Business

Harvey Norman hangs on to JobKeeper as profits double

Harvey Norman chair Gerry Harvey has held firm over calls to return JobKeeper payments, arguing that it was used to...

01 March 2021 • By Jemelle Blanco

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Post-JobKeeper jitters hitting small-business owners: Survey

Small-business owners are beginning to worry about the end of JobKeeper in seven weeks, as the government continues to...

11 February 2021 • By Jemelle Blanco

Business

Nick Scali repays $3.6m in JobKeeper subsidies

Furniture retailer Nick Scali has bowed to public pressure and will return $3.6 million in JobKeeper payments after...

08 February 2021 • By Jemelle Blanco

Business

Auditor-General launches JobKeeper audit

The Australian National Audit Office has agreed to examine the JobKeeper program after concerns from Labor on large...

03 February 2021 • By Jemelle Blanco

Business

Labor demands JobKeeper inquiry as corporates hand back wage subsidies

Labor is demanding an inquiry into the JobKeeper program as it looks to heap pressure on corporates who have turned...

29 January 2021 • By Jemelle Blanco

Tax

ATO urged to clarify JobKeeper repayments tax treatment

With large corporate firms now beginning to return JobKeeper payments, the Tax Office has been urged to confirm if...

21 January 2021

Regulation

JobKeeper and cash flow boost audits – should accountants in Australia be...

Promoted by Accountancy Insurance Now that the JobKeeper 2.0 extension has been introduced many are wondering just how...

06 October 2020 • By Accountancy Insurance

Business

‘We’re all in this together’: Profession braces for JobKeeper workload

Accountants have been urged to prioritise their mental and physical health as they embark on supporting clients...

25 September 2020 • By Jemelle Blanco

Tax

ATO JobKeeper 2.0 guidance surfaces

The Tax Office has published preliminary guidance on the extension of JobKeeper as the profession continues to wait on...

04 September 2020

Tax

Cash-flow boost, JobKeeper ‘discrimination’ petition launched

A petition to the government to change a cash-flow boost anomaly that disadvantages quarterly or annual lodgers has...

21 August 2020

Tax

Incoming ATO audits tipped to focus on JobKeeper, employer obligations

JobKeeper audits are expected to go on for two years, while the ATO’s scrutiny of employer obligations is set to...

12 August 2020

Business

2.5m workers to be weaned off JobKeeper

Close to one in three accountants says that over half of their client base on JobKeeper are still suffering the...

23 July 2020 • By Jemelle Blanco

Tax

Tax watchdog vows to inspect JobKeeper termination letters

The Inspector-General of Taxation and Taxation Ombudsman will begin investigating the ATO’s JobKeeper termination...

15 July 2020

Tax

Tough post-JobKeeper conversations needed now, warn tax professionals

Small businesses taking advantage of federal and state government stimulus measures will need to deal with the hard...

07 July 2020

Business

JobKeeper deadlines and cash-flow boosts

On this episode of Accountants Daily Insider, host Jotham Lian is joined by Matthew Addison, executive chair of the...

05 June 2020

Business

JobKeeper reimbursement to hit 728,000 businesses

Micro employers are leading the way with JobKeeper enrolments as the first ATO reimbursement payments begin to land in...

07 May 2020

Business

Can your clients pay JobKeeper wages before the government money arrives?

Promoted by International Acceptance For many businesses bridging the gap between paying for and receiving the...

06 May 2020 • By International Acceptance

Regulation

Fair Work releases JobKeeper dispute guidance

The Fair Work Commission has released a JobKeeper disputes benchbook to inform businesses of which JobKeeper disputes...

30 April 2020