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  1. Sydney and Melbourne CBDs brace for 4-year economic recovery: Deloitte

    billion until the second half of 2024. “The economic toll of the pandemic on Melbourne occurred not just in 2020, but has lasted as restrictions ease in 2021, with the city having far more economic ground to recover than other capital cities,” the...

  2. Remote access scams jump by 184%: ACCC

    The increase in such scams has resulted in more than $7.2 million being stolen this year, a 184 per cent increase from last year. Almost 6,500 individuals have now reported such scams, which see scammers attempt to convince victims to download software...

  3. Financial adviser pleads guilty to creating false documents, forging signatures

    count of making false documents and one count of using false documents under the Crimes Act in the Parramatta Local Court last week. An ASIC investigation found that during his time as a director of Nexus Financial Planning, a financial planning...

  4. Tax audit claim stats all accountants in Australia will want to know

    financial year. This has placed BAS Audits and Reviews into the number one position of all audit categories over the last 12 months. This is interesting because prior to the 2020-2021 financial year, BAS Audits and Reviews had remained steady since 2018...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Rod Spicer & Roman Kaczynski
    • Category: Tax
  5. Tax compliance blows out to $50bn, distrust grows

    suggests it costs $50 billion a year to comply with as a result of needless complexity, and mounting distrust. Released last week, the Case for Change is a 287-page report that points to the most burdensome areas of Australia’s tax system, and how each...

  6. Accountants relied on heavily as NSW opens COVID-19 grant program

    from 26 July, with eligibility requirements expected to be published this week. Announced by Prime Minister Scott Morrison last week, the JobSaver initiative will provide businesses between $1,000 and $10,000 a week to help them retain employees....

  7. Law firm poaches tax partner from MinterEllison

    to add to its fast-growing tax controversy practice, which had acquired the services of former EY partner Sue Williamson last September. “Our tax disputes team is a highly specialised team of lawyers with unparalleled experience assisting clients manage...

  8. Accountants in despair over NSW business grant administration

    turnover test, reliving concerns over the cash versus accruals debate that surfaced at the height of the JobKeeper program last year. Service NSW states that the “Australian Taxation Office goods and services tax (GST) concept will be applied when...

  9. MYOB unveils GreatSoft in its product range

    practice management software to medium to large accounting firms. MYOB signalled its intent to acquire GreatSoft in October last year, sparking a review by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) that revealed concerns over potential...

  10. PwC to fast-track pay rises, expand bonuses amid war for talent

    which is coming to a boil. The demand for accounting professionals has been felt by Canberra, with the federal government last month adding five accounting occupations to its Priority Migration Skilled Occupation List in a bid to attract overseas...

  11. Inheritance tax could address questions of financial inequality: The Tax Institute

    against younger Australians being able to get a fair financial start is redressed, says one tax expert. The Tax Institute last week published a 287-page report called the Case for Change, which identifies the elements of the Australian tax mix that are...

  12. NSW expands JobSaver as lockdown is extended

    state, all businesses in this state, can get the support they need to the other side stronger. “We have done this over the last 18 months and we will do it again. “Finally, my message to the people of New South Wales is, yes, it is difficult, the...

  13. 1 in 4 yet to switch to Online services as Business Portal retirement looms

    services for business, just three days before the ATO decommissions the Business Portal. The Tax Office is now making “one last push” to implore businesses to move to its new online service before it retires the Business Portal on 31 July after 17 years...

  14. NSW, Victoria boost business supports

    said it wasn’t the right solution for the problems the nation faces now. “JobKeeper was a great scheme, but you don’t play last year’s grand final this year,” he said. He said that because there hasn’t been a rise in the number of people receiving...

  15. 2021 COVID-19 support measures

    by their recent short lockdowns. There is a sense of déjà vu — the law and the systems for JobKeeper were designed in haste last year but, in the main, did their job to support struggling businesses and households. JobKeeper is a fine blueprint, and it...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Robyn Jacobson, The Tax Institute
    • Category: Business
  16. Maptek founder accused of $38.5m tax fraud

    the founder of leading mining technology provider Maptek, faced the Adelaide Magistrates Court on Friday after being charged last week in relation to an alleged taxation fraud spanning 15 years and totalling more than $38.5 million. Dr Johnson faces two...

  17. COVID-19 payments to individuals, businesses to be tax-free under law change

    $750 a week, while those who lose between eight and 20 hours will receive $450. Up until the Prime Minister’s comments last Thursday, official guidance from the Treasury, the Tax Office and Services Australia all stated that COVID-19 disaster payments...

  18. SME business conditions reach record high pre-lockdown

    economic rebound have been shown to trickle down to smaller firms. NAB released the results of its Q2 SME business survey last week which show that the SME sector recorded a business conditions increase of 31 index points through the quarter, the...

  19. Victoria expands business support for 6th lockdown

    The support could have come sooner, too, Mr Hunter said. With Victoria entering its sixth lockdown on Thursday last week, Mr Hunter said the announcement of backdated support should have come immediately. “Businesses are not light bulbs; you can’t just...

  20. ASIC bans accountant over $73m failure

    in three failed companies that collectively owe creditors over $73 million. The ban from ASIC comes after Mr Brandi had last week pleaded guilty to fraudulently obtaining $135,248 in GST refunds by falsifying business activity statements lodged on...