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  1. Tax agents circled in ATO audit swoop

    also identified a further 230 SMSFs that the ATO is interested in, Ms Fleming told delegates at the SMSF Summit in Adelaide. Last year, the ATO referred five tax agents to the Tax Practitioners’ Board for this practice, she said. “We will of course take...

  2. Tax agents called on to correct investors, salary earners' slip-ups

    nexus of the claims; and claiming only work-related expenses and correctly apportioning claims between private and work use. Last week, the ATO released its Individuals not in business tax gap report, finding that 72 per cent of the 868 cases in its...

  3. Tax agents are not ‘abusers’ of the tax system, says association

    work-related expenses, arguing that practitioners are doing their best to navigate an increasingly complex tax system. Last week, TPB chair Ian Klug revealed plans to target 2,000 “highest risk practitioners”, after its analysis showed that they were...

  4. Tax agents and clients disagree over business practices: FBT review

    compliance costs, despite employers suggesting the contrary, preliminary results from the Board of Taxation’s review show. Last year, the Board of Taxation commenced its review of the compliance costs associated with fringe benefits tax, with an aim of...

  5. Tax agent, taxpayers guilty of tax crimes in second half of 2018

    The Tax Office’s investigations around serious tax crimes in the second half of last year found 17 individuals guilty of fraud or tax evasion. Between July and December 2018, the ATO’s tax crime investigations identified 17 individuals, including a...

  6. Tax agent, former mayor sentenced after ATO probe

    service work, and supervision by a community corrections officer. The verdict follows the sentencing of another tax agent last week. Salvatore Arcuri was found attempting to lodge two tax returns to his own name, and was sentenced to 18 months with a...

  7. Tax agent, BAS agent rego terminations spike amid expenses crackdown

    compliance work for the 2017-18 period resulted in a total number of 287 sanctions, including 24 terminations, up from 17 last year. According to the TPB’s annual report, the sanctions included 81 impositions of order and 182 written cautions. Of the...

  8. Tax agent who lied about CPE hours loses bid to halt TPB ban

    The ART granted Kambourakis an interim pause of the board’s decision in October while it was reviewed. But in a decision last week, the ART lifted the pause and confirmed the TPB’s decision would take full effect, preventing Kambourakis from practicing...

  9. Tax agent rego suspended after $100k shortfall detected

    compliance work for the 2017-18 period resulted in a total number of 287 sanctions, including 24 terminations, up from 17 last year. According to the TPB’s annual report, the sanctions included 81 impositions of order and 182 written cautions. “The...

  10. Tax agent knocked back, follows CAANZ, court findings

    fitness and propriety,” he said. Tax agent registration has been the subject of the TPB’s regulatory activity this and last financial year. Though tax and BAS agents are like are largely compliant, there have been some problem cases which have prompted...

  11. Tax agent found guilty of TASA breach

    (TASA) by recklessly making statements to the commissioner of taxation that were false, incorrect or misleading. The Court last week declared that between August and September 2011, Cheng Cheng Li of Sydney, a registered tax agent, prepared and lodged...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Michael Masterman
    • Category: Tax
  12. Tax agent fined for 'reckless' conduct

    the increase and to ensure they are wary when taking on new clients. “This is the second similar case in the courts in the last two weeks. Now, more than ever, agents need to be vigilant when taking on new clients. “As you can see from this case, there...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Michael Masterman
    • Category: Tax
  13. Tax agent conduct findings released for first half of 2018

    been the ongoing focus of the ATO’s tax time crackdown this year. In contrast, the ATO’s individual tax gap report released last week suggests that tax agents are contributing to the $8.7 billion tax gap, with 78 per cent of agent-prepared tax returns...

  14. Tax agent claims family pet as guard dog, gets booted by TPB

    subsection 30-10(7) (tax agent services are provided competently) as a result of the ATO’s crackdown on the expenses front. Last year, the TPB’s compliance work for the 2017–18 period resulted in a total number of 287 sanctions, including 24...

  15. Tax advisers urged to get ahead of new tender policies

    to tender for government contracts, to get their tax records in order ahead of new rules that kick in from 1 July. Late last year, the government released a consultation seeking to introduce a new government procurement process that will exclude...

  16. Tax advice still core despite financial services gains, PwC says

    Australia has delivered a 10.8 per cent revenue growth to $2.35 billion for the 12 months to 30 June this year, edging out last year’s results of a 10.4 per cent growth. PwC chief executive Luke Sayers attributed the growth to “unsurprisingly strong”...

  17. Tax administration lessons learnt from COVID-19 (and promptly forgotten)

    family dealings. A draft tax ruling exists, but few have seen it. The commissioner delayed the release of draft ruling last year, ostensibly because of COVID-19. Meanwhile, some of these section 100A audits are now entering their third year. The anxiety...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: David Hughes, McCullough Robertson Lawyers
    • Category: Tax
  18. Tassie food outlets forced to back pay workers $120,000

    things are being found out.” The Launceston raids come after the FWO made surprise inspections on 48 food outlets in Darwin last month, revealing 479 staff had been underpaid by a combined $400,000. “The Fair Work Ombudsman will continue to prioritise...

  19. Tassie firm aspires to become the ‘Xero of carbon accounting’

    partner and co-founder Lindsay Ellis, hired a software developer and built a carbon accounting tool for accountants. By last December, Ms Richmond and Mr Ellis had sold their firm and founded Sumday, securing $2 million in pre-seed round funding from...

  20. Tasmania reveals COVID-19 support package

    Premier Peter Gutwein has now announced a $420 million support package that will include the waiving of payroll tax for the last four months of this financial year for hospitality, tourism and seafood industry businesses. Small to medium businesses with...