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  1. Taxpayers put on notice over last-minute returns

    victim to fraudsters as the October deadline nears, CPA Australia has said. Taxpayers who leave their tax returns to the last minute are more likely to make costly errors and expose themselves to scammers making promises that are “too good to be true”,...

  2. Taxpayers get wise to ATO impersonators

    Phone, SMS and email have fallen markedly since last year. Fake calls and messages from people claiming to be the ATO have fallen 70 per cent compared with 12 months ago, according to the latest data. Just 1,058 cases of attempted scams were reported...

  3. Taxpayers cautioned against lodging early this year

    assessments, with no requirement for the taxpayer to lodge another tax return or seek an amendment,” the Tax Office said last month. The Institute of Public Accountants general manager of technical policy Tony Greco said that, while there may be a...

  4. Taxpayer loses appeal in case involving unexplained bank deposits

    failed to prove that amended assessment and penalty assessments issued by the ATO were excessive in a decision handed down last week, HWFX and Commissioner of Taxation (Taxation) [2025] ARTA 680. The amended assessments and penalty assessments were...

  5. TaxLeopard hunts down rival Airtax to feed expansion plan

    The tax app for freelancers and contractors has made its first acquisition since launching last year, buying a “sleeping giant” developed by PwC. Accounting software start-up TaxLeopard has acquired rival fintech Airtax, kicking off expansion plans...

  6. Taxing times but EOFY brings light relief

    need to access that $10,000 or if there’s an alternative income stream available. In most instances, it should be seen as a last resort. Super changes from 1 July 2020 From 1 July 2020, Australians under the age of 67 will be eligible to make voluntary...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Bryan Ashenden, BT
    • Category: Tax

  7. Taxation Ombudsman laments funding constraints

    to build upon the 2,712 complaints it received in the 12 months to 30 June 2019. Of the 2,827 complaints resolved in the last financial year, the IGTO received a 45 per cent satisfaction result in terms of outcome and a 65 per cent satisfaction with...

  8. Tax, technical quirks put clients at ‘crippling’ risk of penalty

    moves to move in on employers who aren’t meeting their SG obligations. A report from the tax office released in August last year showed the net superannuation gap — which is the difference between the value of SG gaps required to be paid by law minus...

  9. Tax, SMEs set to be ‘political football’ in 2019 as election nears

    Daily, RSM principal, Jarrad Turnbull believes SMEs will be thrust into the spotlight as political parties look to claim last minute votes. “The SME space will be a political football in the lead up to the election, predicted to be in May 2019, as all...

  10. Tax, BAS fraudster sentenced to jail

    not recovered. The remaining $563,160 in refunds were either credited to her ATO account, cancelled or recalled by the ATO. Last Friday in Orange District Court, Ms Noble was sentenced to five years in jail, with 2.5 years to serve, and was given a...

  11. Tax, BAS agent education standards set for overhaul following landmark review

    with a number of accounting bodies hitting out at the proposal when it was first floated in a discussion paper released last year. The government has adopted a neutral position on the final recommendation, noting that it will instead undertake further...

  12. Tax-time scammers ‘getting more sophisticated’

    said one cyber security expert. Stephen Kho of security software operation Avast said one example flagged by the ATO last week was typical of tax time fraud. It involved fake emails that purported to offer tax return lodgement receipts and asked...

  13. Tax-free treatment of COVID-19 grants to be extended

    to eligible business support grants received in the 2021–22 financial year. The new bill builds on legislation passed late last year which limits the tax concession to grants received in the 2020–21 financial year. The Treasurer has to declare that a...

  14. Tax white paper 'very likely' delayed indefinitely

    delayed the release until its second term (assuming it is re-elected). “I think everything that has happened over the last month and particularly the last week probably indicates that this government is going to be very risk-averse for the remainder of...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Katarina Taurian
    • Category: Tax

  15. Tax watchdog vows to inspect JobKeeper termination letters

    it has happened since the IGTO took over the complaints handling function from the Commonwealth Ombudsman in 2015. As of last week, the IGTO has received 202 complaints, raising about 260 issues relating to COVID-19 stimulus payments. Ms Payne said 33...

  16. Tax transparency: The time for change is now

    from the new standard being first proposed by the GSSB, GRI launched the new Tax Standard (now known as GRI 207: Tax 2019) last week. Published on 5 December, it is freely available for any organisation to use to disclose their taxes in a transparent...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Judy Kuszewski, Global Reporting Initiative
    • Category: Tax

  17. Tax transparency policies, proposals set new election battleground

    the USA. “This would mean Australia loses one of its most important tools for countering tax avoidance by multinationals.” Last year, ATO deputy commissioner Mark Konza told a Senate hearing that Australia’s deal as one of 67 jurisdictions to have...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Jotham Lian
    • Category: Tax

  18. Tax time confusion spikes among small business owners, survey shows

    a tax return confusing. Officeworks’ EOFY report has revealed that 93 per cent of Australians are just as confused as last year or more confused about completing their tax return. Similarly, two-thirds of small business leaders find the tax system...

  19. Tax time 2020: ATO homes in on rental deduction claims

    claims continue to be a focus point for the ATO leading into tax time 2020, with the agency doubling its in-depth audits last year on the back of findings that nine out of 10 claims contained an error. With more than 2.2 million Australians claiming...

  20. Tax time 2020: ATO flags work-related hotspots

    claims. ATO assistant commissioner Karen Foat has now urged taxpayers to reduce claims for work-related expenses in the last quarter of the 2019–20 year that would have been impacted by government-mandated restrictions imposed as a result of COVID-19....

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