NEWS

3 May, 2024

ATO Targeting False Invoicing

The ATO-led Serious Financial Crime Taskforce (SFCT) is warning businesses against using illegal financial arrangements such as false invoicing to avoid tax obligations and/or inflate their deductions. As an overview, […]
30 April, 2024

ATO Cracking Down On Unlawful Tax Schemes

The ATO has issued a stern warning to taxpayers against entering illegal tax schemes. It emphasises that while tax planning within the law is acceptable, schemes that attempt to exploit […]
22 April, 2024

Get Ready For FBT Time

The end of the FBT year is upon us once again. Employers that have provided their employees with fringe benefits any time during the 2024 FBT year – 1 April […]
18 April, 2024

Rental Bond Data Matching Program Continues

Investment property owners beware! The ATO has signalled that its rental bond data matching program will continue to the 2025-26 income year. This program first commenced in 2005 and collected […]
15 April, 2024

ATO’s Use Of Small Business Benchmarks

Recently, the ATO updated its small business benchmarks to encompass the 2021-22 income year. While the ATO promotes these benchmarks as an aid for small businesses to enable them to […]
10 April, 2024

Super On Paid Parental Leave

The government has announced that from 1 July 2025, it will commence paying super on Government Paid Parental Leave (PPL). This comes on the back of calls by unions and […]
8 April, 2024

Revised Stage 3 Tax Cuts Now Law

Now that the revised stage 3 tax cuts have passed all stages of Parliament and received Royal Assent, the new rates are law and will apply from 1 July 2024. […]
5 April, 2024

FBT: Alternatives To Employee Declarations

Employers that provide certain fringe benefits to their employees can now use appropriate alternative statutory evidentiary documents to satisfy FBT requirements with registration of legislative instruments specifying acceptable record-keeping obligations […]
3 April, 2024

Financial Services Compensation Scheme To Commence

In a significant move towards protecting consumers, the Government announced the imminent commencement of the Compensation Scheme of the Last Resort (CSLR). The CSLR is a comprehensive scheme designed to […]
27 March, 2024

ATO Scrutinising Novated Leases

The ATO has released details of one of the first data matching programs for 2024 on novated leases. According to the ATO, this program has been running since June 2021 […]