Business

Business costs and high taxes flagged as key election issues by businesses

The business community is urging all sides of politics to prioritise policies that lower costs and reduce the...

31 March 2025 • By Miranda Brownlee

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Tax

Tax agents raise concerns about ATO’s ‘disastrous’ rental income letters

The ATO's latest data-matching activities on rental income have seen some taxpayers receive letters with incorrect...

31 March 2025 • By Imogen Wilson

Business

IPA outlines policy priorities with election date announced

The professional body has called for all sides of politics to focus on supporting small business productivity and...

31 March 2025 • By Miranda Brownlee

Tax

Peter Dutton pledges to halve fuel excise

Opposition leader Peter Dutton has pledged to halve the fuel excise on petrol and diesel and repeal Labor’s income tax...

28 March 2025 • By Emma Partis

Tax

Labor passes income tax cuts with support from the Greens

Parliament has passed Labor’s bill to decrease the lowest income tax rate from 16 per cent to 14 per cent from July...

28 March 2025 • By Emma Partis

Business

Holding Redlich partner to deliver keynote at ACE25 Accounting Conference & Expo

Accountants Daily welcomes Jessica Tsiakis, partner at Holding Redlich, to discuss how businesses can prepare for the...

28 March 2025 • By Arabella Walton

Tax

Howarth reaffirms Coalition support for instant asset write-off measure

The shadow minister has promised to deliver a permanent instant asset write-off threshold at $30,000 if elected,...

28 March 2025 • By Miranda Brownlee

Business

10 Reasons Your Discretionary Trust Deed Could Be Putting Your Wealth at Risk

In today's rapidly changing legal and financial landscape, an outdated discretionary trust deed can pose significant...

27 March 2025 • By LightYear Docs

Tax

Controversial changes to GIC deductions pass parliament

Amendments to deny deductions for GIC and SIC have now passed both houses.

27 March 2025 • By Miranda Brownlee

Business

Small businesses left underwhelmed by budget

The small business community has been largely overlooked again in this year's budget, with the government failing to...

27 March 2025 • By Imogen Wilson

Tax

ATO expected to use section 100A as ‘alternative weapon’ after Bendel

The recent Bendel decision is likely to have implications for how the ATO administers section 100A in relation to...

27 March 2025 • By Miranda Brownlee

Tax

Budget confirms Division 296 tax still on the table

The Federal Budget has confirmed the government will push ahead with its Division 296 tax for superannuation balances...

27 March 2025 • By Imogen Wilson

Business

Dealmakers could be impacted by rapidly evolving market, says M&A expert

Mid-market dealmakers are “cautiously optimistic” for the year ahead based on economic and political uncertainty, an...

27 March 2025 • By Imogen Wilson

Business

Is there a ‘perfect’ SME firm size?

Recent data has provided some surprising insights about how the size of an accounting firm can correlate to higher...

26 March 2025 • By Julia Thomson, The Benchmarking Group

Super

Government super policies stifling young Australians: CCO

The government’s focus should be on enabling upward mobility, not on policies that stifle growth and divide...

26 March 2025 • By Keeli Cambourne

Regulation

Tax agents desperate for ATO phone line overhaul, says NTAA

The ATO’s tax agent phone line fails to deliver the professional support tax agents need and expect, the National Tax...

26 March 2025 • By Imogen Wilson

Business

ACCI and VCCI move to empower female SME leaders

The small business advocates are bolstering a pioneering women-in-business program to support aspiring female leaders...

26 March 2025 • By Imogen Wilson

Business

Labor unveils federal budget ahead of upcoming election

Treasurer Jim Chalmers announced a raft of new reforms and measures in this year's Federal Budget, including tax cuts,...

25 March 2025 • By Miranda Brownlee