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Backpacker tax not discriminatory, Full Federal Court finds

The backpacker tax will continue to operate as intended as the Full Federal Court rules in favour of the ATO.

10 August 2020 • By Jotham Lian

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860,000 businesses hit with ATO compliance letters

The Tax Office has now reached out to 860,000 businesses to remind them of their superannuation guarantee obligations...

06 August 2020 • By Jotham Lian

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‘Our approach is tailored and empathetic’: Commissioner writes to Victorian...

The Commissioner of Taxation has penned an open letter to tax professionals in Victoria, reassuring them that...

05 August 2020 • By Jotham Lian

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Victoria shutdown forces JobKeeper eligibility modification

The government is contemplating calibrations to the JobKeeper eligibility criteria as Victorian businesses face...

04 August 2020 • By Jotham Lian

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COVID-19 trading conditions could lead to more TPAR businesses: ATO

Businesses such as restaurants and cafés that moved to a delivery service model in response to COVID-19 restrictions...

03 August 2020 • By Jotham Lian

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‘Hundreds’ to be contacted in ATO early super compliance blitz

Hundreds of Australians who applied for the COVID-19 early release of superannuation are set to be queried on their...

02 August 2020 • By Jotham Lian

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Why the ATO needs to come clean with myTax

The ATO has claimed a 12 per cent increase in tax returns lodged in the first two weeks of July compared with the same...

31 July 2020 • By Tasha Levy

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ATO will not claw back ‘honest’ JobKeeper mistakes

The ATO will not seek to recover JobKeeper payments from employers who made an honest mistake, a parliamentary inquiry...

31 July 2020 • By Jotham Lian