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  1. ATO to target foreign income-earners, warns H&R Block

    Block has warned the ATO will target foreign income earners this tax year after the Project DO IT amnesty was withdrawn late last year. Project DO IT (Disclose Offshore Income Today) was announced on 27 March 2014 to allow eligible taxpayers with...

  2. ATO to step up information protection as tax scams surge

    their tax returns. A sharp increase in impersonation scams was reported by the ATO, with a 150 per cent increase over the last 12 months, 90 per cent of them having been sent via email. Rob Thomson, ATO assistant commissioner, said scammers were...

  3. ATO to sool debt collector on 150,000 taxpayers

    and marked the first time it had employed Recoveriescorp, which was the only debt collection agency being used. “Over the last few years there has been an increase in collectable tax and super debt,” the tax office said. “We are actively addressing this...

  4. ATO to set its sights on ‘copy-paste’ expense claims

    work-related expense claims related to clothing and laundry, self-education, car and travel, the Tax Office said it expects last year’s downward trend to continue. “In 2020, we saw a decrease in the value of work-related expenses for cars, travel,...

  5. ATO to scrutinise SMSFs

    from July this year, will give the ATO the ability to fine SMSF trustees who fail to meet their regulatory obligations. Last year, 18,000 SMSF contraventions were lodged with the ATO, of which approximately half could have incurred penalties based on...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Michael Masterman
    • Category: Super

  6. ATO to ramp up scrutiny of $20K tax break use

    instant asset write-off according to one accounting body, with the ATO poised to up its monitoring of the tax concession. Last week, the government announced that legislation to extend the $20,000 instant asset write-off for small businesses for another...

  7. ATO to quiz professionals over profit allocation arrangements

    contacting professionals to quiz them about their profit allocation arrangements in the wake of issuing PCG 2021/4 late last year. PCG 2021/4 sets out the ATO’s compliance approach to the allocation of profits or income from professional firms, and...

  8. ATO to mobilise cash crackdown in Sydney

    or letter from the tax office highlighting the benefits of an electronic payment facility. This follows research by the ATO last month which showed that only one in five Australians continued to use cash for purchases. “This research indicates that the...

  9. ATO to launch upgraded website next month

    upgrade was flagged most recently by Commissioner Chris Jordan’s valedictory speech to the Tax Institute forum in Melbourne last month, in a move he said would reduce the need for phone interactions. “As tax professionals, your manual effort is better...

  10. ATO to increase fixed rate for working from home expenses to 70c

    rate method was previously set at 67 cents for the 2022–23 and 2023–24 income years and was 52 cents per hour for 2021–2022. Last year, ATO assistant commissioner Rob Thomson reminded taxpayers that anyone using the fixed rate method will need a record...

  11. ATO to improve comms skills after IGTO review

    at ATO training around the Taxpayers’ Charter, which the report suggested might be as low as just 1 per cent over the last three years. “Effective communication of taxpayer rights to complain, review and appeal ATO decisions and actions is vitally...

  12. ATO to extend independent review to small businesses

    the issues and working towards resolving them. Mr Jordan’s comments come after the Inspector-General of Taxation announced last month that he would be undertaking a review of the ATO’s use of garnishee notices. Speaking to Accountants Daily, Institute...

  13. ATO to crack down on SMSF tax-avoidance

    On the issue of ATO penalties, Ms MacFarlane said she is confident that the penalty regime that came into effect on July 1 last year will result in fewer civil penalties and costly litigation for SMSF trustees. However, she warned that persistent...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Katarina Taurian
    • Category: Super

  14. ATO to crack down on rental income, WFH deductions this tax time

    trip up on changes to the fixed rate method of calculating a WFH deduction after more than 4 million people claimed one last year. The 80c shortcut method, introduced during COVID-19, finished at the end of FY22 and a revised fixed rate method was...

  15. ATO to crack down on Amazon, eBay sellers’ tax affairs

    thing,” the ATO said. The ATO’s online seller data matching program comes after it announced one for Medicare levy claims last month. In February, the ATO acquired personal details and rental bond information of 900,000 landlords from state and...

  16. ATO to commence ‘field visits’ in myGovID push

    Portal or the Small Business Superannuation Clearing House to also make the transition from AUSkey to myGovID. “Late last year, we sent an email to all businesses with an active AUSkey to let them know how to transition and we’ll continue to send emails...

  17. ATO to claw back $155m in JobKeeper overpayments

    be pursued for repayment. The new figures, revealed by ATO second commissioner Jeremy Hirschhorn at a parliamentary hearing last week, come as the total taxpayer bill for the wage subsidy program has risen to $83 billion since its introduction last...

  18. ATO to be granted greater discretion over old tax debts

    over the 5 years from 2023–24. The ATO began contacting taxpayers about debts previously classed as uneconomic to pursue last year, advising them that the debts would be offset against future refunds. This was in response to an audit by the Australian...

  19. ATO to appeal ART decision on truck driver’s meal expenses

    ARTA 224, which determined that deductions claimed by a long-haul truck driver for meal expenses should be allowed in full. Last week, the Commissioner of Taxation filed a notice of appeal against the ART's decision in the Federal Court. In its decision...

  20. ATO to ‘beef up’ review of companies’ tax frameworks

    New Zealand, at Thomson Reuters, “The justified trust initiative is really an extension of what the OECD proposed over the last couple of years about ensuring multinationals pay the correct amount of tax in the country they're operating in,” Mr Scull...

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