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  1. Federal government locks horns with opposition over ‘botched’ GST changes

    the Tax Institute spotted an apparent oversight in the Treasury Laws Amendment (Enterprise Tax Plan) Act 2017, which passed last year. The changes allow small businesses with an aggregated turnover of up to $10 million the ability to account for GST on...

  2. Tax Institute pulls apart government's GST position

    the Tax Institute spotted an apparent oversight in the Treasury Laws Amendment (Enterprise Tax Plan) Act 2017, which passed last year. The amendment meant that under Section 29-40 of the A New Tax System (Goods and Services Tax) Act 1999 (GST Act),...

  3. ‘Most hated tax’: Treasury’s payroll tax positions knocked

    the results do not match up to public feedback received during its Small Business White Paper roadshows across Australia last year. “When we asked business owners what the most hated tax was, payroll tax, by far, comes up as the number one,” said Mr...

  4. ATO systems backfire again on bookkeepers

    house to the new, they may not have made those monthly contributions into the employee’s superannuation fund. “As of our last meeting on Tuesday with the ATO, they were in talks with the Fair Work Ombudsman to ensure that they would provide reassurance...

  5. ‘We can’t believe the government is doing this’: Mid-tier up in arms over bankruptcy reform

    discharge from bankruptcy after one year, look set to be passed despite grave concerns from the industry and its regulators. Last month, the Senate Legal and Constitutional Affairs Legislation Committee looked at 20 submissions on the Bankruptcy...

  6. CA ANZ set for 15% staff cuts by 2019

    to the CA Program timetable which put an end to lengthy waits to complete their final capstone course. CA ANZ confirmed last week that the education board has endorsed this change, and it is up for final approval in early May. CA ANZ is confident that...

  7. 'Tax cuts are almost a certainty': balanced budget set to feature

    be offset by the tightening of measures such as the taxation of stapled structures — a measure Mr Morrison announced late last month. The new measures, which will take effect on 1 July 2019, has broad ranging applications and Mr Kanagaratnam is hoping...

  8. Aged care policy changes tipped in budget

    reviews done in recent times. Aged Care Steps director Louise Biti said there were seven major reviews done on aged care last year, and there are still some reviews in process this year. “The government is yet to release any policies from any of those...

  9. CA ANZ reveals further details on restructure

    input into its strategic review — a review which resulted in a restructuring announcement made by chief executive Rick Ellis last week. As part of the restructure, CA ANZ staff have been informed that 10 per cent of jobs will go by 30 June this year and...

  10. Advisers brace for 'relaunch' of R&D tax incentive

    with research organisations and universities — there will be additional benefits undertaking R&D with those bodies. “And the last one is better administration — this is something the adviser body group has been asking for quite a while and claimants...

  11. Meaningful tax reform in high demand, says mid-tier

    call for a return to the Tax Reform process that has floundered in recent years,” Mr Cunningham told Accountants Daily last month. “The so called ‘root and branch’ tax reform process, that was ignited by Ken Henry’s 2010 Australia’s future tax system...

  12. Board composition, remuneration to be voted on at CPA AGM

    governance principles. The resolution also seeks to increase the president’s maximum term from two years to three years. The last special resolution that is recommended by the board includes a change to director remuneration so that the total...

  13. Increased penalties ‘still low’, says CPA

    misconduct may not be sufficient, especially in light of the revelations of the royal commission, says one accounting body. Last week, the government announced plans to increase penalties for the most serious criminal offences under the Corporations Act...

  14. CPA members push for removal of president

    relating to the governance, strategy or other membership matters. Member Brett Stevenson, who triggered the member rebellion last year, has also proposed to limit directors’ tenure to two terms of three years, with the maximum consecutive period that a...

  15. 1 in 5 accounting firms still at risk, survey shows

    surveyed, 19.4 per cent were found to be in the moderate to severe risk bands. The results are a slight improvement from last year’s survey, which found 19.8 per cent of firms at risk. Firms were analysed over a number of factors to frame a risk score,...

  16. Accounting body questions role of ASIC

    it may explain why ASIC sought a proposed one-off fee increase … for new auditors of SMSFs, which we argued was exorbitant.” Last month, the IPA questioned ASIC’s proposed fee hike for SMSF auditors, who now face a one-off $1,927 registration fee. While...

  17. Over a hundred auditor registrations cancelled

    after they failed to lodge their outstanding annual statements. In a public communication, ASIC said that in November last year, it sent a final warning to 404 approved SMSF auditors with outstanding annual statements, alerting them that their...

  18. Mid tier questions Victoria’s property tax reliance

    Mr Whatman. “We understand the government’s concern about housing affordability and there's no shying away from that but the last thing you want to do is create pressures in the market which means that supply dries up because all that is going to do is...

  19. Payroll tax here to stay, says ex-ATO official

    step in to remove the much-maligned payroll tax, despite Treasury recently weighing in on its impact on employment growth. Last month, Treasury released an analysis of payroll tax data which it claimed proved that the tax is no disincentive on...

  20. A fresh take on R&D tax incentives

    report, will be unveiled in the May budget (20 months after the findings were released for feedback). The ATO, meanwhile, last year launched a crackdown on businesses “misusing” R&D tax breaks. ATO Deputy Commissioner Michael Cranston said the blitz...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Thomson Reuters Tax and Accounting Team
    • Category: Tax
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