Overview The NSW government has introduced a surcharge on residential land held by or associated with a ‘foreign person’ from the 2017 land tax year. This […]
Overview The 2017 Federal Government Mid-Year Economic and Fiscal Outlook (MYEFO) announced that from 1 July 2017, the Government will allow the ATO to disclose tax […]
Pursuant to the Corporations Act, a creditor that is owed more than $2,000 is eligible to issue a statutory demand against a company requiring it to […]
For every property transaction that you make there may be a GST consequence you need to consider. If you are making transactions involving property you […]
The ATO’s Project DO IT (Disclose Offshore Income Today) offers taxpayers with unreported income from offshore investments, the opportunity to make a full voluntary disclosure. In […]
Recent press coverage of special dividends and capital distributions from some of Australia’s largest listed companies has prompted a range of inquiries from clients who have […]
There has been increased ATO audit activity in the small business sector particularly where the ATO has used small business benchmarking. Benchmarks are financial ratios developed […]
The Australian Tax Office (ATO) has issued draft guidelines for the risk assessment and audit selection for professional practices for compliance reviews related to 2014/2015 […]
SMSFs – SuperStream deferral We sent out a newsflash in March this year regarding the new electronic data and payment requirements of the ‘SuperStream’ system to […]
New appointments We are very pleased to announce the appointment of two new members to the Allworths team, Colleen Hosking and Sophia Tong. Colleen joins us […]
SuperStream is a government reform aimed at improving the efficiency of the superannuation system. Under SuperStream, employers must make super contributions on behalf of their employees […]
Christmas The office will officially close on Friday 20 December 2013, and re-open Monday 6 January 2014. We wish all our clients, colleagues and families all […]
Small business (those with an aggregated annual turnover of less than $2 million), have only 4 weeks to take advantage of tax benefits of the “Instant […]
Tax Office reacts to superannuation funds selling assets after entering pension phase The ATO has issued a Draft Taxation Determination (TD 2013/D7) that self managed superannuation […]
In a previous blog post, we shared how important it is for small business owners to think like CFOs when managing their business and personal finances. […]
By Mark Copsey, Director of Allworths Wealth Management At the end of each tax year, we send out a summary outlining strategies for reducing tax and […]
As accountants and advisers to many business owners, we regularly get to trade stories with clients on all the ups and downs of managing and growing […]
On 2 April, Josh Frydenberg handed down the Federal Budget 2019-20. In summary: there were no big surprises. It was widely expected that a return to […]
Single Touch Payroll (STP) is an ATO compliance regime that requires employers to electronically send employee payroll information; including salary, wages, PAYG withholding and superannuation; to […]