Treasurer Jim Chalmers and Assistant Treasurer Daniel Mulino said the appointments...

  8. What your SMSF commercial property clients are getting wrong right now

    is in a company." Sandra runs a dental practice in Melbourne. Her SMSF holds the building she works from. She called me last month, having already concluded she was fine. She was wrong, and she had no idea a deadline was approaching. Having helped over...

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    • Author: Nadine Connell, Smart Business Plans
    • Category: Super
  9. Ignored messages, delays causing major frustration with OSfA: The Tax Institute

    review into OSfA. Ruth Owen, Inspector-General of Taxation and tax ombudsman, officially launched her review into OSfA last month, which follows her previous review into the ATO's registered agent phone line last year. In a recent submission, the Tax...

  10. TPB's AI guidance fails to address 'most significant compliance risk', warns NTAA

    to the National Tax and Accountants' Association (NTAA). The TPB released draft Information sheet (TPB(I) D62/2026) last month to help tax practitioners understand their obligations under the Code of Professional Conduct in relation to the use of AI....

  11. No safe distance: the call your clients are about to make

    you do with that map. The call is already coming. It is a Wednesday morning. A client you have not spoken to since their last quarterly review rings your direct line. They skip the pleasantries. Their fuel surcharge invoices have risen by 30 per cent in...

  12. Tax takeaways from Chalmers’ pre-budget interview blitz

    own assessments, but I can assure you that it is aimed firmly and squarely at aspiration." In a slew of media appearances last Thursday (30 April), Chalmers emphasised that any tax changes would focus on curbing intergenerational inequality, without...

  13. Accounting firms advised to look beyond traditional talent for new hires

    that seven in 10 (72 per cent) of accounting professionals felt that there was a talent shortage in the sector, with CA ANZ last year finding that taxation accountants were at the highest risk of a talent shortage, estimating a 6,000-accountant...

  14. Moore Global announces new international automotive, aviation, tax leaders

    Accountants Daily's sister brand, Accounting Times, previously reported on Moore Australia’s promotion of six in July last year, the appointment of a new M&A lead in Victoria and Tasmania in January last year, and three further promotions by the...

  15. ‘Assault on family savings’: shadow treasurer slams death tax Easter egg

    minimum tax rate on discretionary trusts, scheduled to take effect on 1 July 2028, unveiled by Treasurer Jim Chalmers in last week’s budget. Whereas before trusts could feasibly pay no tax if distributions were made by the end of each financial year,...

  16. The weight of a generation: what the profession is really saying about the 2026 budget

    who know the stakes are real. "I've been recommending discretionary trust structures for 22 years. The client I advised last Thursday to keep their business in their family trust – I need to call them back. Everything changed overnight," was one of the...

  17. Bendel: the blueprint for a ‘devastating attack’

    this battle in the High Court, one tax lawyer has warned. A tax lawyer has called celebrations following the Bendel win last week “dangerously premature”, saying that the ATO lost its appeal in Commissioner of Taxation v Bendel only because it “ran the...

  18. SavvyWise raises $1.56m to accelerate R&D on Australian tax-specific AI models

    they want a solution built specifically for them, not a generic AI tool retrofitted to tax,” he said. SavvyWise launched last year, and now boasts more than 2,000 users across 200 firms, with 113 paying organisations. The platform uses ring-fenced AI...

  19. AI won’t reduce the need for new accounting entrants: CA ANZ

    is through pathways like these that the skills shortage can be addressed. The CA Foundations program, which launched in July last year, received more than 4,000 enrolments, exceeding CA ANZ's expectations. “We have also been delighted with candidate...

  20. Budget backflip on testamentary trusts not all that it seems

    been the case since budget night in May, tax revenue targets may in fact be achieved more easily, writes Matthew Burgess. Last week’s backflip by the federal government over the proposed attack on testamentary trusts has received widespread support from...