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  1. Tax agent, former mayor sentenced after ATO probe

    service work, and supervision by a community corrections officer. The verdict follows the sentencing of another tax agent last week. Salvatore Arcuri was found attempting to lodge two tax returns to his own name, and was sentenced to 18 months with a...

  2. Tax agent, BAS agent rego terminations spike amid expenses crackdown

    compliance work for the 2017-18 period resulted in a total number of 287 sanctions, including 24 terminations, up from 17 last year. According to the TPB’s annual report, the sanctions included 81 impositions of order and 182 written cautions. Of the...

  3. Tax agent with overdue tax debts fails to win back registration

    Review Tribunal has upheld a decision by the TPB to terminate a tax agent’s registration in a recent decision. In May last year, the TPB decided to terminate the tax agent’s registration and prohibit him from reapplying for three years after it found he...

  4. Tax agent rego suspended after $100k shortfall detected

    compliance work for the 2017-18 period resulted in a total number of 287 sanctions, including 24 terminations, up from 17 last year. According to the TPB’s annual report, the sanctions included 81 impositions of order and 182 written cautions. “The...

  5. Tax agent knocked back, follows CAANZ, court findings

    fitness and propriety,” he said. Tax agent registration has been the subject of the TPB’s regulatory activity this and last financial year. Though tax and BAS agents are like are largely compliant, there have been some problem cases which have prompted...

  6. Tax agent found guilty of TASA breach

    (TASA) by recklessly making statements to the commissioner of taxation that were false, incorrect or misleading. The Court last week declared that between August and September 2011, Cheng Cheng Li of Sydney, a registered tax agent, prepared and lodged...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Michael Masterman
    • Category: Tax
  7. Tax agent fined for 'reckless' conduct

    the increase and to ensure they are wary when taking on new clients. “This is the second similar case in the courts in the last two weeks. Now, more than ever, agents need to be vigilant when taking on new clients. “As you can see from this case, there...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Michael Masterman
    • Category: Tax
  8. Tax agent conduct findings released for first half of 2018

    been the ongoing focus of the ATO’s tax time crackdown this year. In contrast, the ATO’s individual tax gap report released last week suggests that tax agents are contributing to the $8.7 billion tax gap, with 78 per cent of agent-prepared tax returns...

  9. Tax agent claims family pet as guard dog, gets booted by TPB

    subsection 30-10(7) (tax agent services are provided competently) as a result of the ATO’s crackdown on the expenses front. Last year, the TPB’s compliance work for the 2017–18 period resulted in a total number of 287 sanctions, including 24...

  10. Tax advisers urged to get ahead of new tender policies

    to tender for government contracts, to get their tax records in order ahead of new rules that kick in from 1 July. Late last year, the government released a consultation seeking to introduce a new government procurement process that will exclude...

  11. Tax advice still core despite financial services gains, PwC says

    Australia has delivered a 10.8 per cent revenue growth to $2.35 billion for the 12 months to 30 June this year, edging out last year’s results of a 10.4 per cent growth. PwC chief executive Luke Sayers attributed the growth to “unsurprisingly strong”...

  12. Tax administration lessons learnt from COVID-19 (and promptly forgotten)

    family dealings. A draft tax ruling exists, but few have seen it. The commissioner delayed the release of draft ruling last year, ostensibly because of COVID-19. Meanwhile, some of these section 100A audits are now entering their third year. The anxiety...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: David Hughes, McCullough Robertson Lawyers
    • Category: Tax
  13. Tax accountant the ‘great winner’: Government introduces next tranche of trust tax bill

    went to the Australian community or a federal election,” Wilson said. “The federal government took to the Australian people last election and said 50 times over they wouldn’t introduce exactly this type of legislation. Wilson pointed out that businesses...

  14. Tassie food outlets forced to back pay workers $120,000

    things are being found out.” The Launceston raids come after the FWO made surprise inspections on 48 food outlets in Darwin last month, revealing 479 staff had been underpaid by a combined $400,000. “The Fair Work Ombudsman will continue to prioritise...

  15. Tassie firm aspires to become the ‘Xero of carbon accounting’

    partner and co-founder Lindsay Ellis, hired a software developer and built a carbon accounting tool for accountants. By last December, Ms Richmond and Mr Ellis had sold their firm and founded Sumday, securing $2 million in pre-seed round funding from...

  16. Tasmania reveals COVID-19 support package

    Premier Peter Gutwein has now announced a $420 million support package that will include the waiving of payroll tax for the last four months of this financial year for hospitality, tourism and seafood industry businesses. Small to medium businesses with...

  17. TASA determination could upend agents’ client lists: Tax Institute

    imposed by the determination. Exposure draft D57/2024, released by the TPB in a set of six draft information sheets last month, addresses obligations imposed by section 15. The section requires practitioners to either correct a false or misleading...

  18. Talented women vote with their feet, top firms warned

    when I hear stories about what occurs in some of the not great places to work.” “The CA ANZ remuneration report from last year talked about a pay gap, particularly at the top end of an accounting firm. So we’re talking about partners – these are the...

  19. Takeover bid for MYOB hits hurdle as stakeholder speaks out

    things, the board’s recommendation to vote in favour of the scheme cannot be supported and should not be maintained.” Late last month, MYOB directors reaffirmed their recommendation to vote in favour of the KKR bid, after no superior proposals were...

  20. Tackling the new landscape of climate reporting

    an easy-to-use platform to bridge that gap. Today, this isn’t just about doing good; it’s becoming a legal requirement. The last few years have brought rapid legislative change, and we’re here to help businesses prepare. Accountants, as trusted...