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  1. Legislation passed on tax treatment of LRBAs

    holding trust is a taxable entity in its own right. The legislation passed both the House of Representatives and the Senate last week. “This legislation says that for taxation purposes you treat the arrangements as if the property is held directly via...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Katarina Taurian and Miranda Brownlee
    • Category: Tax
  2. ATO to crack down on SMSF tax-avoidance

    On the issue of ATO penalties, Ms MacFarlane said she is confident that the penalty regime that came into effect on July 1 last year will result in fewer civil penalties and costly litigation for SMSF trustees. However, she warned that persistent...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Katarina Taurian
    • Category: Super
  3. GPS launches licensing app for accountants

    would inform accountants of what is needed to begin the licensing process. “Having spoken to hundreds of accountants in the last 12 months, we’ve learned that there’s a lot of confusion, misinformation and a general lack of information in the market...

  4. PM denies white paper ditched

    Tax White Paper. Bureaucrats at the federal Treasury, the Tax White Paper Taskforce and the Board of Taxation were last week told work on the white paper would come to a complete halt, Fairfax Media claimed yesterday. "We were told to put everything on...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Katarina Taurian
    • Category: Business
  5. Moore Stephens loses high-profile tax specialist

    in a series of unfortunate events for the mid-tier network, which has lost its Canberra, Melbourne and Sydney offices in the last 12 months. However, the network has recently found a replacement firm in Melbourne as well as boosting its presence in...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Staff Reporter
    • Category: Tax
  6. Tax returns abolished, reduced compliance & the rise in ‘digital risk’

    that handles their tax returns. It's so important that 3,000 professional firms have attended our new webinars series in the last few weeks that explores this very issues - you can find out more about the Australian webinar series here Over the next...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Content Partner
    • Category: Tax
  7. Accounting practice values up, financial planning down

    businesses ($500,000 to $1 million in fees) have risen as a result of demand being higher than it was at the time of the last survey," Mr Birt said. "The highest demand for this price range comes from financial planning practices, or accountants heavily...

  8. Discover why over 200 Australian Accountants & Bookkeepers registered to see this brand new App

    Promoted by Last week Accountants Daily and Digital First revealed a webinar – only offered to readers – by MyFirmsApp. It was our way of introducing a powerful App service to the Australian accountancy market. We expected a handful of pioneering...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Content Partner
    • Category: Regulation
  9. Head of super announces departure from CAANZ

    the head of its superannuation division. Liz Westover has resigned from her position as head of superannuation at CAANZ. Her last day with the association will be 4 November. Ms Westover made the announcement via LinkedIn this morning, and a CAANZ...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Katarina Taurian
    • Category: Super
  10. 'Nothing to fear' in self-lodgement, says ATO

    tax return for the year, 1.5 million undertook the process via myTax, representing a 70 per cent increase on the same time last year. According to Mr Whyte, those taxpayers with “really straightforward” tax affairs are able to lodge their returns in as...

  11. ATO concessions cut cost of employee share plans, says HLB Mann Judd

    resident, although other entities in the group can be foreign. Additionally, the employer must be incorporated within the last 10 years, and this incorporation requirement includes all other companies in the group. A further requirement is that the...

  12. Leading innovator announces merger

    Accodex, which last week was named Innovator of the Year at the Australian Accounting Awards, has announced a merger with a cloud integration specialist. Accodex has merged with Clear Business Dynamics in a move designed to build on the firm’s already...

  13. Accountant sentenced for role in tax evasion scheme

    found guilty on two counts of defrauding the Commonwealth and two counts of dishonestly causing a loss to the Commonwealth. Last week, he was sentenced to two years’ imprisonment, to be released forthwith upon entering into recognisance of $4,000...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Michael Masterman
    • Category: Tax
  14. Innovation in the accounting sector

    I was at the Australian Accounting Awards wearing a suit (a much scarier costume). Those that know me, will know that last time I wore a suit was at the AIM Awards in November 2014, when the event organisers insisted I wear one. The time before that was...

  15. Flexibility the ‘key seller’ for new staff, says MYOB

    learning on the job, and tapping professionals around them for advice," Mr Raik-Allen said. "When you combine this with our last SME Snapshot finding that showed that some 78 per cent of SMEs think that you don’t need a degree to run a business, we can...

  16. CEO jailed for false accounting

    for directing his financial controller to submit duplicated and falsely-inflated invoices. Peter Mavridis of Craigieburn was last week sentenced to four years and eight months' jail with a non-parole period of three years after being found guilty in...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Staff Reporter
    • Category: Business
  17. ATO seeking feedback on paperless push

    they do not have the ability to do so. “More and more, people are carrying out their day-to-day business online and in the last couple of years a focus of ours has been to make sure our digital services meet the community’s needs,” Ms Crosby said. “For...

  18. PwC pushes further into legal services

    a shift in the way that big four firms have approached an expansion into the legal sector. “If I can be bold, maybe the last time the accounting firms or the big four entered the market, they didn’t always go into the legal sector at the right level or...

  19. Mid-tier issues mixed response to innovation package

    incentives. “In particular, the government’s crowdsourced equity funding legislation introduced into Parliament last week missed the opportunity to target middle-market firms looking to expand their operations into new markets, both in Australia and in...

  20. By the Numbers: Think 1300 to Boost Your Image and Reach Small Accountancy Business?

    Benefits of a 1300 number Easier for clients to remember than a regular landline – especially if you use phone words for the last six digits. Provides the professional image of a large firm, even for a very small accountancy business. It’s easy to set...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Content Partner
    • Category: Business