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  1. Inflation cools in wake of rent, energy subsidies

    Changes to housing, food, non-alcoholic beverages and transport prices meant inflation slowed down to 4.9 per cent last month. Inflation eased to 4.9 per cent over the year to October from 5.6 per cent as Commonwealth rent assistance and electricity...

  2. Industry, small business urge FWC to dial back minimum wage rise

    The ACTU’s 7 per cent claim is “reckless”, says one industry group, with high inflation and a slowdown in GDP growth. Both small business and employer associations are urging the Fair Work Commission to dial back union demands for a 7 per cent increase...

  3. Industry sees spike in firm sales

    level” there are more buyers than sellers in the market at the moment. He attributes this trend, which has spiked in the last five years, to accounting firms in particular struggling to master organic growth. “They’ve been growing by acquisition for...

  4. Industry fund ramps up pay day super lobby

    when employees salary sacrifice only solves “17 per cent” of the issue of unpaid super, says Industry Super Australia. Last month, Treasury Laws Amendment (2019 Tax Integrity and Other Measures No. 1) Bill 2019 was introduced, with one of the measures...

  5. Industry figure condemns compliance ‘scaremongering’

    industry is engulfed in a “compliance death spiral” due largely in part to the rapid rise of technology. “Over the last 35 years the tax compliance pie has grown, and continues to grow, contrary to all the scaremongering by those outside our industry...

  6. Industry execs welcome first steps in long-running tax saga

    and grow. It’s a good day for Australian small to medium sized businesses, their employees and the whole community.” Last Monday the parliament’s lower house passed the Turnbull government’s 10-year corporate tax plan, reducing the corporate tax rate to...

  7. Industry bodies push for tax system shake-up

    become unsustainable, overly reliant on income tax and no longer fit for purpose, according to pre-budget submissions made last week. The Tax Institute, CA ANZ and the Institute of Financial Professionals each said in separate submissions that a...

  8. Industry award provides kick-start for new firms

    recognition to help businesses attract quality staff and clients. The recipient of the New Firm of the Year award in last year’s Australian Accounting Awards, Sovereign Private, said it has given the business further validation among its client base....

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Reporter
    • Category: Business
  9. Industry at odds over new ATO reporting model

    of the SMSF sector and I think they should be commended for that,” Mr Burgess told delegates at the SMSF Summit in Brisbane last week. “But I’ve got to say, what a shemozzle we are in when it comes to events-based reporting,” he said. “Once we start...

  10. Individuals speed up returns, royal commission drives early rush

    Individual lodgement numbers are ahead of where they were last year, and some tax professionals believe the royal commission and stricter lending conditions are driving businesses and individuals to lodge early. Tougher lending conditions in the wake...

  11. Indexation of TBC tipped to trigger surge in excess amounts

    if indexation of the general TBC does occur, this will result in “significant difficulties” for many SMSFs. In an update last week, the ATO reminded SMSFs that if the All Groups consumer price index (CPI) figure for the December 2020 quarter is 116.9 or...

  12. Independent report details Count’s financial woes

    significant overhead recharges from CBA, which the report noted will not be incurred under CountPlus ownership. Over the last few years, the number of firms and advisers steadily declined. On 30 June 2017, there were 292 member firms and 587 advisers....

  13. Increased SME borrowing a ‘green shoot’ for the economy, says ABA

    begun restarting loan repayments again, with the value of SME loan repayments on deferral dropping by more than $686 million last month. ABA chief executive Anna Bligh said the new figures showed small businesses were growing in confidence about...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Reporter
    • Category: Business
  14. Increased penalties ‘still low’, says CPA

    misconduct may not be sufficient, especially in light of the revelations of the royal commission, says one accounting body. Last week, the government announced plans to increase penalties for the most serious criminal offences under the Corporations Act...

  15. Incomplete ATO client lists highlighted ahead of TPAR deadline

    out to the building and construction industry. The courier and cleaning industries were required to lodge for the first time last year, with the road freight, security, investigation, surveillance and IT industries now included.

  16. Incoming property, GST laws a ‘sledgehammer to crack a nut’

    property, as some tax experts believe it’ll be a “major” change which is further reaching than the government intends. Last month, the government introduced legislation to implement the purchaser GST withholding regime for new residential premises. The...

  17. Incoming insolvency spike could prompt bankruptcy changes

    in late March saw relief for company directors faced with insolvency and statutory demands from creditors, which is set to last until September. However, while the relief has been largely welcomed given the economic downturn brought about by the...

  18. Incoming changes for directors a ‘step in the right direction’

    that rogue operators, including dodgy accountants, could still bypass checks and fraudulently register clients as directors. Last week, more than 45 service providers, clients, employees and alleged “dummy directors” of phoenix companies connected to...

  19. Incoming ATO audits tipped to focus on JobKeeper, employer obligations

    audit activity is significantly down on previous years due to COVID-19, JobKeeper reviews have continued to feature over the last few months as the Tax Office looks to weed out fraudulent arrangements. “A lot of them are just the Tax Office looking for...

  20. Income tax focus ‘coming back to haunt us’, govt report shows

    of Commonwealth taxes shows the country’s focus on personal income taxes is beginning to compound into a systemic problem. Last week, the PBO examined the broad trend within the Commonwealth tax system since 2001-02, spotting an over-reliance on...