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  1. ‘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after the last few years of uncertainty following the Bywater case and it substantially reinstates the position in withdrawn Tax Ruling...

  2. ‘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...

  3. ‘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...

  4. ‘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...

  5. ‘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...

  6. ‘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...

  7. ‘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...

  8. ‘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,...

  9. ‘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...

  10. ‘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...

  11. ‘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...

  12. ‘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...

  13. ‘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...

  14. ‘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...

  15. ‘Devil in the detail’ of extra skilled migrant scheme 

    will solve the talent shortage in accounting, says CPA Australia. Details of an extra 35,000 migration places, announced last week, will be critical to whether it can mitigate the accounting skills shortage, said CPA Australia senior manager Gavan Ord,...

  16. ‘Depleted savings, credit card debt leave economy on last legs’

    Maxed-out credit cards together with household savings at a 20-year low are alarming portents for the looming recession, says turnaround specialist Michael Fingland. The founder and CEO of Vantage Performance said the increased costs of servicing a...

  17. ‘Defies belief’: liquidators hit back in face of $14K fees

    liquidators have been unfairly targeted to the tune of about $14,000 in a lot of cases, and $750,000 for larger firms. Late last month, ASIC published indicative levies ahead of final industry funding invoices in January 2019, based on its budgeted...

  18. ‘Danger of slipping through the cracks’: Perrottet demands return of JobKeeper

    months ahead”. Mr Frydenberg’s firm opposition of the wage subsidy’s return was backed by Prime Minister Scott Morrison, who last week insisted that there was no time to implement a system to deliver emergency payments to individuals who need it now....

  19. ‘Cyber reality check’: COVID-19 sees a rise in data breaches

    year, with malicious hacking increasing by 91 per cent while accidental disclosures by staff rose almost 60 per cent. Last year emerged as an unprecedented digital test for businesses, Mr Fouche said, as industries and governments were forced to make...

  20. ‘Cut red tape and boost tech’: SME community needs support, revival

    for small businesses by adopting a “tell us once” compliance model as part of its reform. At the Small Business Roundtable last Thursday (24 July) with Dr Anne Aly, Minister for Small Business, provided three top priorities for the government to...