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Over $500k in tax fraud lands man 4.5 years jail time

A Brisbane businessman convicted of pocketing over $500,000 through GST and income tax fraudulent claims has been...
31 May 2019 • By Jotham Lian

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ATO highlights more granular data for tax time 2020

Tax agents who are not already lodging granular data for deductions will have to do so from 1 July 2019 as the ATO...
30 May 2019 • By Jotham Lian
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Practitioners cautioned ahead of ATO’s CGT focus

The Tax Office’s ever-increasing data-matching capabilities means tax practitioners need to be pushing clients for...
29 May 2019 • By Jotham Lian
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PwC, KPMG, EY, BDO reveal ASIC’s audit findings

PwC, KPMG, EY and BDO have now revealed their firms’ audit results from ASIC’s audit inspection findings, amid...
29 May 2019 • By Jotham Lian
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Government rules out GST changes following ATO report

The government has turned down suggestions that it is considering broadening the GST base, following reports that the...
27 May 2019 • By Jotham Lian
Ken Lord
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On the back foot: Addressing the ATO’s debt collection powers

The tax debt collections powers granted to the ATO may put taxpayers on the back foot, says one tax barrister but...
27 May 2019 • By Jotham Lian
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ATO rolls out agent, client visits on Sunshine Coast and Victoria

Tax agents and up to 1,600 small businesses along the Sunshine Coast and in Victoria can expect a potential visit from...
24 May 2019 • By Jotham Lian
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Tax Office publishes LCR on new business test

The ATO has now released its law companion ruling on the recently introduced ‘similar business test’, but advisers...
24 May 2019 • By Jotham Lian