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  1. Construction companies account for 30% of insolvencies

    this year to fold, filing for bankruptcy and owing about $7 million to creditors, following crises at ProBuild and Metricon last year. BDO said the construction industry employed more people than any other in Australia and generated more than $360...

  2. Consider sole traders and contractors, says ASBFEO

    written to the Prime Minister to call for support for the nation’s 1.4 million sole traders during the coronavirus downturn. Last week, the federal government announced a fiscal stimulus package aimed at supporting the Australian economy in the downturn...

  3. Consider 25-year loans amid Div 7A uncertainty, says law firm

    yearly loan repayments to alleviate the cost of Division 7A loans during the COVID-19 crisis period. The ATO indicated last month that the commissioner “will soon be issuing further guidance”, but no timeline has been provided yet.

  4. Confidence is returning but don't expect a big salary raise

    we are already seeing instances of salary pressure for skills in demand. Salaries were also stable in professional practice last year, with a number of firms giving the minimal annual increase. Candidate movement was seen in the big four and second tier...

  5. Concerns fester over auditor disciplinary board, government reappoints chair

    years 2009-10 and 2011-12. Accordingly, a report by the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Corporations and Financial Services last year raised concerns “about the efficiency and effectiveness of CADB being such a small body, with such a small and...

  6. Concern about regulatory change doubles for CFOs

    Concerns over the impact of further regulatory changes have more than doubled amongst chief financial officers in the last year, despite steady optimism in the financial prospects of their companies. Deloitte’s latest CFO Sentiment report found that 63...

  7. Complaints to AFCA rise 23% to hit record, scam issues double

    The financial complaints body handled more than 100,000 issues last year and says increases have become “unsustainable”. Complaints to AFCA jumped 23 per cent last year led by a huge increase in disputes over personal transaction accounts along with a...

  8. Company failures on track to reach 12-year high: ASIC

    financial year. ASIC recorded 7,742 company failures in the past nine months, over a one-third increase on the same period last year, according to insolvency data published yesterday. “With only one quarter remaining this financial year, it’s expected...

  9. Company denied cash flow boost under ‘discriminatory and counterintuitive’ rule

    tax notice requirement. She pointed to how the top professional accounting bodies had raised the issue with the Treasury last year, but it failed to be considered by the department. “It is not enough to demonstrate business activity before 12 March,” Ms...

  10. Common GST, property errors flagged for tax agents

    The ATO has flagged some common errors in suppliers’ activity statements since the introduction of GST at settlement. Last year, the government announced new measures that put the onus on purchases to withhold the GST on the purchase price of new...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Jotham Lian
    • Category: Tax
  11. Commissioner’s opinion on fraud, evasion may create ‘incontestable tax’, government warned

    to amend assessments on the suspicion of fraud or evasion. In a presentation at the Tax Institute’s National Convention last week, David Marks, Queen’s Counsel, Inns of Court, noted that fraud or evasion in terms of section 170 of the Income Tax...

  12. Commissioner’s deceased estates fix trudges along

    been tabled in Parliament, but practitioners will have to continue to wait until mid-May for the measure to kick in. Late last year, the Commissioner of Taxation proposed to use his remedial power to modify the Taxation Administration Act to allow a...

  13. Commissioner tips ‘record-breaking year’ for lodgements

    As of yesterday, the ATO said it has received just shy of five million returns, which is up 360,000 compared to this time last year. About three million of these lodgements came from tax agents, which is up by about 2 per cent from 2016. By comparison,...

  14. Commissioner seeks to appeal residency decision in High Court

    the Full Federal Court’s recent tax residency decision, casting doubts on the interpretation of individual residency rules. Last month, the Full Federal Court upheld an appeal by Glenn Harding in Harding v Commissioner of Taxation, ruling that the...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Jotham Lian
    • Category: Tax
  15. Commissioner registers updated JobKeeper alternative tests

    test removes the requirement for entities with multiple acquisitions, disposals and restructures to use the period after the last of the sequential transactions. Where an entity has had multiple acquisitions, disposals or a sequence of restructure...

  16. Commissioner issues update on ATO’s massive system outage

    you won’t be penalised,” he said. The ATO is now set to launch an independent review into the events of this week and last. This will look to find the root cause of the issues, and also assess the adequacy of the ATO’s response and restoration process....

  17. Commissioner called to explain changes to position on commercial debt forgiveness

    provide greater clarity over various circumstances dealing with its new interpretation of commercial debt forgiveness rules. Last month, the Commissioner of Taxation released Draft Taxation Determination 2019/D9, close to eight months after it withdrew...

  18. Commissioner acknowledges imminent ‘disruptions’ to tax profession

    Processing (ASFP) project that will see a majority of its systems shut down to accommodate the major system upgrade. Last but not least, from 27 March 2020, myGovID and Relationship Authorisation Manager (RAM) will replace AUSkey as the new secure login...

  19. Collins vows ‘more action’ on payment times

    of invoices paid within 30 days increased by 3 per cent, according to the reporting regulator’s January update released last week. Ms Collins said any improvement for small businesses was welcome but the data “underscores the important work still...

  20. Coalition sets date for TASA showdown

    Treasurer the power to unilaterally modify the code was welcomed by Senator Barbara Pocock in a media release at the end of last year. More recently, however, lower house MP Max Chandler-Mather wrote to Jones backing up practitioner’s concerns over the...