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29/07/2024

Public Accountant IPA on tax reform to address housing crisis.

19th-century American economist and journalist Henry George proposed radical tax reform to tackle the problem we face today of surging property prices, and comparative flatlining wages.

27/06/2024

Focus.

25/01/2024

All the regulations and large business still pay late.

A recent review of the Payment Times Reporting Scheme found it had little impact on SME payment times. Here’s what the government response will mean for small businesses and their accountants.

17/01/2023

GST legality challenged

Exclusive: Hornsby mayor was a cabinet minister in Howard government when it introduced the tax in 2000

23/10/2022

TALK, TALK and TALK about scams.

When it comes to scams, prevention is better than a cure. It can be difficult to recover money lost to a scam and even more difficult to recover your identity if your personal information is stolen. The number one way you can prevent scams is by talking about them to spread awareness. Scams Awar

23/10/2022

Small business information re ATO for this financial year.

The Australian Taxation Office will be targeting small business tax debt over the next 12 months said Second Commissioner Jeremy Hirschhorn in his address to the Tax Institute. Small business debt accounts for a large portion of the ATO tax gap which currently sits around $33 billion. In its latest

02/10/2022

Our Board member Debra Anderson will be speaking next month at the . Come and hear her session on ‘Meeting professional standards in your practice’ and find out everything you need to know about verifying a client’s identity. She’ll also be discussing how to take reasonable care in ascertaining a client’s state of affairs and how to manage conflicts of interest. More information: https://bit.ly/3JrdUGS

26/09/2022

Despite growth in wages in small businesses — up 5.1 per cent from August 2021 — larger businesses have increased their wages by up to 8.2 per cent, pricing out the SMEs competing for the same workers.

Workers at small companies earned the lowest median hourly rate at just $30.61, while those in medium-sized business earned $37.17 and larger firms were offering $36.35.

14/04/2022

Time to lodge the third quarter BAS (January, 2022 to March 2022)

Contact me if you would like some professional help 😉

14/04/2022

Did you know that as of 1 July 2022 employers will be required to make super guarantee contributions to their eligible employee's super fund regardless of how much the employee is paid.

From 1 July 2022, the $450 per month threshold for super guarantee eligibility will be removed.