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  1. No time for JobKeeper, says Prime Minister

    his decision not to return to JobKeeper as pressure mounts from local and state government leaders. “I’m not trying to solve last year’s problem,” said Mr Morrison on Wednesday. “I’m trying to solve the issues and provide economic supports directly to...

  2. ATO urged to reintroduce work-from-home shortcut

    as swathes of the nation’s population continue to feel the impacts of lockdown restrictions. “The tax deduction introduced last year, a ‘shortcut’ working-from-home deduction of 80 cents per hour, was only temporary and cannot be used for tax claims...

  3. KPMG books $1.9bn revenue in FY21

    year before, and a 19 per cent increase in profitability. Partner profits were up as well, 17 per cent higher than they were last year, even after the firm offered “thank you” payments to staff after they’d suffered a pandemic-induced salary reduction...

  4. Ongoing job losses spur renewed calls for national wage subsidy

    continue to reveal inequities and encounter delays. New payroll data released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) last week showed a 9.2 per cent job decline in Western Sydney over the first five weeks of Greater Sydney’s lockdown, which took...

  5. ATO to triple credit referrals in ‘stronger actions’ on debt

    a better tax result from small business were named as two of the top priorities in the ATO’s 2023-24 corporate plan released last week. Presenting the corporate plan to staff, Commissioner Chris Jordan said it was “the final chapter of our Towards 2024...

  6. ASIC prosecutes 100 for failing to assist liquidators

    numbers. “After a period of low corporate insolvencies in recent years, insolvency numbers have continued to rise over the last six months," she said. Ms Court said the individuals were located throughout Australia and were prosecuted summarily in local...

  7. Consumer spending bounces back after troubling year-end

    spending rose by one per cent in January or 4.7 per cent over the year leading. The gains make up for a troubling December last year, which saw overall consumer spending drop by 0.9 per cent. These and other results were unearthed in NAB’s latest...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Nick Wilson
    • Category: Business
  8. Victorian budget offers ‘little support’ to struggling businesses: CPA

    businesses. “While the government will continue with its proposed increases in the payroll tax threshold announced in the last budget, the threshold at which Victorian businesses start to pay payroll tax still remains the lowest in the country,” it...

  9. Has the federal budget left the tax system behind?

    The design and implementation of the few tax measures in the budget raises questions. Overall reflections Last week, the Treasurer, the Hon Dr Jim Chalmers MP, delivered the Federal Budget 2024–25 (Budget). The Budget was underwhelming, containing...

  10. Loan rejections surge for struggling SMEs

    increase in denied applications and deteriorating sector performance. The outlook for small businesses continued to decline last quarter, with data showing a spike in loan rejections and arrears as high interest rates and inflation take their toll....

  11. Hockey announces accelerated depreciation measure

    Treasurer Joe Hockey last night announced a new accelerated depreciation measure in his second federal Budget. The new measure allows small businesses an immediate tax deduction for any individual assets purchased that cost them less than $20,000....

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Michael Masterman
    • Category: Business
  12. Accounting jobs market set to jump

    Hiring intentions in the accounting and professional services sector jumped last quarter, according to a survey by Hudson. The Q3 2015 Hudson Report: Employment Trends, based on a survey of more than 3,500 employers nationally, found net hiring...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Staff Reporter
    • Category: Business
  13. Multiple changes to tribunal, standards boards

    The government made a number of appointments last week, including to the Auditing and Assurance Standards Board, the Superannuation Complaints Tribunal and the Payments System Board. Last Friday federal Treasurer Scott Morrison announced multiple...

  14. Govt looks to relieve regulatory cost for taxpayers

    has introduced an industry funding model for ASIC instead of taxpayer funding, following a significant budget boost last year. The ASIC Supervisory Cost Recovery Levy Bill 2017 looks to make the financial services industry more accountable for its...

  15. CPA defends marketing spend, mulls disclosure changes

    CPA Australia says its marketing spend has decreased as a proportion of turnover in the last 10 years, and in response to swelling discontent, agreed to consider alternative models to the disclosure of remuneration. At its annual general meeting (AGM)...

  16. Gaps in ASIC’s accountant crackdown surface

    to ASIC’s crackdown on accountants’ provision of disclosure documents to clients, but there are gaps in ASIC’s announcement last week. Late last week, ASIC said it has found that, in recent fundraisings, some accountants have used trust or company...

  17. ATO increasing data exchange with international regulators

    tax regulators in different countries is rapidly increasing, with the ATO turning in around 30,000 US expats to the IRS just last year according to a US tax lawyer. Moodys Gartner director Roy Berg explained that under the Foreign Account Tax Compliance...

  18. Highest-paid accounting roles revealed

    average salary of $126,253. This was followed by strategy and planning roles, despite a 2 per cent dip compared to this time last year, with an average salary of $122,394. Management accountants averaged a salary of $110,807, with a growth of 1 per...

  19. Prosecutions spike as ATO reveals ‘far-fetched’ excuses

    bizarre reasons for late lodgement, as the tax office goes on an on-time lodgement blitz following a spike in prosecutions last financial year. Assistant commissioner at the ATO, Kath Anderson, has issued a series of public messages urging taxpayers to...

  20. Pay slips, record keeping top FY16/17 contraventions list

    Last financial year, two-thirds of the Fair Work Ombudsman’s court cases involved alleged record-keeping or pay slip contraventions, and the regulator notes a significant spike in penalties received. According to its annual report for 2016-17, the FWO...