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  1. ‘We were not consulted’: ATO lashed over new partner profit guidelines

    taxed on an “artificially low” share of the business’s profits, has found little support since it was publicly released last month, with the joint professional bodies questioning the legal basis of the draft guidelines. The Institute of Public...

  2. ‘We want to expand’: National network brings firm total to 21

    Wayland board approved the application of Melbourne-based accounting and advisory firm, Rose Partners, to join its network last week. The internal Walker Wayland network has been notified, and staff and management have now transitioned to the Rose...

  3. ‘We need to move into the black’: Big changes underway at CA ANZ

    black.” Chief executive Rick Ellis’ “strategic review” of CA ANZ, which he announced within three months of taking office last year, is starting to take shape in the form of internal policy and personnel changes with aims to ultimately create a...

  4. ‘We hid from the issue,’ ATO says amid fresh compliance push

    hid from the issue of asset valuation,” said superannuation director Howard Dickinson at the SMSF Summit in Adelaide last week. “We can no longer hide from asset valuations. We need to know that they are being appropriately monitored and managed,” he...

  5. ‘We cannot rest on our laurels’: Senator Jane Hume

    said they were shaping the industry and “holding out the torch for other women who will in turn pave their own way forward”. Last year, the federal government released an updated iteration of the 2018 Women’s Economic Security Statement as part of the...

  6. ‘We can’t believe the government is doing this’: Mid-tier up in arms over bankruptcy reform

    discharge from bankruptcy after one year, look set to be passed despite grave concerns from the industry and its regulators. Last month, the Senate Legal and Constitutional Affairs Legislation Committee looked at 20 submissions on the Bankruptcy...

  7. ‘We can’t audit our way out of this’: ATO bosses defend work-related expenses push

    volume of work-related expenses they process. Work-related expenses are a revenue drain for the government though, and late last year ATO commissioner Chris Jordan likened the tax gap created by illegitimate claims to the gap created by corporate tax...

  8. ‘We are not immune’: Deloitte mandates 20% pay cut

    immune,” Mr Deutsch said. “Our own Deloitte Access Economics team estimate that over 1 million jobs have been lost in the last three weeks. In this environment, a significant focus for my leadership team and me is to minimise job losses across our...

  9. ‘Watch very closely’: mid-tier flags fuel tax credit change delay

    have to be aware of this change, which may lead to administrative issues. “Most of the fuel tax credit claimants over the last couple of years have been used to the change occurring on either 1 August or 1 February and now this year, they would have...

  10. ‘Warning shot’: Experts react to ATO property development tax alert

    and minimisation, and encouraged landowners and developers to review their existing arrangements for possible risks. Last Wednesday (14 January), the ATO released a tax alert (TA 2026/1) which stated that taxpayers using contrived property arrangements...

  11. ‘Wage theft’ leaves workers $40m poorer

    Australian businesses shortchanged their employees by more than $40 million last financial year, despite a staggering number of visits to the ombudsman’s website and pay calculation tools. Releasing its annual report, the Fair Work Ombudsman (FWO)...

  12. ‘Voracious’ tax, advisory demand drives spate of mid-tier hires

    said. “Cyber security is a new service, and it sits in a risk advisory services group, and we’ve been working on it for the last 18 months to two years,” he said. “That will be a focus area of our strategy going forward,” he said. Appointments related...

  13. ‘Very handy’: ATO provides guidance on client STP reporting status

    reporting status of their clients, with the profession called to ramp up preparation ahead of the impending start date. Last week, the ATO sent out an email to tax and BAS agents with a list of clients who lodged a payment summary annual report for...

  14. ‘Utterly untenable’: Labor pushes back on franking credit inquiry

    debates from both sides of the table, as well as the voting public, including the most recent inquiry hearing in Chatswood last Friday, where a man was ejected from the hearing and boos and jeers were heard when an attendee spoke in favour of the new...

  15. ‘Uptick in enquiries and nervousness’: ATO investigations spark fear

    secret accounts is “just the tip of the iceberg”, according to a big four firm who has seen a rise in advice enquiries. Last week, the ATO announced it had begun contacting 106 Australians who are suspected of utilising tax evasion schemes through...

  16. ‘Unreasonable burden, negligible revenue’: ATO called out on draft FBT ruling

    arguing that it would capture regional employers and slug an extra $1.6 million in FBT costs to current taxpayers. Late last year, the ATO released draft taxation ruling 2019/D5, detailing conditions considered as providing a car parking benefit. The...

  17. ‘Unprecedented level of visibility’: ATO announces first use of STP data

    SG audit work Mr O’Halloran was also keen to tout the ATO’s ongoing SG audit work, with 27,000 SG cases completed over the last financial year. Of those, 22,000 employers were contacted and the ATO raised assessments for $805 million in outstanding SG....

  18. ‘Unnecessary and unfair’: Small business shut out from loss carry back

    and trusts. The temporary loss carry back measure, which was announced in the federal budget and passed through Parliament last week, currently only allows corporate tax entities with an aggregated turnover of less than $5 billion to carry back a tax...

  19. ‘Unfortunate’ casualties to ATO digital crash continue

    being reminded to brace for further delays in the rollout of the platforms earmarked to replace the Tax Agent Portal. Late last year, the ATO said a new service, ATO Online, would be available in the first-half of 2017 as a new platform capable of...

  20. ‘Unannounced’ visits for ATO in pre-insolvency investigation

    illegal phoenix activity, with 80 officers conducting unannounced visits on two sites across Victoria, following 13 visits last August. A Fair Work Ombudsman report put the cost of illegal phoenix activity to the Australian economy at potentially more...