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  1. Second member of $105m fraud syndicate sentenced to 9 years

    $105 million Plutus payroll tax fraud with a nine-year term handed down by the Supreme Court of NSW to Patrick Willmott late last week. Mr Willmott, 36, was convicted in March of conspiracy to deal proceeds of crime worth $1 million or more and...

  2. Seamlss adds client-linking feature to onboarding software

    He said the agent-linking update came baked into Seamlss as a part of the app at no extra costs to subscribing firms. Last month, the ATO responded to concerns about the six-step linking process by expanding the window for clients to nominate agents...

  3. Scrap SMSF auditor registration fee: accounting bodies

    then we consider that a fundamental review of the application process is warranted.” The draft legislation, issued last month, also proposes changing other SMSF auditors charges including the fee to cancel an SMSF auditor registration, which would be...

  4. ScotPac SME growth index reveals positive picture for Qld SMEs

    56 per cent of Australian SMEs had projected positive revenue growth in the next months, a slight uptick from 53 per cent last period. The index also found that 34 per cent of small businesses forecasted falling revenue by a record average of minus 13...

  5. Scammers target tax in voicemail hoax

    tactics are not necessarily as obviously fraudulent as they once were, as some well-regarded professionals have discovered. Last month, the ATO found scammers were sending fake ATO emails asking people to complete a 'tax refund form' to receive a...

  6. Scammed Tassie firm recovers $150k in AFP ‘money mule crackdown’

    scams.” The local Tasmanian business that lost $150,000 through an email scam had the money returned by Tasmanian police last month. Mr Lee said the AFP had also served a further 70 warning letters to suspected money mules as part of “active and...

  7. Scam recruiters dupe vulnerable jobseekers out of $20m

    offers and impersonating recruiters duped jobseekers out of $20 million this year, an “alarming” 740 per cent increase on last year, the government says. Assistant Treasurer Stephen Jones said scammers targeted vulnerable groups such as students looking...

  8. Scam losses set to exceed half a billion dollars for the first time: ACCC

    projected scam losses to exceed $532 million by the end of the year, surpassing half a billion dollars for the first time. Last year, over $489 million was lost to scammers, with ATO impersonation scams contributing to over $2.8 million in losses. ATO...

  9. Scam defences to be strengthened by landmark legislation

    of the Scams Prevention Framework to Parliament. The landmark Scams Prevention Framework was introduced to Parliament last Thursday in an attempt to provide stronger defences against scammers around the world. Under the landmark legislation, banks,...

  10. Scaled and limited advice hampered by ‘confidence issue’

    and insurers has left advisers uncertain about their ability to provide limited advice, says a technical expert. In November last year, ASIC released Consultation Paper 332, which is aimed at exploring some of the problems associated with providing...

  11. SBR regime a lifeline for SMEs in face of solvency woes

    potential collapse for many small businesses. The Small Business Debt Helpline alone saw a 21 per cent rise in calls in the last calendar year with 64 per cent of those relating to ATO debt. The sad fact is that options to restructure or rehabilitate...

  12. SBR misconceptions, rising DPNs, and what’s next for small business directors

    Understand DPN implications and act before notices escalate. Conclusion Restructuring should be a proactive strategy, not a last resort. It’s critical to seek expert advice to navigate the evolving compliance landscape.

  13. SavvyWise raises $1.56m to accelerate R&D on Australian tax-specific AI models

    they want a solution built specifically for them, not a generic AI tool retrofitted to tax,” he said. SavvyWise launched last year, and now boasts more than 2,000 users across 200 firms, with 113 paying organisations. The platform uses ring-fenced AI...

  14. Sam Allert talks technology

    recently. Of course, as everyone would probably say, cloud technology has been huge but the other big advancement over the last few years has been integrations. What I mean by that is advancements in technologies around data feeds, whether that’s bank...

  15. Salary growth ‘line-ball with CPI’, accountants in lead pack

    figure was driven by a second month-on-month increase of 0.5 per cent, the largest rise in the Advertised Salary Index since last November, with accounting in a leading pack that also included community services, retail and trades. Seek senior economist...

  16. Salary battle proves tough for 70% of finance professionals: Robert Half

    that 70 per cent of finance workers said it was more challenging to negotiate a pay rise now than it was in the same period last year, with only 9 per cent of workers having reported it as less challenging and 21 per cent having noted there was no...

  17. Sage makes play for larger firms in latest partnership

    Sage, the partnership reinforces its focus on the tax return market in Australia, and is in line with plans it foreshadowed last year to target larger firms. Sage’s traditional base has been firms with less than 10 employees, but its outgoing accounting...

  18. Safety nets kept in place for tax time

    lodgement service (ELS) to practitioner lodgement service (PLS). Mr Walker said that when the PLS was introduced in July last year, approximately 4 per cent of returns were lodged through it. That has continued to increase over time and now sits at...

  19. SA super scammer charged with 69 counts of deception

    of deception in an alleged SMSF scam will now face further action after attempting to dissuade witnesses from testifying. Last week, a 33-year-old man was charged with 69 counts of deception following investigations from South Australia Police’s...

  20. SA medical centres win payroll tax reprieve

    ruling by the Supreme Court of NSW in the landmark Thomas and Naaz Pty Ltd v Chief Commissioner of State Revenue [2022] case last year. That ruling cast medical centre arrangements into doubt and redefined GPs – who typically pay a percentage of their...