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  1. ‘Penalties will resume’: ATO flips the switch on debt recovery

    and their clients that firm action will not be taken if they reach out for help. “We understand the bushfires from last year, COVID-19 or the floods more recently may continue to have a significant impact on taxpayers and tax professionals,” said the...

  2. ‘PDF is not e-invoicing’: ATO explains new payment experience

    $30.87 to process a paper invoice, $27.67 for a PDF invoice, but only $9.18 to process an e-invoice. Where we are now Late last month, the ATO was established as the Australian PEPPOL Authority, an e-invoicing framework being used in 34 countries...

  3. ‘Overwhelmed, disappointed’: Tax Ombudsman slams ATO tax agent service

    tax agents in this review. Agents are reporting an increasingly poor experience with the ATO’s agent phone line over the last two years, citing inconsistent advice and a lack of suitably skilled staff. This is contributing to a general feeling of not...

  4. ‘Overconfident’ taxpayers warned to approach tax time with caution

    have included focuses on working-from-home expenses, and a renewed approach to monitoring crypto asset reporting. The ATO last week warned that it would write to about 100,000 taxpayers to alert them to their tax obligations amid growing concerns that...

  5. ‘Our profession can demand a lot’: CA ANZ joins mental health debate

    (IPA) has been lobbying for the role of accountants in the mental health of their clients to be recognised since mid last year. For chief executive of the IPA, Andrew Conway, federal government being aware of the impact an accountant can have on the SME...

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  6. ‘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...

  7. ‘One-stop shop’ model tipped to spike

    Rowe said that the demand for more services is evidenced by the fact that 25 per cent of clients have left their accountants last year because they want to retain more than just tax advice. Because of this, Mr Rowe said accountants need to stop...

  8. ‘One of the best courses’: Accountants mental health training launches

    sung high praises of the initiative, labelling it as one of the best courses she has completed. “Just coming off the back of last year, the level of content was spot-on and very timely,” Ms Lawrance told Accountants Daily. “There was a lot of value in...

  9. ‘Obligation to be 24/7’: ATO pressed to reduce maintenance downtime

    The ATO has recorded a 99.5 per cent digital system availability result for the last financial year, but frustrations over routine planned maintenance continue to fester. According to the ATO’s annual report, the availability of its digital systems for...

  10. ‘Nothing new’: Tax experts weigh in on ATO’s PCG 2025/5

    released a final practical compliance guideline on the personal services income rules and the application of Part IVA. Late last week, the ATO published the final practical compliance guideline for personal services businesses and Part IVA of the Income...

  11. ‘Not us versus them’: ATO opens up on relationship with accountants

    a torrid 18 months for the profession, who have had to deal with JobKeeper, the cash-flow boost and other support programs last year, and contend with a raft of state and territory support grants this year. Some practitioners believe the ATO has failed...

  12. ‘Not the universities’ teaching accounting grads

    candidates are increasingly looking to external sources to “fill the gaps” between their education and job-ready skillset. Last week, the UNSW Business School said a typical three-year program is insufficient in preparing undergraduates to be fully ‘job...

  13. ‘Not the same for everyone’: Vacancy fee confusion flagged

    owners of residential dwellings, including the confusion around time frames and hefty penalties around non-lodgement. Late last year, the government secured passage of the Treasury Laws Amendment (Housing Tax Integrity) Bill 2017, introducing an annual...

  14. ‘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...

  15. ‘No successful claims for dead or fictitious employees’: ATO denies JobKeeper fraud

    our economy in one of its darkest hours of need.” Over $80 billion has been paid since JobKeeper was introduced in March last year. A total of 3.6 million workers were supported at the height of the program, with the figure dropping to 1.5 million...

  16. ‘No material exposure’ to troubled SVB, Xero assures ASX

    the stockmarket it has no “material exposure” to the troubled Silicon Valley Bank following its meltdown in the US late last week. “As at 10 March 2023 Xero’s total exposure to SVB was approximately US$5 million, reflecting Xero’s local transactional...

  17. ‘No demand shortage’: Predictions for the profession in 2021

    complete their FASEA exam, a single disciplinary body will be legislated, FASEA is being wound up, a compensation scheme of last resort is touted, and they may face increased fees under the ASIC funding model,” she said. “It will come as no great...

  18. ‘No confidence’ in PwC’s ethics, senators say

    sharing, we will not tell you what happened’,” she said. Ms Pocock also questioned other measures taken by PwC in the last year as a means of tightening the firm’s internal ethics controls. Mr Burrowes had told the Senate in his opening remarks that “a...

  19. ‘No blanket extensions’: ATO set to contact 150,000 in STP push

    today, some of them are not ready,” Mr Laming said. Guidance from the ATO for software developers was finalised in December last year. [email protected]

  20. ‘No benefit’: H&R Block casts doubt on standard deductions

    beyond filing them. “The role the profession plays extends far beyond tax returns, and the proof of this can be seen in the last 12 months alone where many members were the first port of call,” Ms Franks said. “With the current economic situation and...