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  1. Negative gearing, CGT discounts supercharging housing crisis: ACOSS

    of this week that we have a broad and ambitious housing policy already and those changes aren’t part of it,” Chalmers said last year regarding housing tax reform, as reported by The Australian Financial Review. ACOSS argued that the government must...

  2. Majority of NFPs yet to lodge self-review return as deadline looms

    with the deadline now less than two weeks away. In a recent update, ATO assistant commissioner Jennifer Moltisanti said last week more than 20,000 NFPs had already lodged their review return, with the ATO also responding to many inquiries about the...

  3. Coalition remains ‘on the fence’ towards income tax cuts

    pressure on prices and further pressure on debt,” Taylor said. “Labor has broken every promise on tax it made before the last election, and hard-working Australians are paying the price. Labor abolished the tax cap in its first budget, the Coalition...

  4. Lower Div 296 threshold to $2m, increase Div 293 to 35%: Grattan report

    rates. And it would ensure that the bulk of retirees’ incomes, irrespective of their super balances, would be guaranteed to last the rest of their lives.” The second key reform is the establishment of a free service that “sums the parts” of the...

  5. Revised tax policies ‘wishful thinking’ as budget announcement looms

    to see re-announcement of measures that have already been announced such as, the release of payday super legislation, late last week. Or the provision of further financial help to the masses.” Despite a lack of communication from either party towards...

  6. What accountants should look out for in the budget

    Chalmers hands down the federal budget on 25 March, there will be a sea of commentary. And – as someone who has been in the last dozen media lockups – I can attest that the budget papers themselves will run into the thousands of pages. But there are...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Richard Holden, CAANZ
    • Category: Business
  7. Regulator not afraid of AML enforcement

    banks have shown, AUSTRAC will really want to see that the board is taking this issue seriously”. Don’t rely on consultants last-minute – Demand for compliance advisers will skyrocket as deadlines approach so “get the right advice early in the piece”....

  8. Labor unveils federal budget ahead of upcoming election

    instant asset write-off was a useful cashflow support and has been extended time and time again, with the extension in the last budget yet to be legislated. “Small businesses relying on the continuation of the instant asset write off will be...

  9. ATO expected to use section 100A as ‘alternative weapon’ after Bendel

    it ultimately loses its Division 7A argument in the Bendel appeal, educator and tax specialist John Jeffreys has cautioned. Last month, the Full Federal Court handed down its decision in Commissioner of Taxation v Bendel, ruling in favour of taxpayer...

  10. Holding Redlich partner to deliver keynote at ACE25 Accounting Conference & Expo

    Act (AML/CTF Act). Her session will reflect on the bill to amend Australia’s AML/CTF Act introduced into parliament last year. The legislation expands the Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorism Financing regime to certain high-risk services...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Arabella Walton
    • Category: Business
  11. Tax agents raise concerns about ATO’s ‘disastrous’ rental income letters

    what ramifications communications like this can have, especially when they are completely wrong. The ATO issued a warning last year that it would be expanding its data-matching compliance program for rental properties as part of a crackdown on taxpayers...

  12. Advisers warned on tax traps with family trust beneficiaries: CGW

    pitfalls that can arise for advisers with family discretionary trusts. Speaking at the CGW annual adviser conference last week, Walrut and Silcock said the process of determining the beneficiaries and their obligations in trust deeds could often pose...

  13. Government kicks unenacted tax matters ‘down the road’: The Tax Institute

    on “shaky ground” following the budget's failure to address a range of unenacted tax measures, The Tax Institute has warned. Last week's Federal Budget has failed to provide any clarity on the future of a number of announced but unenacted measures,...

  14. RBA reveals latest cash rate decision

    are hawkish, suggesting that further rate cuts are not necessarily on the horizon. "Australian economic data since the last RBA meeting has mostly been positive, with better consumer confidence readings, a flat unemployment rate, an improvement in the...

  15. Tribunal overturns decision on meal expense deductions

    Review Tribunal of Australia (ARTA) handed down its decision in Shaw and Commissioner of Taxation (Taxation) [2025] ARTA 224 last month, examining whether meal expenses that were claimed by a truck driver should be allowed in full. The applicant in the...

  16. Accountants call for overhaul of ‘outdated industry perception’

    to build and nurture on the side of his everyday activities and accounting business. The main goal for Kaleb over the last 12 months had been to spread awareness for the movement and connect with likeminded accountants who were also willing to join him...

  17. Labor announces extension for instant asset write-off measure

    from $20,000, $30,000, and $50,000.” Both CPA and CA ANZ noted the SME community deserved more and hoped this was not the last of the announcements to help support struggling small businesses.

  18. Small business restructuring: All you need to know

    not exceeding $1 million. Together with its related entities, not have adopted SBR or simplified liquidation in the last seven years. Q3: What is the role of a Small Business Restructuring Practitioner (SBRP)? An SBRP assists the business in preparing a...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Jessie Wang, Wexted
    • Category: Business
  19. Trump’s tariffs set to hit regional NSW SMEs hard: Business NSW

    regional NSW are likely to struggle with the newly enforced 10 per cent tariff policy announced by US President Donald Trump last week. Daniel Hunter, chief executive of Business NSW, said regional businesses selling direct to the US and those trading...

  20. ‘Erroneous’ ATO letters burden tax agents with additional work and stress: IPA

    and letters. The Tax Ombudsman announced she would be undertaking a review into ATO letters and written communications last month with the quality of ATO communications still a major concern for registered agents. The IPA said that erroneous and...