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  1. Mid-tier offers last-minute tax advice

    With the end of the financial year only a few weeks away, mid-tier firm HLB Mann Judd has highlighted last-minute steps that can be taken to minimise tax liabilities for SMSF clients. HLB Mann Judd Sydney tax partner Peter Bembrick said one of the...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Staff Reporter
    • Category: Tax
  2. Expert technical tips: Last-minute SMSF considerations

    With only days left to the end of the financial year, technical experts Australia-wide have highlighted critical action points for SMSF clients around contributions, pensions and TBAR, and some potential traps to be wary of. With 30 June falling on a...

  3. Tax agents smash deadline despite last-minute scramble

    The ATO revealed lodgement figures for SMSF annual returns were ahead of market expectations, after one of the busiest and most complex deadlines for high-net worth clients since the Howard and Costello era. ATO assistant commissioner Tara McLachlan...

  4. ATO issues ‘last warning’ on overdue TPARs

    letters about their overdue TPAR and haven’t lodged their 2023 or prior year TPAR,” said the ATO in a recent update. “Last year we issued approximately $18m in penalties to more than 11,000 businesses,” it said. The ATO reminded tax professionals that...

  5. ASIC asks for small business sector's feedback

    regulator's services and engagement with the small business sector. This is ASIC’s second small business survey, with the last survey (conducted in late 2012) resulting in the establishment of ASIC's Small Business Engagement team. This team is focused...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Michael Masterman
    • Category: Business
  6. Former KPMG partner jailed for insider trading

    court judge has jailed former KPMG partner Scott London for 14 months for his role in an insider trading scheme. Mr London last year pleaded guilty to a federal charge of securities fraud through insider trading, admitting to taking cash bribes and...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Michael Masterman
    • Category: Business
  7. Demand for accountants drops

    The oversupply of accounting professionals in Australia has doubled since June of last year, according to the latest Clarius Skills Indicator. The report, which tracks the availability of skilled labour in the Australian market, shows a surplus of...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Michael Masterman
    • Category: Business
  8. Budget: industry bodies lament short-term vision

    Australia’s major accounting bodies are united in their calls for longer-term taxation reforms following last night’s Budget in which the government confirmed the much touted temporary deficit levy. “By ruling out serious structural reforms, such as...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Michael Masterman
    • Category: Business
  9. ATO in the firing line

    “The Budget forecasts for the 2014/2015 year will see total staffing in the general government sector return to the level last recorded in 2007/2008.

  10. A hot property market provides a great opportunity

    The property market has dominated media coverage over the last year, as a low interest rate environment attracted thousands of new and repeat investors to the asset class. Accountants across the country will be looking at ways to strengthen their...

  11. Reforms needed to relieve burden on states

    PwC has called for major tax reform to relieve the increased debt burden placed on the states by last week’s federal Budget. Releasing PwC’s analysis of the Budget, PwC partner Paul Abbey said reforms are required to decrease the ballooning debt of...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Michael Masterman
    • Category: Regulation
  12. Tax office targets compliance costs

    reducing compliance costs for business by progressing several “key strategies” in the coming year. In a statement released last week, the ATO said it is committed to reducing compliance by “providing contemporary services and making it easier for people...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Staff Reporter
    • Category: Tax
  13. Accountant faces court over lodging false documents

    documents with ASIC. Paul Anthony Scott, of Southport in south east Queensland, appeared in the Southport Magistrates Court last week charged with one count of lodging false documents with ASIC. He was also charged with one count of obstructing ASIC in...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Michael Masterman
    • Category: Business
  14. Important considerations from the recent TRIS clarification

    Last week, the ATO clarified transition to retirement income streams, and there are several considerations to be aware of as a result. ATO issues transition to retirement income stream (TRIS) confirmation of key commutation strategy The ATO in SMSFD...

  15. Chan & Naylor announces new joint venture partner

    & Naylor has announced a Sydney-based accounting firm as the seventh joint venture partner (JVP) to join the group in the last 18 months. The partnership with Northstar, located on Sydney's lower north shore, will allow Chan & Naylor to grow its Sydney...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Staff Reporter
    • Category: Business
  16. The key to raising responsible owners of wealth – part 2

    Last month we discussed the challenges of raising the next generation to ensure they are prepared for all that wealth provides. This month we will explore the principles and tools that can help find the balance between providing the next generation...

  17. New Asia-Pacific taxation taskforce announced

    tactics, increase tax transparency and help countries to tackle base erosion and profit shifting in the Asia Pacific. Last week, ATO Commissioner Chris Jordan hosted the 44th meeting of the Study Group on Asian Tax Administration and Research (SGATAR)...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Michael Masterman
    • Category: Tax
  18. High Court decision to impact development tax arrangements

    A decision last week in the High Court of Australia will have implications for a large number of property development projects, according to Pitcher Partners. The High Court ruled in favour of the Victorian commissioner of state revenue in a case...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Staff Reporter
    • Category: Tax
  19. ATO issues further guidance on non-commercial LRBAs

    on factors for consideration when determining whether the terms of a related-party loan are on a commercial basis. Late last week, the ATO released ATOID 2014/39 and ATOID 2014/40, which set out the ATO’s view that the non-arm’s length income (NALI)...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Katarina Taurian
    • Category: Regulation
  20. HLB Mann Judd weighs in on SMSF minimum balance

    SMSF balance of less than $200,000 increasingly “feasible”, according to HLB Mann Judd. Speaking at a function in Sydney last week, HLB Mann Judd’s director for superannuation, Andrew Yee, said the minimum advisable amount needed to establish an SMSF is...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Katarina Taurian
    • Category: Super