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Authorisation failures and software set-up issues are among some of the top mistakes accountants and their business clients are making with the new Single Touch Payroll regime, with one in 10 failing their first submission.

The proposed extension of the director penalty regime to GST liabilities could spell the end of the corporate veil for small to medium enterprise directors, says an insolvency specialist.

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ATO Commissioner Chris Jordan believes the agency’s local business visits are helping to change community behaviour, while reassuring small businesses that their tax performance fares well on an international scale.

Most taxpayers know that if they do not have adequate private health insurance, that there can be a charge or a surcharge on the tax assessment.

Close to 90 per cent of claims in ‘other’ deductions were adjusted last year as the ATO reveals a number of unusual claims it disallowed, including a $58,000 wedding.

Australians who are 65 years old or older may make a downsizer contribution into their superannuation of up to $300,000 from the proceeds of seeling their home.

Great news!! The Tax Office will now start processing beefed-up tax refunds after the government’s $158 billion tax cut plan was passed in full.

A very interesting, graphical, summary of the monsters of our global economy.  Fascinating stuff!!

July 2019 sees the introduction of the new catch-up contribution rules, which allow people with less than $500,000 in super to make extra concessional contributions up to their previously unused $25,000 annual cap.

Important:  A major change to life insurance in many super funds.

Around 700 small businesses in Western Australia are set to receive door knocks from the ATO next month after the agency received intelligence around possible black economy behaviour.