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Taxpayers to brace for new ATO engagement

The Tax Office’s change in approach to engaging with businesses will see taxpayers need to provide evidence that they...

30 January 2019 • By Jotham Lian

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Jail time for property developer after $3.4m in GST fraud

A luxury property developer who caused a loss of $3.4 million to the Commonwealth through GST fraud has been sentenced...

29 January 2019 • By Jotham Lian

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Auditors get a bad rap in new ASIC report

One in five audits reviewed by ASIC did not receive reasonable assurance that the company’s financial report was free...

25 January 2019 • By Jotham Lian

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Tax concerns prompt new reporting proposals for gig economy

The government is currently considering a new reporting regime for the gig economy but questions have been raised over...

25 January 2019 • By Jotham Lian

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Tax Office updates low-cost STP providers list

The ATO has updated its list of companies intending to provide simple, low-cost single touch payroll solutions for...

24 January 2019 • By Jotham Lian

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‘Fully compliant’ tax, BAS agents report receiving overdue notices

Some errors in letters sent by the Tax Practitioners Board, as part of their tax agent debt and lodgment project, have...

24 January 2019 • By Jotham Lian

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Rate for home office expenses bumped up

The ATO has updated the hourly rate for calculating home office running expenses for the income year commencing 1 July...

23 January 2019 • By Reporter

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Thousands of clients set to be contacted on incoming STP deadline

The ATO will begin to contact small business clients who are already using payroll software in a bid to get them to...

23 January 2019 • By Jotham Lian