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  1. Aussie shopper payment preferences need to be met, data reveals

    increase in sales. Despite this improvement, 56 per cent of small businesses have not adopted new payment methods in the last six to 12 months. Xero sales director Australia Theo Konstantas said this limited uptake could be related to perceived added...

  2. ‘Clock is ticking’ for payday super legislation, says SMC

    over one year from 2021–22. It was also demonstrated Australians have missed out on $41.6 billion in unpaid super over the last nine years. The average affected worker missed out on $1,800 in super in a year, which equates to more than $30,000 less in...

  3. Treasurer reveals additional cost-of-living relief solutions

    other measures to help Australians tackle the cost of living. More cost-of-living relief measures were rolled out on Friday last week to provide more help for Australians around the country, according to Treasurer Jim Chalmers. Chalmers said the...

  4. Growing credit reliance reaches ‘concerning’ levels, data reveals

    for September 2024, commercial credit demand increased by 0.7 per cent in quarter three compared to the same quarter last year. This uptick was driven by increased demand for business loans from hospitality and retail businesses. It was also found that...

  5. Budget confirms Division 296 tax still on the table

    concerns of the super industry even as the measure has been rebuffed in the Senate. “As a revenue item, [the] budget was the last opportunity for the government to either take this tax off the table or make changes to address the significant issues...

  6. Coalition ‘dead against’ Div 296, ASFA ‘not as concerned’

    thought through.” Adding that he thought there was a chance the Labor government would try to “push it through” during the last sitting week, Taylor said the tax is simply to fund “pet projects”. “They are clearly trying to work with cross benches to...

  7. Howarth reaffirms plans to expand provision of advice by accountants

    more financial advice, particularly in relation to setting up an SMSF." This follows comments made by Howarth in December last year, when he stated that he'd be open to allowing accountants to play a greater role in financial advice, in a similar way to...

  8. ATO VIPER taskforce arrests 14 people in latest illicit tobacco blitz

    been arrested following the uncovering of $4.8 million worth of illicit tobacco during an ATO VIPER Taskforce investigation. Last week, detectives from the VIPER taskforce and Victorian Police conducted warrants at 12 tobacco stores in Melbourne,...

  9. Insolvencies plateau but tariff risks loom, CreditorWatch warns

    their customers’ demand weakened. Hopefully the recent interest rate cuts by the RBA can build on the beneficial effects of last year’s income tax cuts and cost-of living support.” While inflation has returned to the RBA’s 2–3 per cent target bands,...

  10. ATO issues interim decision impact statement on meal expenses case

    work-related travel expenses and record keeping until the appeals process for the recent Shaw decision is finalised. The ATO last week published an interim decision impact statement on the decision, Shaw and Commissioner of Taxation [2025] ARTA 224,...

  11. Personal insolvencies see uptick for June 2025 quarter

    year saw 3,179 business-related personal insolvencies, highlighting a 7.9 per cent increase in comparison to the same period last year. According to the statistics revealed by the Australian Financial Security Authority (AFSA), of the total 3,179...

  12. Company auditor’s registration cancelled after ‘extensive and serious’ failures

    Disciplinary Board has cancelled an auditor’s registration for “extensive and serious” failures in his company audits. Last Friday (24 October), the Companies Auditors Disciplinary Board (CADB) cancelled the registration of company auditor Ryan O’Shea...

  13. AFSA takes former Mackay Goodwin trustee to Federal Court

    of more than $4 million between 2021–2023. According to AFSA, Leroy was deregistered as a registered trustee last year and was now seeking court action to declare he had breached his duties, was not a fit and proper person to act as a bankruptcy trustee...

  14. UNSW ‘systemic’ failures, $213,120 penalty: ‘Fundamentally a governance issue’

    impossible task”, a court has said. After commencing legal action against UNSW in 2023 and securing $211,200 in penalties last year, the Fair Work Ombudsman came out with further victory after penalties were “revised … to reflect the correct penalty,”...

  15. Grant Thornton offers more context following ATO property tax alert

    a Grant Thornton tax partner has provided additional context for those who might find themselves in the ATO’s sights. Last Wednesday (14 January), the ATO released tax alert TA 2026/1, which said taxpayers using contrived property arrangements to obtain...

  16. MYOB unveils new AI capabilities

    quarter, and is integrated within the workflows accountants and bookkeepers use every day. As reported by Accountants Daily last year, 72 per cent of accounting professionals feel that there is a shortage of talent across the sector, putting resourcing...

  17. High Court rejects appeal application by Ballarat accounting firm

    have a close, trusted relationship. However, Mulcahy was still required to pay $20 million to Conheady. With the High Court last week refusing the special leave application with costs, Mulachy, together with his firm and trustee company BFMM...

  18. ATO releases draft rulings on Payday Super

    period." Tax professionals and other stakeholders have until 1 May to provide their feedback on each of the four rulings. Last month, ATO deputy commissioner Emma Rosenzweig said the move to Payday Super will help ensure employees receive their super...

  19. Court rules in favour of ATO in dispute over WFH deductions

    office was the taxpayer’s “workplace for the year” and that the rent claimed was not purely private or domestic. However, in last week's decision, the Federal Court found that the tribunal had erroneously treated a single outgoing as two outgoings: one...

  20. Majority of NSW businesses already feeling impacts from Middle East conflict

    and obtaining supplies rising by 13 percentage points between February and March, from 32 per cent to 45 per cent. “The last time concerns about supply chains were above 40 per cent was in June 2023. At the same time, concerns about the level of...