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  1. Tax relief funding debate a ‘moot point’, says Thomson Reuters

    been concerns of the government’s ability to fund any tax relief while bringing the budget back to surplus by 2020-21. The last time the personal tax threshold moved was in 2016 when the 32.5 per cent threshold was increased from $80,000 to $87,000,...

  2. Tax refund fraudsters sentenced to jail

    who claimed a total of $1.3 million in fraudulent tax refunds with her co-accused had been sentenced to three years in jail. Last week, Thai national Pornpat Chuensukjit was sentenced in the New South Wales District Court to three years in jail after...

  3. Tax reform a ‘smouldering heap’ in Australia, says mid-tier

    Ken Henry, a mid-tier firm has again thrown its support behind fixing Australia’s “floundering” attempts at tax reform. Last week Ken Henry said while he supports a cut in the corporate tax rate, it’s distracting from the broader need for comprehensive...

  4. Tax questions triggered by new pensions guidance

    The Tax Office released some welcome guidance on death benefit questions last week, but it has triggered some new questions about tax and possible contraventions. The ATO confirmed that if an SMSF fails to pay the minimum pension requirements for a...

  5. Tax promoter penalty changes must be delayed: SMSFA

    current laws is undertaken, the SMF Association has cautioned in a recent submission. Treasury released a consultation paper last month exploring options for improving the operation of the tax promoter penalty laws. The paper also sought views on...

  6. Tax practitioners owe $90m in outstanding debt, TPB ready to pounce

    of its debt and lodgment project. The TPB’s debt and lodgment compliance project for tax practitioners, first announced late last year, has yielded positive initial results, with over 2,000 practitioners updating their outstanding lodgments and repaying...

  7. Tax practitioners face new TPB 72-hour client complaint deadline

    72 hours when directed by the Tax Practitioners Board, as it seeks to focus its resources towards high-risk agents. Launched last week, the new complaint resolution process will see the TPB assess complaints from a client of a tax practitioner,...

  8. Tax portal updates set to end by December 2019

    “It is our understanding that, while the old tax agent portal access will continue until the end of March 2020 (when the last of the current digital certificates expire), ATO data will cease to be uploaded to the old tax agent portal from the end of...

  9. Tax ombudsman launches probe into how ATO handles identity theft

    The IGTO calls upon practitioners to detail their experiences of unauthorised access to the tax system. The taxation ombudsman has started an investigation into identity theft and compromised tax accounts after repeated reports of fraudulent activity...

  10. Tax Office warned on WRE heavy-handedness

    to “maintain a sense of balance” after a year of crackdown on work-related expenses, says a former ATO director. In July last year, the ATO released its first individuals not in business tax gap report, detailing an $8.7 billion gap which it contends is...

  11. Tax Office updates low-cost STP providers list

    single touch payroll solutions for micro-businesses. The Tax Office first published its initial list of suppliers late last year, with prominent software providers and a big four firm featuring. The solutions are required to be affordable, that is, cost...

  12. Tax Office to give further LRBA guidance

    it will be releasing in the second half of the year, ahead of the 2017 deadline for LRBAs to be on commercial terms. Late last month, the ATO extended the 30 June 2016 deadline for trustees looking to get their LRBAs on commercial terms to 31 January...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Staff Reporter
    • Category: Tax
  13. Tax office tipped to release new ruling

    Colonial First State executive manager Craig Day said that following the issue of a private binding ruling by the ATO last year, allowing the use of this strategy, it is likely the tax office will now be dealing with a large number of private binding...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Miranda Brownlee
    • Category: Tax
  14. 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
  15. Tax Office targeting DPNs at directors with high-value assets

    “One is to encourage disengaged taxpayers to deal with the ATO. So that's a taxpayers that haven't dealt with the ATO in the last three months or 100 days,” said Mudford. “They're using that game as a tool to basically reengage that client.” Another...

  16. Tax office sounds warning on pensions

    responded to confusion regarding the partial segregation of assets for pension purposes. Speaking at the CPA SMSF conference last week, the ATO’s Kasey MacFarlane, assistant commissioner, SMSF segment, superannuation, confirmed that SMSF trustees cannot...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Katarina Taurian
    • Category: Tax
  17. Tax Office reveals disqualified trustees register

    The register of disqualified trustees shows the names of individuals who were disqualified between October 2012 and December last year, with a breakdown of state or country and postcode. A link to a gazettal notice has also been provided for each...

  18. Tax office reveals all SMSF penalties for FY15

    handed out about 54 education directions and 27 rectification directions, Ms Simmons said. The powers, introduced in July last year, allow the tax office to impose administration penalties on trustees for certain SIS Act breaches. In addition, the...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Katarina Taurian
    • Category: Super
  19. Tax Office reveals adventurous, dubious claims ahead of tax time

    and has specifically placed work-related clothing and laundry claims on notice after a 20 per cent rise in claims over the last five years, with 6 million people claiming nearly $1.8 billion in laundry expenses last year. In a bid to showcase examples...

  20. Tax office releases new cryptocurrency updates

    that may arise through profits derived from cryptocurrency investment,” an ATO spokesperson told Accountants Daily late last month. The ATO will be using its existing and standard processes to address unexplained wealth and “conspicuous consumption”...