What the ATO is doing The Australian Taxation Office has warned users of the ‘sharing economy’ (e.g. Airbnb or Uber) that it is performing data matching […]
There is no denying we are facing an online revolution. All aspects of our lives and businesses are becoming more ‘digitalised’. Advances in technology are changing […]
Signatures are going digital We are introducing a new way for you to sign important documents that come from our office. It’s called DocuSign. If you […]
We have seen an increased number of audits being conducted on clients’ Workers Compensation Policies and are seeing a number of recurring issues arising. This alert […]
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 […]
In a previous blog post, we wrote about the new Notifiable Data Breaches scheme applying to businesses with a turnover of more than $3M from February […]
Our thoughts are with our farming clients who we realise are suffering considerably at the present time. There are a number of limited assistance packages available, […]
Throughout May, Allworths has been touching base with many of our country NSW clients. Mark Copsey and David Costigan hit the road together, travelling as far […]
From 1 July 2018, purchasers of new residential premises or potential residential land will be required to withhold an amount from the purchase price and pay that amount […]
Instant Asset Write-Off for Small Business Extended For 12 Months The government will extend the current instant asset write-off for Small Business Entities (SBEs), which […]
Personal Tax Cuts In a move to attract swinging voters, the Budget has revealed a seven-year personal income tax cut plan commencing from 1 July 2018. […]