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  1. Liquidator sweats on AAT termination review

    ASIC’s publishing of reasons for his registration termination as he awaits an AAT review of the termination decision. Late last year, a liquidator disciplinary committee decided that the registration of registered liquidator Trajan John Kukulovski of...

  2. ASIC secures permanent ban for dodgy accountant

    an accountant and financial adviser from providing financial services after his earlier house arrest sentencing. In October last year, Nicholas James Ellis, an accountant and former financial adviser operating in Valentine, NSW, was sentenced to three...

  3. Mid-tier appoints new managing principal

    principal, taking over from Tom Verco. Mr Verco, who has been the managing principal of Pitcher Partners Adelaide for the last 17 years, will stay with the firm as a principal in its private business and family advisory division. His successor, Mr...

  4. Major bank eyes small businesses with new initiatives

    banking fees, with the bank removing all electronic transaction fees from Commonwealth Bank business accounts in August last year, and more recently, introducing a more flexible fee option for customers who prefer to bank online. “Our small business...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Reporter
    • Category: Business
  5. 14k employers, $230m in super: Financial Services Minister defends proposed SG amnesty

    minimum penalties on employers who fail to come forward during the amnesty period. The bill passed the lower house late last year, with debate in the Senate set to resume when Parliament sits in February. Ms Hume also took the opportunity to shoot down...

  6. Practitioners warned over Div 7A journal entry practices

    documentation, potentially leaving practitioners open to breaching section 30-10 of the Tax Agent Services Act 2009. Lastly, Ms Jacobson said a journal entry only amounts to a payment where the principle of mutual set-off applies, for example, when the...

  7. Property deduction errors down to ‘lack of understanding’: ATO

    to trip property investors up, leading to simple mistakes and heaping pressure on tax agents, the ATO has revealed. Last year, the ATO singled out rental property deductions as a “top priority” for the agency, with Commissioner of Taxation Chris Jordan...

  8. SISFA warns against special treatment for accountants in advice reform

    Association, with the aim of reforming and simplifying the current advice framework. Speaking at a Pritchitt Partners event last week, SMSFA chief executive John Maroney said the groups were working through a blueprint to take to government around a...

  9. William Buck acquires North Sydney firm

    with William Buck. The latest move from the mid-tier firm follows its double acquisition in the Gold Coast and Adelaide last year, and an acquisition of a sole practitioner firm in Perth. William Buck Accountants and Advisors’ national chair and NSW...

  10. myGovID concerns not ‘insignificant’ as deadline looms

    documents causing an error in set-up. Such naming mismatches might occur when a practitioner has taken on their partner’s last name and the change has not been reflected on one of the required identity documents. Accountants Daily understands the ATO...

  11. Government urged to consider bushfire SGC exemption

    administration fees, penalties and to allow tax deductibility of SGC payments for SMEs impacted by the bushfires. Over the last month, the government has committed to a range of measures to help impacted small businesses, including extending the ATO’s...

  12. Small Business Tax Concessions: Tips & Traps on Sale of Business Entities

    of their shares. Example 1 – multiple stakeholders in a large business entity Pat, Josh, Mitch and Nathan each owned 25% of Last Blast World Pty Limited, which carried on a sporting merchandise business. They were able to sell their shares in LBW to IPL...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: AustralianBiz
    • Category: Business
  13. Xero reveals new small business app, integration

    The accounting software provider has also officially announced its partnership with Uber for Business, following a trial last year. According to Xero, the launch of the new feature will see it become the first online accounting platform to partner with...

  14. ATO to commence ‘field visits’ in myGovID push

    Portal or the Small Business Superannuation Clearing House to also make the transition from AUSkey to myGovID. “Late last year, we sent an email to all businesses with an active AUSkey to let them know how to transition and we’ll continue to send emails...

  15. ‘Unreasonable burden, negligible revenue’: ATO called out on draft FBT ruling

    arguing that it would capture regional employers and slug an extra $1.6 million in FBT costs to current taxpayers. Late last year, the ATO released draft taxation ruling 2019/D5, detailing conditions considered as providing a car parking benefit. The...

  16. ‘Don’t be too clever’: Clients warned on CGT MRE changes

    “very careful” when attempting to navigate the transitional provisions, with anti-avoidance rules potentially applying. Late last year, the government passed changes that would deny non-residents the CGT main residence exemption for CGT events that...

  17. Mid-tier secures big four director

    appointment comes at a time where its tax division continues to grow, with its Sydney office recording a 20 per cent growth last year. “James will bolster our employment taxes offering as he has deep experience in the design and taxation of employee...

  18. Mid-tier unveils 3 new partners

    Kym Reilly, Baidy Laffan and Christina Manfre to partnership. Ms Reilly, now an audit and assurance partner, has spent the last 11 years at PKF, working her way up since joining as an assurance assistant manager. She has worked across external and...

  19. AAT affirms grounding of former tax agent amid bankruptcy probe

    down by the Administrative Appeals Tribunal. Peter Moltoni, a former tax agent who was stripped of his registration in June last year, had been issued a departure prohibition order (DPO) by the Commissioner of Taxation in November 2017 due to tax debts...

  20. Commissioner’s deceased estates fix trudges along

    been tabled in Parliament, but practitioners will have to continue to wait until mid-May for the measure to kick in. Late last year, the Commissioner of Taxation proposed to use his remedial power to modify the Taxation Administration Act to allow a...