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  1. Big business payment times set to be made transparent under new law

    reporting framework officially passes Parliament. The Payment Times Reporting Bill 2020, which had been passed by the Senate last month, has finally passed both houses this week. The new measure will require large businesses with an income threshold of...

  2. Audit pools may ‘ultimately fail’, audit firms warned

    issues relating to quality, delivery and fees, warns Hayes Knight. ATO director, SMSF portfolio, Kellie Grant stated last month that while it is best for firms to avoid entering into audit pooling arrangements in response to the restructured APES 110...

  3. Tax cuts set to flow ‘within a few days or weeks’

    to factor in the retrospective cuts. With the Morrison government’s stage 2 income tax cuts sailing through Parliament last week, the ATO now anticipates that it will be able to publish updated tax withholding schedules over the next few days. Despite...

  4. Businesses given a month to implement updated ATO tax tables

    its withholding schedules and tax tables to reflect the new personal income tax thresholds that were passed by Parliament last week. The changes will apply to payments made on and from 13 October this year, with employers now given until mid-November to...

  5. ‘Unnecessary and unfair’: Small business shut out from loss carry back

    and trusts. The temporary loss carry back measure, which was announced in the federal budget and passed through Parliament last week, currently only allows corporate tax entities with an aggregated turnover of less than $5 billion to carry back a tax...

  6. Top tips to ensure payroll compliance and clarity for employees 

    worked at that rate the amount of pay at that rate 9. if the employee is paid an annual rate (salary), the rate as at the last day in the pay period 10. any deductions from the employee’s pay, including: the amount and details of each deduction the...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: ADP Australia and New Zealand
    • Category: Regulation
  7. ‘Inexplicable and unacceptable’: Melbourne accounting firms face reopening delays

    health services being accessed under Medicare for the same four-week period up to 11 October in Victoria compared with last year, while it has been only an 8 per cent increase in NSW and 7 per cent nationally.” Business Council of Australia chief...

  8. Carbon quadruples Queensland presence with latest deal

    will see all 33 members of its team joining Carbon. The deal comes after Carbon first moved into the Queensland market late last year with a merger with Thrive Advisors in Darra, Brisbane. Charter Partners managing principal Anthony McPhee said the...

  9. Gaps identified in ATO auditor independence guidance

    an SMSF services firm has identified an omission in the ATO’s response relating to a common structure used in the industry. Last week, the ATO released further guidance on the APESB Independence Guide, providing further detail on what firms need to do...

  10. MYOB to acquire GreatSoft; competition watchdog kicks off review

    to be seen how the acquisition will affect other providers in the market, with GreatSoft reaching an agreement with Xero last year, and both companies securing mid-tier firm RSM shortly after. MYOB has had to contend with ACCC scrutiny before, with...

  11. Mazars unveils global rebrand

    9 per cent organic growth. Mazars Australia, which doubled its local presence through mergers in Brisbane and Melbourne last year, had announced a 100 per cent growth in revenue in 2019. Jim Mascitelli, managing partner of Mazars in Sydney, said he was...

  12. TPB terminates 4th tax agent for SAN misuse

    other tax agents who look to deliberately misreport a SAN. “In addition to those agents we referred to the TPB, since 1 July last year, we’ve also referred a few to our prosecutions area and that’s where the SAN misuse was considered quite serious...

  13. ‘Critical’ 31 October deadline looms for new JobKeeper enrolments

    entrants have been urged to get a move on a key deadline this Saturday. While the JobKeeper extension kicked in late last month, the ATO has allowed employers until 31 October to meet the wage condition for all employees. New JobKeeper entrants will...

  14. Tax leader clarifies deadline details

    will be entitled to a longer period — subject to your lodgement history,” she explained. “If you have left your tax to the last minute, then speak to your local chartered accountant by 31 October and you might just be eligible for the extension.” 2....

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Cameron Micallef
    • Category: Tax
  15. Court dismisses appeal in SMSF property development case

    which found that a former builder had breached their fiduciary obligations in a joint venture agreement involving an SMSF. Last year, the District Court of South Australia ordered a former builder to pay damages to an SMSF for the breach of fiduciary...

  16. Major bank cuts rate on business, home loans

    rates for terms of three to five years. “Coupled with the wide range of support measures we have rolled out over the last eight months, we’re confident these offers will help many small businesses get through this challenge and back on the road to...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Cameron Micallef
    • Category: Business
  17. Refreshed R&D tax incentive guidance launched

    has now been released by the government. The guidance comes after reforms to the R&D tax incentive passed Parliament last month, following the government’s commitment to invest $2 billion in the incentive. Minister for Industry, Science and Technology...

  18. Federal Court imposes $40k fine on unregistered tax agent

    and shaming unregistered tax agents in the independent review of the TPB. The independent review was completed in October last year but has yet to be released by the government.

  19. Loss carry-back sleeper issue ‘not ideal for cash flow’

    as in their own name, in a partnership or in a trust,” said NTAA chief executive Geoff Boxer in a letter to the Treasurer last month. “Furthermore, these businesses are being affected by the economic impact of COVID-19 in the same (or in a similar) way...

  20. ATO addresses outsourcing queries with auditor independence

    where a specialist SMSF firm prepares the financial statements and conducts the audit but another business is the tax agent. Last month, Heffron managing director Meg Heffron noted that this is a common arrangement for accounting firms that outsource...