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Popular deduction in ATO’s firing line after 20% spike

Work-related clothing and laundry claims are on notice this tax time as part of the ATO’s broader push to quash...

15 June 2018 • By Jotham Lian

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Accountants spy shift in treatment of GST, income tax rulings

The ATO has been pushed to explain an inconsistency with the treatment of objections to private rulings in respect to...

13 June 2018 • By Jotham Lian

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TPB spies on unregistered agents online, launches new tax time campaign

The Tax Practitioners Board has launched a campaign targeting small businesses and individual taxpayers to warn them...

13 June 2018 • By Jotham Lian

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New bill set to hand super, salary win to wealthy clients

High-net-worth clients are likely to have a superannuation change work to increase their take-home salaries and remove...

08 June 2018 • By Katarina Taurian

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ATO kicks off ‘biggest ever’ taxpayer education campaign

The ATO has kicked off its taxpayer-focused tax time education campaign, with a series of tailored emails to tax...

08 June 2018 • By Jotham Lian

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Record-keeping holes catch out licensee in ASIC dig

Licensee Allied Financial Solutions is set for an external review after failures were found in its record-keeping for...

07 June 2018 • By Katarina Taurian

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Accountants called on as Board of Taxation reviews tax concessions

Practitioners have been urged to provide feedback to the Board of Taxation as it conducts a review of the suite of...

07 June 2018 • By Jotham Lian

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New property, GST rules opens door to complexity, manipulation

An amendment to GST laws requiring purchasers of new residential property to withhold and remit GST directly to the...

07 June 2018 • By Jotham Lian