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  1. ‘Be prepared to walk away’: Dealing with errant payroll clients

    million in underpayments after it found "incorrect processes and failures within its payroll and human resources functions". Last week, jewellery chain Michael Hill uncovered historic underpayments to employees worth between $10 million and $25 million...

  2. Mistakes ‘inevitable’ with ‘incredibly difficult’ awards system

    The length of the shift (minimum shift periods) The time the shift started The time the shift ended The time since the last shift ended The regularity of the shifts provided The tenure of the specific employee Any agreed minimum or maximum hours per...

  3. ‘Onerous’ SG regime called for urgent rethink

    to review the SG regime to ensure a measured approach is used to deal with employers who fall behind on their obligations. Last week, the government introduced Treasury Laws Amendment (2018 Superannuation Measures No. 1) Bill 2019, which crucially left...

  4. Fair Work conducts surprise raid on Chapel Street bars

    help us get to the bottom of serious allegations. “We will carefully review the evidence we have gathered, including during last night’s audits, to determine if there are any breaches of Australia’s workplace laws. “If we do uncover breaches, we will...

  5. MYOB CEO Tim Reed steps down

    online classifieds company Scout24 AG, will succeed Mr Reed as chief executive from 16 September. Mr Reed, who has spent the last 16 years at MYOB, including 12 years as chief executive, will continue to support MYOB’s business strategy in the role of...

  6. Taxation Ombudsman laments funding constraints

    to build upon the 2,712 complaints it received in the 12 months to 30 June 2019. Of the 2,827 complaints resolved in the last financial year, the IGTO received a 45 per cent satisfaction result in terms of outcome and a 65 per cent satisfaction with...

  7. Xero aims to tackle graduate practical skill gap

    in its sight as it looks to help push out graduates well versed in using cloud accounting software. Launched officially last year, Xero Learn has now been rolled out to 34 universities across Australia, with 10,000 students now having undertaken the...

  8. SMSF trustees look beyond planners

    around newer investment vehicles such as ETFs and listed investment companies. The planners surveyed indicated that in the last 12 months, 12 per cent of the SMSF funds they had advised on had been invested in ETFs, up from 11 per cent in 2018 and 10...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Sarah Kendell
    • Category: Super

  9. Tax portal updates set to end by December 2019

    “It is our understanding that, while the old tax agent portal access will continue until the end of March 2020 (when the last of the current digital certificates expire), ATO data will cease to be uploaded to the old tax agent portal from the end of...

  10. Xero scores biggest migration with mid-tier deal

    Australian customer after the South African cloud practice management software provider entered the Australian market last year. The agreement will cover RSM’s 30 offices across the country. The mid-tier firm is the nation’s ninth-largest accounting...

  11. ‘Not sustainable’: FWO criticises businesses for under-resourcing payroll

    Fair Work Ombudsman director of knowledge Cletus Brown said the agency has seen around 30 self-disclosures over the last “two to three years”. “Some of the larger businesses may have taken their eyes off the ball and not employ as many payroll...

  12. Tax Office defends use of external debt collection agencies

    undisputed debt”, as concerns over the aggressive conduct of their staff linger. Speaking at the Senate Estimates last week, ATO chief service delivery officer Melinda Smith said the Tax Office sets clear service benchmarks for external debt collection...

  13. Preservation age, work test in government’s sights

    numbers may fall to the back of the list, according to SuperConcepts. Addressing SMSF Adviser’s SMSF Summit 2019 in Sydney last week, the SMSF service provider’s general manager, Peter Burgess, said the government may soon look at increasing the age at...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Sarah Kendell
    • Category: Super

  14. Pay increases down in accounting

    in Sydney’s accounting market. According to the report, 33.2 per cent of respondents have not received a pay increase in the last 12 months, as opposed to 26.1 per cent in last year’s survey. Of those who did report a pay increase, 29.4 per cent...

  15. Victoria building developer in hot water over ‘calculated’ GST fraud

    found he claimed more than half a million dollars in fraudulent GST refunds. Appearing in the County Court of Victoria last week, Simon Petzierides was sentenced to three years in jail for tax fraud. The matter comes as a result of an ATO investigation...

  16. Division 7A advice for clients ‘currently next to impossible’

    its position on the proposed changes to Division 7A ahead of the looming 1 July 2020 start date. In the federal budget last year, the government announced that the start date for amendments to Division 7A would be deferred to 1 July 2020, accepting that...

  17. Clients warned on discretionary trust amendments ahead of retrospective duty, land tax

    have been urged to make amendments despite the passing of the transitional amendment date of 31 December 2019. In October last year, legislation was introduced by the NSW government to treat discretionary trusts as foreign trusts, liable for both...

  18. ATO issues call-out for tax dobbers

    economy activities as its tip-off hotline continues to ring hot. Since launching its new Tax Integrity Centre (TIC) in July last year, the ATO has now received 27,000 tip-offs, with a record-breaking 15,000 tip-offs received in the first quarter of...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Reporter
    • Category: Tax

  19. $1,080 tax offset saved rather than spent, new survey shows

    so, according to a survey of 1,006 taxpayers by money.com.au. The tax offset, which had sparked a surge in early lodgements last year, was also more likely to be used to pay for bills, with 28 per cent of respondents indicating so. Australians were also...

  20. CountPlus eyes more advice firms as profit grows

    growth in profit after tax to $2.7 million for the six months to 31 December 2019, up from $2.6 million in the same period last year. Revenue also grew by 8 per cent to $38.8 million, from $35.9 million in the previous corresponding period. The EBITA...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Aidan Curtis & Sarah Simpkins
    • Category: Business
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