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  1. Emotional training for accountants ‘worth its weight in gold’

    professional development avenues would help boost what one boutique firm is calling a skills shortage, in line with lobbying last year for universities to modernise their accounting curriculum. Speaking to Accountants Daily, Prime Partners director...

  2. Key audit appointments, M&A deals chalk up growth for EY

    EY’s revenue rose by almost 10 per cent over the last financial year as the big four firm secured several key audit appointments, and noted a strong demand for M&A services. The big four firm saw its revenue rise by 9.8 per cent to $1.78 billion for...

  3. ATO claims stellar digital performance, but satisfaction dips

    The community’s satisfaction with ATO performance over the last financial year has taken a hit off the back of users’ perception of online systems despite the Tax Office claiming 99 per cent digital system availability over the same period. The ATO has...

  4. Accountant steps up in Melbourne Bourke St tragedy

    raised by the general public for the Melbournian man who helped confront the Bourke Street attacker with a shopping trolley last week. Michael Rogers, who is believed to be homeless, attempted to help police officers by confronting the knife-wielding...

  5. STP to cover all businesses as legislation passes

    Payroll to employers with 19 or fewer employees has finally passed both houses today, after amendments were tabled in late last year. The Treasury Laws Amendment (2018 Measures No. 4) Bill 2018 secured passage today after it was referred back to the...

  6. ‘Big awareness push’ phase underway as STP deadline approaches

    provisions, and its project lead at the tax office believes the business community is better prepared than it was for last year’s deadline. Through email and national advertising campaigns, the ATO is drilling in the 1 July deadline for STP, which...

  7. How to minimise the risk of a client audit

    Reuters Senior Product Manager, Tax & Accounting, ANZ, and fellow Product Manager Shane Paxton outline how to avoid them. Last year the Australian Tax Office (ATO) was clear as to what area it deemed ripe for a clampdown: work-related expenses. It...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Thomson Reuters
    • Category: Business

  8. ATO flashes warning over $7.2bn car expenses claims

    Over $7.2 billion in work-related car expenses claimed last year have placed the popular deduction firmly in the headlights of the ATO this tax time. According to ATO assistant commissioner Karen Foat, over 3.6 million people made a work-related car...

  9. What you need to know this EOFY

    and new additions to the tax landscape that are troubling small business owners, making this EOFY more delicate than the last. Intuit QuickBooks partnered with Accountants Daily and MyBusiness to produce a webcast on the key changes ahead of the biggest...

  10. Early lodgement spike sparks tax assessment fears

    With tax return lodgements now up by 24 per cent over last year, fears have been raised that this could result in a spike in notice of assessments as taxpayers leave out crucial data. Accountants Daily understands the ATO has now received 2.4 million...

  11. ‘Apology doesn’t go far enough’: Calls for ATO outage compensation increase

    The pressure is growing for the government to explicitly include compensation related to digital systems after last week’s ATO outages. While the government is currently reviewing the Compensation for Defective and Detrimental Administration (CDDA)...

  12. $10bn in refunds paid out as taxpayers ignore early lodging warnings

    this year has seen the ATO refund $10 billion to taxpayers this tax time, tracking more than $2 billion from this time last year. Over 4 million tax return refunds have now been sent out, compared to 3 million refunds issued in the same period last...

  13. Precision needed to meet CGT on small business concession rules

    powerful tax and superannuation planning opportunities for small businesses. However, since legislation was introduced last year to include extra tests and conditions to access the concessions, you need to use surgical precision to ensure your clients...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Thomson Reuters
    • Category: Business

  14. ‘Obligation to be 24/7’: ATO pressed to reduce maintenance downtime

    The ATO has recorded a 99.5 per cent digital system availability result for the last financial year, but frustrations over routine planned maintenance continue to fester. According to the ATO’s annual report, the availability of its digital systems for...

  15. $16bn: Small business owes ATO big

    Almost one in five Australian SMEs entered into payment plans with the ATO last financial year, as they struggle to pay a collective tax bill of over $16 billion. Sail Finance recently revealed the findings of a sample poll of finance brokers it had...

  16. SME insolvencies tipped to rise in 2020

    SME insolvencies are forecast to increase in 2020, reversing a positive trend witnessed over the last couple of years, new research has shown. According to new data released on Friday by digital credit agency CreditorWatch, while 14 per cent fewer SMEs...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Reporter
    • Category: Business

  17. Lodgement extensions critical as 3 out of 4 agents fall behind

    Close to three out of four tax agents are now behind on lodgements compared to this time last year, as calls for further extensions continue to ring out. A Tax & Super Australia (TSA) survey of 530 accounting professionals has found that a blowout in...

  18. Xero’s Australian market surpasses 1m subscribers as profits jump

    Xero’s global subscriber base has grown by 19 per cent compared with this time last year as its Australian market surpasses the 1 million subscriber mark. The accounting software provider’s half-year results to 30 September have seen it post operating...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Cameron Micallef
    • Category: Technology

  19. JobMaker registrations now open: ATO

    now opened registrations for the JobMaker Hiring Credit scheme following the release of rules by Treasurer Josh Frydenberg last week. Administered by the Tax Office, the scheme will run for 12 months from 7 October, with registrations through ATO online...

  20. Toyota returns $18m in JobKeeper payments

    it has approached the ATO to return more than $18 million in JobKeeper payments after a spike in sales towards the end of last year. Toyota Australia president and CEO Matthew Callachor said the move was the “right thing to do as a responsible corporate...

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