September

19 September, 2018

Cash Payments Limit Coming Soon

As a part of the crackdown on black economy, the Government is planning to introduce an economy-wide cash payment limit of $10,000. Any payments made to businesses for goods and […]
19 September, 2018

Beware of Clothing Deductions this Tax Time

If you have previously claimed work-related clothing expenses and laundry expenses in your tax return, you should beware this tax time because the ATO is cracking down on these claims. […]
18 September, 2018

Taxable SMSF Assets Double: Is Your Fund Affected?

It’s been a little over a year since the dual changes of the pension transfer balance cap and the reduction of tax concessions for transition to retirement pensions were implemented […]
18 September, 2018

Small Business Tax Concessions

You may have heard all about the small business tax concessions, but do you know how you qualify for them and whether you’re making the most of the tax concessions […]
18 September, 2018

It Follows: Higher Education Debt

It might seem like a horror movie cliché, a monster that follows you wherever you go, but did you know that your higher education debts under the Higher Education Loan […]
17 September, 2018

Foreign Income and the ATO

Before you head off overseas to work or start a business, you should consider the Australian residency tests. Leaving Australia for a period of time doesn’t mean that your Australian […]
17 September, 2018

Three Year Audit Cycle Proposed for SMSFs

How often must your SMSF be audited? Currently it is every year, but the government has proposed to extend this to a 3-year cycle. The benefits are meant to be […]
17 September, 2018

Reform of the ABN System

In Australia, there are currently around 7.7m ABNs with over 860,000 new ABNs issued in 2017-18. The ABN system was originally introduced in 2000 as a way to provide businesses […]
14 September, 2018

Corporate Tax Rates: Recent Changes Give Certainty

There’s finally some certainty about the corporate tax rate(s). Legislation has recently passed Parliament and the fate of other proposed changes has also been finalised. The rate of 27.5% applies […]