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  1. ATO monitoring new compliance item in SAN misuse mailout

    will help identify instances where trustees and tax agents have lodged returns before the completion of the audit report. Last year, the ATO began issuing SMSF auditors with a list of funds that have quoted their SMSF auditor number (SAN) in order to...

  2. ATO monitoring advice fee deductions, FAAA cautions

    It also highlighted the importance of maintaining adequate records in case the ATO reviews these deductions later on. Last month, the major accounting bodies and the FAAA released a guide for the financial planning and accounting communities containing...

  3. ATO marks 20-year milestone

    marked 20 years the ATO has spent as the SMSF regulator, during which time it has worked to protect the sector. Over the last two decades, the ATO noted it has disqualified approximately 3,500 SMSF trustees, issued 2,400 undertakings to trustees and...

  4. ATO makes tweaks to troubled portals

    warned that systems may be unavailable due to unplanned maintenance during tax time 2017. The ATO notified tax professionals last week that changes have been made to the Tax Agent Portal and BAS Agent Portal including enhanced functionality for activity...

  5. ATO makes extension relief on NALI

    recent Tax Institute Superannuation Intensive Series 2021, ATO assistant commissioner Justin Micale said that, in December last year, the ATO took further industry consultation and since then has continued to receive submissions on draft Law Companion...

  6. ATO loosens constraints on client linking process

    This is available to be sent to their agent to notify them.” The ATO said in other respects the process was unchanged from last year, when pilot trials began with large businesses and wealthy private groups. However, neither change addresses a key...

  7. ATO locks in new reporting requirements

    When the idea of excluding SMSFs with lower balances was first floated by outgoing ATO director Howard Dickinson last month, concerns were raised about the administrative burden of having carve-outs for some clients and not others. In response, deputy...

  8. ATO locks in permanent review service for small businesses

    available to businesses with a turnover of more than $250 million. Originally, the small business pilot program was only to last 12 months, but it was later extended in February last year following a strong approval rating. Since the pilot program’s...

  9. ATO locks horns with Senate over JobKeeper disclosure order

    any way by the proposed disclosure, only those that rorted the system,” Senator Patrick said. The House of Representatives last week batted away key transparency amendments to the Treasury Laws Amendment (COVID-19 Economic Response No. 2) Bill 2021,...

  10. ATO linking system takes giant stride into business

    trusts, partnerships, not-for-profits and superannuation funds. The six-step procedure, as outlined by the ATO late last year, prompted a storm of protest on social media and angry comments from Accountants Daily readers who described it as a “joke” and...

  11. ATO letter campaign around SG obligations set to debut

    have not met their obligations.” Accountants Daily understands these letters will be sent directly to employer clients. The last letter campaign sent by the ATO, around SMSF investment strategies, was not well received by recipients, with some lamenting...

  12. ATO lets ineligible businesses off the hook for $180m in JobKeeper payments

    the publication of the list of JobKeeper recipients with turnovers of more than $10 million. The House of Representatives last month batted away key transparency amendments to the Treasury Laws Amendment (COVID-19 Economic Response No. 2) Bill 2021,...

  13. ATO legal database changes ‘holding very well’

    resolved,” Ms Jenkins said. “We are continuing to test the performance of the legal database, and from our testing over the last week, the fixes appear to be holding very well, with the database working much more smoothly.” Ms Jenkins also noted that...

  14. ATO launches data-matching program for false Medicare levy claims

    acquire personal details and rental bond information of 900,000 landlords from state and territory rental bond regulators. Last year, it also expanded the use of information reported through STP by employers and data from super funds to follow up on...

  15. ATO knuckles down on cash-only businesses

    education seminars for SMEs at each of the locations visited. Not the first time ATO expressed cash concerns In July last year, the ATO revealed the findings of research it had commissioned into the use of cash by Australian consumers, which labelled...

  16. ATO kicks off work on new centralised business mailbox

    Business Registers (MBR) program, which was announced as part of an $800 million digital business package by the government last September. In announcing the MBR program, the ATO’s aim was to reduce the regulatory burden shouldered by businesses by...

  17. ATO kicks off ‘biggest ever’ taxpayer education campaign

    the government to increase compliance activities targeting individual taxpayers and tax agents, as announced in the budget last month. Work-related expenses has been a key focus area for the Tax Office, with commissioner Chris Jordan claiming that...

  18. ATO joins new challenge in offshore tax fraud mission

    The ATO participated in a joint data challenge last week as it seeks to identify and develop new techniques and methods to combat tax evasion across international boundaries. As part of the J5, a global tax enforcement alliance between the UK, US,...

  19. ATO issuing 30-40 penalty notices a day – and rising

    taxpayers to credit agencies as it steps up debt collection post-COVID. The DPNs follow 52,319 warning letters dispatched last month to directors of companies with outstanding debts on PAYG, the superannuation guarantee charge and GST. The letters...

  20. ATO issues warning on offshore income

    Australia’s tax system, taxpayers who voluntarily come forward and disclose before December 19 will only be assessed for the last four years, only be liable for a maximum shortfall penalty of 10 per cent, and will not be referred for criminal...