Business

New course aims to help SMEs win government business

The NSW Small Business Commissioner has launched a course aimed at improving the prospects of SMEs selling to the...

06 November 2024 • By Imogen Wilson

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Tax

TPB to leverage breach reporting in compliance programs for 24-25

Recent reforms such as mandatory breach reporting will enable the the Tax Practitioners Board to focus on intelligence...

05 November 2024 • By Imogen Wilson

Business

RMIT and AFTRS target accountants in launch of screen skills course

The screen skill industry in Victoria is in desperate need of assistant production accountants, according to RMIT...

05 November 2024 • By Imogen Wilson

Regulation

ATO to challenge AAT decision on plumbing business contractor

The ATO will appeal a decision by the Tribunal that found that a plumber engaged by a plumbing business was a...

04 November 2024 • By Miranda Brownlee

Business

Annual report reveals rapid decline in satisfaction with ATO

The introduction of client-agent linking, processing backlogs and declining services has resulted in a substantial...

01 November 2024 • By Miranda Brownlee

Business

Aussie SMEs faring better than international competitors, Xero data reveals

Australian SMEs are continuing to outperform small businesses in other countries despite challenging macroeconomic...

04 November 2024 • By Imogen Wilson

Tax

NDIS fraudsters slapped with combined 12-year prison sentence

A multimillion-dollar fraud against the Tax Office and the National Disability Insurance Scheme has landed three...

04 November 2024 • By Imogen Wilson

Business

CA ANZ pushes for quick passage of AML/CTF amendments

The professional body has urged the government to pass the anti-money laundering reforms by early next year to enable...

01 November 2024 • By Miranda Brownlee

Tax

Large corporations cough up $100bn in corporate tax

The Tax Office has revealed that it received $97.9 billion in income tax from large corporations in its tenth annual...

01 November 2024 • By Imogen Wilson

Business

HLB Mann Judd unveils new offices in NSW and Qld

The firm has announced new office locations in Lismore, NSW and Robina, Queensland.

01 November 2024 • By Imogen Wilson

Regulation

Director disqualified for failure of 21 companies: ASIC

A NSW director owing over $21 million to the Tax Office has been disqualified by the corporate regulator for five years.

01 November 2024 • By Imogen Wilson

Regulation

IGTO lists agent phone line as top review area

The registered agent phone line has been listed as a priority review area in the Inspector-General of Taxation's...

31 October 2024 • By Miranda Brownlee

Regulation

Review makes recommendations to rectify ATO’s ‘clogged’ objection system

The Inspector-General of Taxation has called for simpler processes for amending past tax returns and for online...

31 October 2024 • By Miranda Brownlee

Tax

Government’s super tax reforms ‘modestly’ reduce tax concessions: Assistant...

Assistant Treasurer Stephen Jones has said it is a fairer outcome if the government “modestly” reduces tax concessions...

31 October 2024 • By Keeli Cambourne

Business

Xero unveils winners of 2024 Beautiful Business Fund

Four Australian small businesses have been awarded a share of $180,000 for winning a position in the recent Xero...

31 October 2024 • By Imogen Wilson

Tax

UK tax changes a 'nightmare' for Aussies with UK investments: Pitcher Partners

Australians with UK investment portfolios could be at risk of inheritance tax, Pitcher Partners warns.

31 October 2024 • By Imogen Wilson

Regulation

TPB to set higher bar for top end of town with code changes

The TPB says it will adopt a pragmatic approach for smaller firms in response to the code changes while expecting a...

30 October 2024 • By Miranda Brownlee

Appointments

CA ANZ appoints new chief economist

The professional body has announced the appointment of its new chief economist, Professor Richard Holden.

30 October 2024 • By Imogen Wilson