Technology

ATO updates myGov linking process to combat fraud

To manage rising cases of fraud, the ATO has announced an update to the way clients link ATO services to their myGov...

17 June 2026 • By Carlos Tse

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Super

ATO urges Payday Super action as deadline looms

While compliance is anticipated to be marginally relaxed during its first year, anticipating changes now will lessen...

26 May 2026 • By Amelia McNamara

Tax

‘If you earn it, declare it’: ATO intensifies investor scrutiny this EOFY

With the ATO ramping up its investor crackdown, property owners have been warned to avoid common mistakes around...

12 May 2026 • By Gemma Crotty

Business

ATO, FWO intensify crackdown on sham contracting

The ATO and the Fair Work Ombudsman are ramping up their focus on sham contracting, with a number of investigations...

16 March 2026 • By Amelia McNamara

Business

ATO signals narrow approach on CGT for home-based business

Running a business from home can have many perks for clients, but it can also come with a sting in the tail when it...

13 March 2026 • By Matthew Tse

Tax

ATO flags essential questions for lodgment deferrals

The Tax Office has outlined important questions for tax agents to consider before applying for lodgment deferrals for...

10 March 2026 • By Amelia McNamara

Business

ATO recoups over $1bn in unpaid super for 2024-25

Almost $1.1 billion in unpaid super has been returned to nearly one million Australians across 2024-25, the ATO has...

09 December 2025 • By Carlos Tse

Tax

Former mob wife fails to overturn $1,442,534 tax bill

The ex-wife of a Sydney underworld figure has failed to overturn a $1,442,534 tax bill following an amended income tax...

06 October 2025 • By Emma Partis

Tax

Director demands $90k in costs for firm’s ATO debt

A NSW lawyer has requested more than $90,000 in costs after he fought his former firm over superannuation, GST and...

25 September 2025 • By Naomi Neilson

Business

ATO, bank debt crusade triggers 133% jump in court wind-ups

Business insolvencies surge as debtors end their COVID-19 era leniency.

09 February 2024 • By Christine Chen

Tax

Experts sound alarm over ‘flawed’ ATO royalty ruling

A controversial draft ruling on software royalties meddles with 30 years of precedent and should be left for the...

08 February 2024 • By Christine Chen

Tax

ATO to sool debt collector on 150,000 taxpayers

Recoveriescorp has been engaged by the Tax Office in its first use of a collection agency since the pandemic.

06 February 2024 • By Philip King

Tax

Staff ready to help with client linking issues: ATO

The Tax Office defends the revised system after a chorus of complaints from agents and bookkeepers.

05 February 2024 • By Philip King

Regulation

ATO closes $105m Plutus payroll case with final fraudster jailed

Sutherland man who pleaded guilty to dealing with the proceeds of crime gets four-and-a-half years.

02 February 2024 • By Philip King

Business

Commercial debt forgiveness and payout deductibility in a management buyout

How does commercial debt forgiveness and payout deductibility work in the case of a management buyout? Let’s look at a...

24 September 2021 • By Georgia Adams, Owen Hodge Lawyers