Assuming last is required, the following 4024 results were found.

  1. Rogue agent sees over 2,000 taxpayers impacted

    Stroe, also known as Jessa Layola, who was illegally preparing tax returns. Ms Van Stroe was ordered by the Federal Court last month to stop preparing and lodging income tax returns, after a TPB investigation leveraging taxpayer data found that she had...

  2. New casual employment laws to kick in with $66k penalties

    employment as long as they have been employed for at least 12 months, have worked a regular pattern of hours over the last six months, and can continue to work these hours in a full-time or part-time capacity. Penalties in place The FWO notes that...

  3. ATO announces STP Phase 2 blanket deferral

    to keep businesses afloat,” said Mr Greco. “Practitioners have not experienced business as usual conditions since March last year. “The ATO has acknowledged the workload predicament facing practitioners. The profession will take any concessions...

  4. CPA Australia appoints 3 new directors

    with experience in the valuation of businesses, shares and intangible assets. Merran Kelsall, who was appointed as president last October, has also been re-elected as president and chair of the board, alongside deputy presidents Professor Pinto and...

  5. Service NSW confirms first JobSaver retest fortnight

    to allay the widespread confusion of businesses, NFPs and accountants over the past couple of weeks, particularly the last few days,” Ms Jacobson told Accountants Daily. “Importantly, if a business or NFP has reconfirmed their eligibility for the...

  6. Former EY director joins law firm’s tax controversy team

    and experience will add great depth to our team.” Melbourne-based tax controversy partner Sue Williamson, who joined from EY last September, said the growth of her team stemmed from growing disputes with the Tax Office. “The ATO does a great job in the...

  7. Is the ATO awakening?

    while the Australian Tax Office had cut businesses some slack because of the pandemic, this generosity wasn't going to last forever. And while the ongoing pandemic and recent lockdowns saw the ATO again ease back on debt collection, there are signs it...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Glenn Crisp, Managing Partner, VIC - Jirsch Sutherland
    • Category: Regulation
  8. Moore Australia acquires WA advisory firm

    our service offering to add client value,” Mr Tomasi said. “Both Moore Australia and GROBUSINESS share the same values, buid lasting relationships, and provide exceptional services to our clients as they seek to meet their business, financial and...

  9. SMSF accounting efficiencies – where to next?

    processed and the data is ready for use - just like a data feed but without the overhead of obtaining authorities. Over the last few years we’ve been testing both methods to streamline SMSF administration within SuperMate. Annual Tax Statements can be...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Andy Forbes, CTO SuperConcepts
    • Category: Super
  10. ATO freezes $80m worth of assets detailed in Pandora Papers

    Federal Court after he was alleged by the ATO to have engaged in tax avoidance arrangements. The Federal Court of Australia last Friday (8 October) approved the freezing of $83.2 million worth of assets either owned in part or full by property...

  11. ‘Not us versus them’: ATO opens up on relationship with accountants

    a torrid 18 months for the profession, who have had to deal with JobKeeper, the cash-flow boost and other support programs last year, and contend with a raft of state and territory support grants this year. Some practitioners believe the ATO has failed...

  12. Ransomware – Are you the Next Target?

    previous six-month reporting period. Average ransom payments have risen dramatically in Australia and New Zealand over the last year as malicious actors have become more sophisticated. Whereas cybercriminals used to be looking for a vulnerability, now...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Accountancy Insurance
    • Category: Technology
  13. Ceased COVID-19 support payments to bolster labour shortage: Frydenberg

    had. “This is why we’ve actually announced that those emergency payments are being brought to an end.” Mr Frydenberg last month announced that the Morrison government will begin winding down the COVID-19 disaster payment for workers once 70 per cent of...

  14. ATO urges caution on publication of JobKeeper documents, responding to reports

    laws has prompted words of warning from the ATO, which suggests the documents alone portray an incomplete picture. The ATO last week issued words of warning to publishers who will soon have access to a trove of documents related to the administration of...

  15. Frydenberg welcomes historic OECD tax agreement

    broaden the base of GST was not on the government’s agenda. “No plans to increase the GST,” said Mr Frydenberg on Sky News last month. “What we do have plans for is obviously to cut taxes at every opportunity that we find, and we’ve done that on income...

  16. Federal Treasurer backs economic recovery as NSW emerges from lockdown

    will stay accommodative.” He also pointed to the $200 billion on household balance sheets “that was not there this time last year”, as well as business balance sheet growth and “strong pipelines of investment in both the housing sector” (bolstered by...

  17. PwC establishes vaccine mandate as states reopen

    return to the office once 80 per cent of the over-16 population in NSW is fully vaccinated, but only if they want. “As with last time and the experience after Melbourne’s lockdown, we are expecting that the number of people returning will be low...

  18. Small businesses turn to alternative financing in droves amid pandemic pressure

    as leaders turn to alternative financing and personal lines of credit. The results of ScotPac’s SME Growth Index released last week show that businesses have increasingly turned to alternative financing methods as they emerge from the pandemic, with...

  19. PwC partners fined, staff stood down over ‘racist and offensive’ internal event

    Seymour says. PwC Australia mounted an expedited investigation into the behaviour of staff at an internal trivia night late last month after one HR executive allegedly dressed up as a “bat from Wuhan” during a sketch, while another mocked Chinese...

  20. ‘Significant investigation’: ATO reforms to create fairer tax system

    made by the IGTO, noting they will go a long way in addressing significant tax issues plaguing the nation’s SME community. Last week, Inspector-General of Taxation and Tax Ombudsman (IGTO) Karen Payne handed down six recommendations on how the ATO could...