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Super Retail Group hands back $1.7m in JobKeeper subsidies
Super Retail Group will follow Toyota Australia in voluntarily repaying $1.7 million in JobKeeper payments after...
19 January 2021
Business
Start the year strong: 5 ways to get your business in shape for 2021
18 January 2021 • By MYOB
Business
Attorney-General floats bankruptcy changes, tougher sanctions...
18 January 2021 • By Jotham Lian
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Ombudsman pushes for HECS-style loans for small businesses
The small business ombudsman has called for the government to introduce a revenue-contingent loan program to help...
15 January 2021
Regulation
‘No demand shortage’: Predictions for the profession in 2021
Accounting professionals are likely to remain in hot demand over the coming year as they continue to play a pivotal...
14 January 2021
Regulation
Liquidator sees registration suspended after AAT review
A registered liquidator has succeeded in reducing his banning order following a review by the Administrative Appeals...
14 January 2021
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12 January 2021 • By Tim Johnson
Business
Businesses from ‘accountants to zoos’ demanding end to JobKeeper: Acting PM
The government is standing firm on its decision to wind down the JobKeeper program by March as it claims that...
12 January 2021
Business
Retail turnover spikes as Australians spend big in November
National retail turnover in November 2020 rose by over 13 per cent compared with the year before as Australia’s...
11 January 2021 • By Jotham Lian
Business
Tribunal reduces agent’s banning order
A deregistered tax agent has successfully reduced his banning order by half after pleading his case with the...
11 January 2021
Technology
Government moves in on digital business communication
Electronic signatures, digital record keeping and flexible payment methods could now be enshrined in law as the...
11 January 2021 • By Jotham Lian
Tax
ASIC defends handling of Shipton’s tax expense probe
ASIC has revealed why it chose to delay sending correspondence around embattled chair James Shipton’s expenses to the...
08 January 2021
Business
SMEs cautioned on cash-flow pressure as insolvency reforms kick in
Troubled businesses looking to access the new simplified debt restructuring process should be wary of a potential...
07 January 2021 • By Jotham Lian
Tax
Phoney tax agent jailed after 14 years on the run
A Victorian man who pretended to be a tax agent has now been sentenced to five months in jail after pocketing over...
06 January 2021
Business
Small business insolvency reforms now in place
Insolvency reforms that will allow small businesses to restructure their debts or wind up their operations faster have...
05 January 2021
Regulation
Jail, $640k fine for myGov-lodging unregistered agent
A Brisbane man has now been sentenced to seven and a half months in jail and fined $640,000 for repeatedly providing...
04 January 2021
Business
Key dates ahead of the ATO’s annual closure
The ATO has announced its annual closure period over the year-end festive season for 2020.
23 December 2020
Super
Mid-tier launches new SMSF service for accountants
A mid-tier firm has launched a new initiative directed squarely at other accounting firms in the wake of the revised...
21 December 2020
Business
ATO thanks tax profession
As the tax profession prepares to wind down for the festive season, the ATO has thanked them for their hard work in a...
18 December 2020
Business
Brazen ATO scam costs Sydney woman $22k
Police have issued a warning after a Sydney woman fell prey to an elaborate ATO scam that cost her $22,000.
16 December 2020
