NEWS

18 January, 2023

Compensation Scheme Of Last Resort: Bill Introduced

Along with the Financial Accountability Regime (FAR) to extend the standards of conduct in major changes to the finance sector, the government has introduced Bills to implement the Compensation Scheme […]
16 January, 2023

Financial Adviser Standards To Be Relaxed?

As a part of its election promises based on industry “concerns”, Labor announced that, if elected, it would make changes to the financial advisory industry, including removing the tertiary education […]
12 January, 2023

Compliance With Super Laws – ATO’s Approach

When it comes to compliance by SMSF trustees with super laws, the ATO’s main focus is on encouraging trustees to comply with the super laws. However, there are occasions when […]
10 January, 2023

Affordable Childcare Measures Coming Soon

To fulfil its election promise, the government has recently introduced a Bill to make early childhood education and childcare more affordable through changes to the level of the Child Care […]
6 January, 2023

FBT Car Parking Benefits: New Draft Ruling

The ATO has updated a previously issued draft ruling which consolidates proposed changes to FBT car parking as well as addressing the Full Federal Court’s decision in FCT v Virgin […]
21 December, 2022

ASIC Focus On Super Complaints Handling

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) is the body responsible for overseeing the operation of Australia’s financial services dispute resolution framework, including the internal dispute resolution (IDR) systems of […]
14 December, 2022

Varying PAYG Instalments

Pay as you go (PAYG) instalments are prepayments of your expected income tax for the year. If your total PAYG instalments will be more, or less, than your expected tax […]
13 December, 2022

Tax Implications Of Deferred Rent

If you run a business from rented premises, there may be tax consequences when rent is either waived, deferred or varied under commercial terms due to various circumstances. The tax […]
7 December, 2022

CGT And Foreign Residents: Reminder

Foreign residents are reminded that they are no longer entitled to any main residence exemption for disposals of property unless one of the life events tests are satisfied. Previously, where […]
5 December, 2022

Tax Crackdown Coming

With the Budget deficit projected to blow out to $36.9bn in 2022-23 and $44bn in 2023-24, coupled with the slow projected growth in the economy (3.25% in 2022-23, dropping to […]