Businesses making payments to contractors may need to formally report the payments made during the financial year ended 30 June 2023 by lodging a Taxable Payments Annual Report (TPAR). Who Needs To Lodge You will need to lodge a TPAR if you make payments to contractors (including subcontractors, consultants and independent contractors operating as sole…
As we noted in a previous newsletter, the ATO has now confirmed a new fixed rate working from home deduction amount of $0.67 per hour for the 30 June 2023 financial year, up from $0.52 for the 2022 year and earlier. Please note that this is a different method of claiming working from home costs to the COVID-19…
Thinking about buying a new car? Just in time for Christmas, the Federal Government has passed the Treasury Laws Amendment (Electric Car Discount) Act 2022, making no- and low-emission vehicles exempt from Fringe Benefits Tax (FBT) and a 5% import tariff. Ordinarily, Fringe Benefits Tax of 47% applies to cars provided through work for private use…
If you became a company Director (or Secretary!) on or before the 31st of October 2021, you must apply for your Director ID by the 30th of November 2022. Failing to do so may result in ASIC charging you a significant penalty. More information, including a video showing you how to apply for your ID, is available here…
The ATO will be undertaking some scheduled maintenance on the Small Business Superannuation Clearing House between 11:30pm AEST on Saturday the 25th of June 2022 and 7:00am on Sunday the 26th of June 2022. If you’re looking to claim a tax deduction for superannuation payments made before the end of this financial year (Thursday the…
Before we get into today’s main topic – Budget 2022/23 – we wanted to note with you all that earlier this month we were in a Zoom call with over 5,500 other accountants and taxation specialists across Australia, working through some of the curlier aspects of the ATO’s recently proposed changes to family trust distributions.…
The Getting the Show Back on the Road+ program (GTSBOTR+) was introduced mid-way through 2021 with the aim to reduce the financial risks associated with running ticketed events in Western Australia during a COVID-19 impacted period. Essentially, it’s a State Government initiative designed to encourage the (safe) continuation of publicly ticketed events through sharing the risk of gross ticket sales…
As of the 1st of November 2021, if you are a director of a company, including one serving as a corporate trustee of a trust or a self-managed superannuation fund (SMSF) – or if you are intending on becoming a company director – you must apply for a Director Identification Number (Director ID). What are…