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  1. ATO set to review 85% lodgement benchmark

    as tax practitioners continue to fall behind on lodgements in a year marked by COVID-19. A similar assurance was provided last year at the height of the pandemic. The Tax Office, however, has continued to resist calls for a blanket deferral, and has...

  2. ATO set to launch tax record application system

    90 per cent of relevant income tax, business activity statement and fringe benefits tax lodgements that were due in the last four years of operation from the date of request for an STR, and must not have $10,000 or greater in outstanding undisputed debt...

  3. ATO set to investigate leads in tax data reveal

    and Collaboration (JITSIC) is already collaborating within existing legal frameworks following the statement by Appleby last month,” he said. “We anticipate further data may be published by the ICIJ and the ATO will continue to work closely with other...

  4. ATO set to grant tax relief for Townsville flood victims

    and payment extensions to taxpayers and their agents affected by the Townsville floods after it was declared a disaster. Last week, the minister for environment and the great barrier reef, minister for science and minister for the arts, Leeanne Enoch,...

  5. ATO set to doorknock as 60% of cash-heavy businesses caught

    yesterday. This follows the ATO visiting about 400 small businesses operating with a heavy focus on cash transactions last year. The ATO’s work is part of a massive government crackdown on the black economy in Australia. In December 2016, the Turnbull...

  6. ATO set to contact SMSF clients over focus areas

    basis of poor or conflicted advice, as seen recently in the royal commission and ASIC reports 575 and 576 that were released last year. “The main point that I’d like to make here is that 95 per cent of LRBAs are for real property, and 30 per cent of...

  7. ATO set to contact clients for overdue TPAR

    in the Business Portal, Online Services for agents, and third party software,” the ATO BAS Agent Association Group said last year. [email protected]

  8. ATO set to clamp down on range of super issues

    on the life of a specified person,” said the ATO’s Kasey Macfarlane at the SMSF Adviser Technical Strategy Day in Sydney last week. “What that means is that the SMSF doesn’t actually get the full legal interest in the business real property, they just...

  9. ATO set for increased audits, debt crackdown

    A major win for the ATO in the Full Federal Court last week will boost the confidence of the commissioner in pursuing companies with related party debt, according to one mid-tier firm. Chevron’s loss of an appeal against the ATO in the Full Federal...

  10. ATO seeking feedback on paperless push

    they do not have the ability to do so. “More and more, people are carrying out their day-to-day business online and in the last couple of years a focus of ours has been to make sure our digital services meet the community’s needs,” Ms Crosby said. “For...

  11. ATO second commissioner big winner in Tax Institute awards

    The Tax Institute has announced the winners of its annual Tax Adviser of the Year awards at a ceremony on the Gold Coast last night. ATO second commissioner Andrew Mills was named Chartered Tax Adviser of the Year while the Corporate Tax Adviser of the...

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  12. ATO searches Sydney home amid scam syndicate joint investigation

    following a joint investigation into an international scam syndicate, including the search of a Western Sydney home. Last Wednesday (6 May), a joint task force comprising officers from the ATO, the Federal Police and Services Australia executed a search...

  13. ATO ruling flags common audit traps for self-education claims

    have traditionally attracted ATO scrutiny, according to the National Tax and Accountants Association. TR 2024/3, released last month, sets out the ATO’s views on when deductions can be claimed for self-education expenses and replaces its previous...

  14. ATO rolls out campaign to crackdown on SMSF auditor number misuse

    the ATO can impose penalties, disqualify trustees, and refer tax agents involved to the TPB or refer them for prosecution. Last year, the ATO singled out 100 funds for using a SAN on an annual return without the auditor’s authority....

  15. ATO rolls out agent, client visits on Sunshine Coast and Victoria

    of your processes and what the drivers are behind what we're seeing,” said ATO assistant commissioner Colin Walker late last year. “Again, you shouldn’t be worried about this – it is about ensuring we understand how you operate, we understand your...

  16. ATO reveals STP reporting options for closely held payees

    payees will commence from 1 July, after it had granted these employers a one-year exemption in the midst of the pandemic last year. Guidance released by the ATO on Monday has revealed that small employers can report payments to closely held payees...

  17. ATO reveals improved tax compliance trend from big business

    tax compliance among large corporations, with Australia’s biggest corporations paying more than $57.2 billion tax in the last financial year. The Australian Taxation Office (ATO) has released its seventh annual report on corporate tax transparency...

  18. ATO reveals further details about monthly GST reporting push

    reporting,” he said. The ATO said this latest compliance action is part of its broader ‘Getting it right’ campaign launched last year. For this quarter, the Tax Office has also focused on the omission or incorrect reporting of income by contractors...

  19. ATO reveals auditor number misuse figures for 2017 and 2018

    The Australian Taxation Office has released the results of its investigation conducted last year into the misuse of SMSF auditor numbers from 2017 and 2018. In July 2019, the ATO said it reported the preliminary findings of its mail-out to SMSF...

  20. ATO reveals ASIC outcomes for SMSF auditors in FY2020

    of 19 SMSF auditors at their request during that year, following compliance concerns raised with them by the ATO or ASIC. Last month, ASIC reported that it had cancelled the registrations of 36 SMSF auditors and imposed conditions on a further six in...