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  1. CPA seeks FASEA accreditation for prior learning

    will see practitioners required to complete a bachelor or higher or equivalent qualification. Accountants Daily reported last year that FASEA had written to the major professional bodies, inviting them to consult about having their designations and CPD...

  2. Stakeholder increases share in MYOB as takeover negotiations continue

    a 19.9 per cent stake in MYOB. The increase comes in the wake of a letter from equity fund KKR to MYOB chair Justin Milne last week, informing him that the $3.40 per share bid was the “best and final offer”. Manikay Partners chief investment officer...

  3. Accounting is sexy, and I’m here to prove that

    membership and qualification. From a business perspective I am proud to say my company has grown five times over this last financial year in terms of revenue! That is a huge win for me! Also, from everything I can tell, my clients like me and what I...

  4. ATO sheds light on big 4 partner income

    internal governance measures” to ensure the appropriate amount of tax was being paid. During a Senate estimates hearing last month, Greens senator Peter Whish-Wilson had asked the ATO to reveal the aggregated income of the big four firms, with the tax...

  5. Director GST liability inches forward with Senate committee approval

    Laws Amendment (Combating Illegal Phoenixing) Bill 2019 be passed, after the Senate referred the bill to the committee last month. The bill seeks to implement four measures to combat illegal phoenix activity, including new offences to prohibit...

  6. Federal budget tipped to bring extra ATO funding, compliance activities

    so we’re not expecting to see anything on that,” said Mr Drum. A move to standard deductions was widely predicted last year, as the ATO made several high profile statements and speeches about the state of work-related deductions. Instead, the government...

  7. Government warned on delicate balancing act ahead of federal budget sweeteners

    thresholds were the most likely routes the government would take. The potential cuts will come on top of tax cuts announced last year – a three-stage process that will run to 2024. “While individual tax cuts could be seen as being election sweeteners,...

  8. ‘No action warranted’ until Labor provides CGT and negative gearing clarity, says Tax Institute

    discount has raised questions around its transition policy, with investors being warned against taking action immediately. Last Friday, shadow treasurer Chris Bowen announced that Labor, if elected, would set a 1 January 2020 start date to begin...

  9. Changes to ABN requirements put forward by government

    to update their ABN details. The new conditions, revealed in the federal budget, come after a Treasury consultation paper last year considered a reform to the ABN system to ensure information was up-to-date, with possible renewals fees discussed. This...

  10. ‘Fulsome survey of facts and evidence’ required: ATO speaks on correspondence error

    a high-profile federal court case but says taxpayers should not interpret decisions in isolation of facts and evidence. Last year, the Full Federal Court ruled in Pintarich v Deputy Commissioner of Taxation that Mr Pintarich was liable for the entire...

  11. Franking credit inquiry report labels proposal ‘inequitable and deeply flawed’

    only be considered as part of an equitable package for wholesale tax reform. Following the announcement by Labor in March last year that, if elected, it planned to remove cash refunds for excess dividend imputation credits as a way of improving the...

  12. Tax practitioners face new TPB 72-hour client complaint deadline

    72 hours when directed by the Tax Practitioners Board, as it seeks to focus its resources towards high-risk agents. Launched last week, the new complaint resolution process will see the TPB assess complaints from a client of a tax practitioner,...

  13. Auditors set for name and shame for poor audit quality

    disciplinary processes for audit misconduct. CADB The review noted that ASIC had only referred six matters to CADB in the last eight years and only commenced one matter in court, due to RCAs voluntarily cancelling their registration prior to a CADB...

  14. FBT red flags marked by ATO for 2019 lodgement

    to report benefits, incorrectly applying exemption for vehicles or incorrectly claiming reductions for these benefits. Just last year, the ATO issued PCG 2018/3, explaining when the commissioner will not apply compliance resources to determine if...

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    • Author: Reporter
    • Category: Tax
  15. New instant asset write-off could favour medium businesses more

    write-off than their smaller counterparts who are required to elect to use simplified depreciation to access the write-off. Last week, the government rushed the passage of its expanded instant asset write-off, increasing the threshold to $30,000 and...

  16. ATO sheds light on new SG education course

    the new superannuation guarantee obligations course have been released, with employers set to face an 80 per cent pass mark. Last month, Treasury Laws Amendment (2018 Measures No. 4) Bill 2018 received Royal Assent, giving the commissioner power to...

  17. Tax agent claims family pet as guard dog, gets booted by TPB

    subsection 30-10(7) (tax agent services are provided competently) as a result of the ATO’s crackdown on the expenses front. Last year, the TPB’s compliance work for the 2017–18 period resulted in a total number of 287 sanctions, including 24...

  18. Election called: The big-ticket items for tax, accountants

    the CGT discount to be halved to 25 per cent for investments entered into after 1 January 2020. In his budget reply speech last week, opposition leader Bill Shorten reinforced his plans to put an end to cash refunds for excess dividend imputation...

  19. Surprise payslip audits follow tip-offs

    rights and that we can help them.” The hospitality industry was again overrepresented in contacts to the Fair Work Ombudsman last financial year, with 18 per cent of workplace disputes recorded, a third of court actions and almost 40 per cent of all...

  20. ‘Bottom of political barrel’: Profession slams Labor’s attack on accountants ‘rort’

    to a particular figure,” said Professor Deutsch. “It is distortionary.” The ATO’s scepticism Commissioner Chris Jordan had last month questioned the basis of the proposal, noting that the millions that Labor were pointing to were probably down to...