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  1. ATO joins new challenge in offshore tax fraud mission

    The ATO participated in a joint data challenge last week as it seeks to identify and develop new techniques and methods to combat tax evasion across international boundaries. As part of the J5, a global tax enforcement alliance between the UK, US,...

  2. Accounting features heavily in new OAIC data breach figures

    and finance industries continue to feature in the top three sectors reporting the most number of data breaches in the last quarter, according to the latest quarterly statistics. The legal, accounting and management services sector provided the OAIC with...

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  3. Federal Court dismisses tax agent appeal

    a decision by the Federal Court to dismiss the appeal of a tax agent who was rejected from renewing his registration. Last week, Justice Logan of the Federal Court dismissed the appeal by Philip Ham, upholding the Administrative Appeals Tribunal (AAT)...

  4. IPA boss gets raw on mental health of clients, accountants

    the appropriate tools and systems that enables us all to address this trend,” he said. The findings to date In November last year, the IPA released research indicating 85 per cent of small businesses found engaging an accountant significantly reduced...

  5. ATO reminds on rental property ‘hot issue’

    residential rental property that they will not be able to claim deductions for travel after new rules were introduced late last year. In November 2017, the government introduced new rules around tax deductions for travel expenses associated with...

  6. ATO backs e-Invoicing initiative

    whether or not it is the same company, the technical standard behind the system enables all software to talk to each other.” Last month, Treasury released a discussion paper consulting on the e-Invoicing governance arrangements between the Australian...

  7. Accessorial liability crackdown puts bookkeepers on alert

    in the wake of the fallout of the Fair Work Ombudsman successfully securing penalties under the accessorial liability laws. Last week, Harmers Workplace Lawyers executive counsel David Bates said recent prosecutions over the past three years have shown...

  8. ‘I want grace’: Assistant Treasurer fields tax agents’ ATO gripes

    of tax agents by the ATO, and said he backs of model of ‘graceful’ conduct and communication. At the IPA’s National Congress last week, Assistant Treasurer Stuart Robert fielded a question from an audience member who complained of the poor culture at...

  9. ATO surveillance sees hundreds of SMSF ABNs cancelled

    risks or red flags with the individual setting up the fund. Ms Fleming said that out of the 26,000 SMSF registrations in the last financial year, 2,100 were flagged for additional reviews by the ATO’s risk analytical model. “Of those additional reviews,...

  10. Tax agent, BAS agent rego terminations spike amid expenses crackdown

    compliance work for the 2017-18 period resulted in a total number of 287 sanctions, including 24 terminations, up from 17 last year. According to the TPB’s annual report, the sanctions included 81 impositions of order and 182 written cautions. Of the...

  11. MYOB announces next steps with proposed buyout

    This would enable KKR to progress its proposal of acquiring the remaining shares in the company, resulting in a takeover. Last month, MYOB released a statement confirming that Bain Capital sold the bulk of its shares to KKR, with KKR now holding a 19.9...

  12. IPA calls on bodies to priortise member interests after 'pressured' year

    had.” ‘Under pressure’ Mr Conway also recognised the governance and transparency concerns over professional bodies over the last two years, calling for bodies to uphold the accounting brand over self-interest. “Our profession has been through a lot. You...

  13. Call for crackdown increases amid client loss

    Speaking to Accountants Daily, Anderson Tax and Consulting director Debra Anderson said she has lost eight clients over the last two months because she was unwilling to put through a claim that was unwarranted. She believes clients are instead turning...

  14. Government fixes surprise taxes with death benefits

    this year, sister publication SMSF Adviser first reported that due to an unintended consequence of the reform changes last year, some SMSFs could be hit with substantial taxes where the rollover of a death benefit contains an untaxed element. Colonial...

  15. Fintech revenue booms amid lending squeeze

    Australian fintechs recorded a median revenue growth of 125 per cent over the last year, with the industry bullish on the back of the royal commission as accountants spot a lending squeeze. EY’s FinTech Australia Census has found that one in five...

  16. Work-related expenses clampdown brings in $70m

    to remain and they are going to be vigilant because they are already seeing a dividend for the work they’ve done over the last couple of years to build up to the release of the tax gap report.” However, Mr Drum believes the focus on work-related...

  17. Interrogation claim from accounting firm puts heat on ATO

    firm that claimed there were “interrogated” by the ATO while acting on behalf of their clients. In a parliamentary hearing last week, Senator Cory Bernardi raised an issue brought to his attention by an unnamed accounting firm that claimed that they and...

  18. ATO claims stellar digital performance, but satisfaction dips

    The community’s satisfaction with ATO performance over the last financial year has taken a hit off the back of users’ perception of online systems despite the Tax Office claiming 99 per cent digital system availability over the same period. The ATO has...

  19. Tax agents circled in ATO audit swoop

    also identified a further 230 SMSFs that the ATO is interested in, Ms Fleming told delegates at the SMSF Summit in Adelaide. Last year, the ATO referred five tax agents to the Tax Practitioners’ Board for this practice, she said. “We will of course take...

  20. Former big 4 manager joins mid-tier

    appointment comes as the industry contemplates proposed changes to the R&D tax incentive put forward by the government last month. Fellow BDO partner Nicola Purser had earlier called for the bill, titled Treasury Laws Amendment (Making Sure...