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  1. STP audit activity to ramp up as ATO ditches ‘softly softly’ approach

    The ATO’s “softly softly” approach to Single Touch Payroll will not last long, warns a tax expert, as clients are urged to revisit historical data before the Tax Office catches up to them. With Single Touch Payroll (STP) now mandatory for businesses of...

  2. ATO changes interpretation around commercial debt forgiveness rules

    determination ruling that a creditor must be a natural person to forgive a debt for reasons of natural love and affection. Last week, the Commissioner of Taxation released Draft Taxation Determination 2019/D9, close to eight months after it withdrew ATO...

  3. ‘Get started now’: Practitioners cautioned on short SG amnesty window

    about the proposed SG amnesty, with one mid-tier partner warning of the short window of opportunity, should the bill pass. Last month, the proposed SG amnesty was resurrected after the previous bill lapsed with the calling of the federal election. The...

  4. Tax portal updates set to end by December 2019

    “It is our understanding that, while the old tax agent portal access will continue until the end of March 2020 (when the last of the current digital certificates expire), ATO data will cease to be uploaded to the old tax agent portal from the end of...

  5. ATO confirms ‘practical solution’ in the works for deceased information access

    practitioners from accessing information relating to deceased estates on online services for agents will soon be resolved. Last month, Accountants Daily revealed that a working group had been formed by the ATO to solve the issue of tax practitioners...

  6. ATO clarifies application of NALI changes

    and will have much broader application than first thought,” he said. The changes to NALI rules, passed through Parliament last month, are yet to receive royal assent.

  7. Advice gap grows as accountants reconsider service offerings due to regulatory burden

    of alignment for continuing professional development (CPD) requirements is adding to the regulatory burden. “In December last year, I calculated that I had completed 250 hours of CPD in 12 months, but I still hadn’t ticked off all of the requirements,”...

  8. ATO debt collection tactics to attract scrutiny

    up and say I’ve got this complaint, we get to build a picture of these complaints and use that to try and get change.” The last review of the ATO’s debt collection system took place in 2015 following a number of concerns raised by individuals, small...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Maja Garaca Djurdjevic
    • Category: Tax

  9. Self-funding disincentives should be high on retirement probe’s list

    bodies including the AFA and Australian Investors Association, moved to welcome the government’s announcement of the review last week, while pointing out that the retirement system should “ensure incentives are in place to encourage those who can save...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Sarah Kendell
    • Category: Super

  10. Investigation on ‘unfair’ payment practices underway

    or may not be undertaking”. Late payments falling, but not fast enough The latest quarterly survey on payment times released last month by illion found that late payments in Australia sat at 10.1 days, an overall improvement which masked chronic...

  11. Single Touch Payroll deadline looms

    exemption, or have been granted a quarterly reporting concession,” an ATO spokesperson told sister publication My Business last week. “The ATO is encouraging small employers to engage with us ahead of the 30 September deadline if they’re not ready to...

  12. ‘There’s nothing soft about soft skills’

    more important than the technical knowledge, because historically a lot of the technical knowledge you learnt was going to last you for the whole of your career. “It’s more about being able to find talent, you know across all the ranges, and not just...

  13. Financial Services Minister contemplates accountants’ exemption proposal

    “artificial, impractical boundaries” for accountants. The IPA’s proposal Mr Conway said consultation with members over the last 18 months has seen a push for a new “Qualified Accountants Financial Services Licence” (QAFSL) that leverages the “qualified...

  14. SMSF trustees look beyond planners

    around newer investment vehicles such as ETFs and listed investment companies. The planners surveyed indicated that in the last 12 months, 12 per cent of the SMSF funds they had advised on had been invested in ETFs, up from 11 per cent in 2018 and 10...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Sarah Kendell
    • Category: Super

  15. Xero aims to tackle graduate practical skill gap

    in its sight as it looks to help push out graduates well versed in using cloud accounting software. Launched officially last year, Xero Learn has now been rolled out to 34 universities across Australia, with 10,000 students now having undertaken the...

  16. Last chance to nominate your rising stars for the 30 Under 30 Awards

    Nominations for the inaugural Accountants Daily 30 Under 30 Awards close this week, with young accounting professionals reminded to get their entries in. Accountants Daily, together with principal partner MYOB, encourage young accounting professionals...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Reporter
    • Category: Business

  17. Parliament passes new SMSF measures

    Steed said affected SMSF members would need to factor their LRBA balance into their total super balance at the end of the last financial year, as well as make changes to their portfolio if needed. “The inability to make certain additional contributions...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Reporter
    • Category: Super

  18. SG amnesty resurfaces in Parliament

    frame might prove to be too short for employers. “Six months isn’t a great deal of time, and given the mess that occurred last time, it might be one of those things that people wait and see for it to be implemented before they start acting on it,” Mr...

  19. Part 7 penalty remission draft practice statement released

    relation to superannuation guarantee obligations has now been released, with the new guidelines seemingly more “definitive”. Last week, the ATO released PS LA 2019/D1, an internal document, to ATO officers to guide them on the remission of additional...

  20. Return of accountants’ exemption hits a snag

    accountants’ exemption, with the government urged to conduct a wholesale review of the current financial advice framework. Last month, in its independent review of the Tax Practitioners Board, Treasury floated the return of the accountants’ exemption as...

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