Business

Liquidator sweats on AAT termination review

A former liquidator has succeeded in obtaining a stay decision on ASIC’s publishing of reasons for his registration...

24 January 2020

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‘Fantasy world’: Superannuation increase debate heats up

The federal government remains committed to raising the superannuation guarantee to 12 per cent by 2025, despite an...

21 January 2020 • By Cameron Micallef

Business

Government lines up tax relief, grants, loans for bushfire affected small...

The government has announced a new small business bushfire support package in the form of grants, low-interest loans,...

20 January 2020 • By Jotham Lian

Business

ATO expands Indigenous support program

The ATO’s Indigenous business support project pilot is set to be expanded to NSW, South Australia and Victoria...

20 January 2020

Business

Queensland director disqualified for tax indiscretions

The corporate regulator has disqualified a Queensland director for two years following his involvement with seven...

16 January 2020

Business

ASIC moves to disqualify tax-failing directors

The corporate regulator has disqualified three Gold Coast directors from managing corporations on the count of a...

07 January 2020

Business

‘Sustainability is not a buzzword’: IPA

The Institute of Public Accountants (IPA) will announce the release of an e-book on sustainability in the new year, as...

02 January 2020

Business

Short-term fiscal stimulus needed: CPA Australia

Concerns around Australia’s slowing economy and ongoing environmental issues have led CPA Australia to consider...

02 January 2020 • By Jotham Lian

Business

ATO says it won’t halt cheque payments

The Australian Taxation Office says it won’t be following in the footsteps of its New Zealand counterparts in halting...

24 December 2019

Business

IPA receives mental health research grant

The Institute of Public Accountants (IPA) has confirmed a grant from the National Health and Medical Research Council...

23 December 2019 • By Cameron Micallef

Business

Google agrees to pay ATO $481.5m

Google will pay an extra $481.5 million to the ATO to settle a decade-long tussle with the agency, bringing total tax...

19 December 2019

Business

$30m ATO debt, illegal phoenix activity sees director disqualified

ASIC has moved to disqualify a director for five years after he was found to have engaged in illegal phoenix activity,...

18 December 2019

Business

CA ANZ, CPA push for review into ATO’s deceased estate bungle

The Inspector-General of Taxation has been urged to look into how the ATO resolves legal and administrative issues in...

17 December 2019

Business

SMSF scheme promoter slapped with $220k fine, banning

The operator of an SMSF scheme facilitating the early release of super has been banned from setting up self-managed...

11 December 2019 • By Sarah Kendell

Tax

Government called to improve Treasury, tax profession relations

The government has been called to go beyond its commitment to improving the relationship between the ATO and tax...

05 December 2019 • By Jotham Lian

Tax

Fake tax agent slapped with 30-month sentence

A man posing to be a tax agent will now serve a two-and-a-half-year Intensive Corrections Order after pleading guilty...

04 December 2019

Business

Former credit union boss faces criminal charges

A former credit union chief executive has now been hit with criminal charges after the corporate regulator alleged...

04 December 2019

Regulation

‘No plan B’: IPA takes compensation fight to government

The Institute of Public Accountants will now take its fight for tax agent compensation for ATO system outages directly...

03 December 2019 • By Jotham Lian