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  1. ‘Glib responses’: Treasury audit framework slammed

    the government’s plan to introduce a three-year audit cycle for SMSFs are “falling on deaf ears”, says one association body. Last month, Treasury released a discussion paper outlining its proposed framework for the three-year model, including suggesting...

  2. ‘Give us a fair go’: Practitioners left scratching their heads over ASIC’s latest estimated industry funding levy

    and not fit for purpose”. ASIC released its latest cost recovery implementation statement for the 2021 financial year last week which shows that costs allocated by the corporate regulator to the advice sector have soared by more than $16 million, up...

  3. ‘Get started now’: Practitioners cautioned on short SG amnesty window

    about the proposed SG amnesty, with one mid-tier partner warning of the short window of opportunity, should the bill pass. Last month, the proposed SG amnesty was resurrected after the previous bill lapsed with the calling of the federal election. The...

  4. ‘Fundamentally flawed, backwards step’: ACCI pushes back on penalty rates bill

    advocacy group has called the government's penalty rates legislation a “backwards step” following its passing in the Senate last week. On 28 August, parliament passed the Fair Work Amendment (Protecting Penalty and Overtime Rates) Act 2025, ensuring the...

  5. ‘Fulsome survey of facts and evidence’ required: ATO speaks on correspondence error

    a high-profile federal court case but says taxpayers should not interpret decisions in isolation of facts and evidence. Last year, the Full Federal Court ruled in Pintarich v Deputy Commissioner of Taxation that Mr Pintarich was liable for the entire...

  6. ‘For God’s sake, leave super alone!’: Bill Kelty

    trade unionist, Labor Party member and former RBA board member Bill Kelty noted that “not one word was said in the last election about moving super to 12 per cent”. “Not a single word from any candidate anywhere in the country, to the best of my...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: James Mitchell
    • Category: Super

  7. ‘Fantastic outcome’: Government clarifies corporate residency rules

    High Court decision in Bywater Investments Ltd v Federal Commissioner of Taxation. “This is a fantastic outcome after the last few years of uncertainty following the Bywater case and it substantially reinstates the position in withdrawn Tax Ruling...

  8. ‘Extreme’ consumer pessimism persists into 2024

    1990s recession. Senior economist Matthew Hassan said the result, almost 20 points below the “neutral” level of 100, meant last year’s “extreme” pessimism had continued into the new year. “For consumers, the new year looks to have picked up where the...

  9. ‘Extraordinary impost’ prompts insolvency exodus

    receiving correspondence from ASIC which outlines the metrics that will make up their ASIC Industry Funding payments for last year, but they still have no idea what it’s actually going to cost them,” said Mr Winter. “At this stage, liquidators are only...

  10. ‘Extended ATO delays’ expected to increase in wake of data spill

    consequences of this, as the ATO directs resources to the investigation. The ATO suggested in its annual report, released last week, that its debt-collection activities were hampered by the imperatives of other compliance investigations. “Taxpayers...

  11. ‘Expand FBT break to EV chargers, solar panels, batteries’

    and help Australia meet its net-zero targets. The government made EVs more affordable for businesses and households in July last year with legislation that exempts them from FBT when provided to employees, whether they are used for personal or work...

  12. ‘Exceeding expectations’: 1 in 5 tax agents using myGovID

    still a month and a half out, so to be there is fantastic because we know that most people traditionally leave it to the last minute,” Mr Dardo said. “There’s a bit of a myth out there that it has not been taken up, but enrolments are far exceeding our...

  13. ‘Everyone is now on notice’: ATO acquires COVID-19 data on 3m Aussies

    to acquire the data of 3 million Australians from Services Australia as it doubles down on the COVID-19 compliance front. Last week, the ATO published a gazette notice informing that it would now acquire data from Services Australia, formerly the...

  14. ‘Every incentive’ for ASIC to kill off accountants’ licence

    Licence (AFSL) became available to accountants because of the phase-out of the accountants’ exemption, which ended in July last year. The exemption allowed accountants to provide superannuation-related advice without operating in an AFSL environment,...

  15. ‘Erroneous’ ATO letters burden tax agents with additional work and stress: IPA

    and letters. The Tax Ombudsman announced she would be undertaking a review into ATO letters and written communications last month with the quality of ATO communications still a major concern for registered agents. The IPA said that erroneous and...

  16. ‘Erratic’ valuation increases trigger huge leaps in NSW land tax

    Mazars indirect tax specialist Stephen Baxter said the land tax general and premium thresholds rose by 18 per cent last year but the NSW Valuer General was increasing valuations by as much as 100 per cent. “The NSW Valuer General’s Mass Valuation System...

  17. ‘Don’t panic’ over new reporting rules, ATO tells NFPs

    be lodged between 1 July and 31 October for the past financial year. During a Senate Economics Legislation Committee hearing last week, Liberal Senator Dean Smith raised concerns from constituents to the ATO over NFPs' inability to meet the...

  18. ‘Don’t be too clever’: Clients warned on CGT MRE changes

    “very careful” when attempting to navigate the transitional provisions, with anti-avoidance rules potentially applying. Late last year, the government passed changes that would deny non-residents the CGT main residence exemption for CGT events that...

  19. ‘Disturbing’: Tax lawyers push back on proposal to register with TPB

    and regrettable” proposal that they register with the Tax Practitioners Board to provide tax advice. The consultation paper Last month, the Albanese government released a consultation paper reviewing the Tax Practitioners Board (TPB) registration...

  20. ‘Disgraceful speed run’: Div 296 consultation period come and gone in a flash

    its qualms with the short consultation period attached to the bill. The exposure draft of the bill was released late last year, on 19 December 2025, and many professional bodies, in addition to The Tax Institute, said it was “poorly timed and ill...

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