Payroll reporting: a touchy subject

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If you are an employer the way you report payments, such as salaries and wages, pay as you go (PAYG) withholding and superannuation is changing from next year. The ATO will need you to report these payments directly from your payroll solution in real-time, at the same time as you pay your employees. This is […]

Airbnb and home sharing: Taxing implications

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Do you rent out a part of your home, or a holiday home, on Airbnb, Stayz or another sharing site? Perhaps you see this as a way of making a little extra income to help the household budget or to save for that holiday. But what you may not be aware of are the long-term […]

Home is where the GST is

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In a bid to tackle non-compliance of GST obligations from developers selling properties, the government has introduced a new measure that require buyers of new residential premises and subdivisions of potential residential land to make a payment of part of the purchase price to the ATO. This measure has been introduced in response to developers […]

Uber not an employer

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  The Fair Work Commission has found that Uber is not an employer and thus not subject to unfair dismissal laws. With the rise of the gig economy, employment benefits such as minimum wages and conditions, entitlement to annual, sick and long service leave, superannuation, and protection from unfair dismissal and unlawful termination could all […]

Business cash payments on ATO’s radar

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In this competitive economic environment some businesses are increasingly turning to cash payments to dodge their tax obligations. This is becoming such an issue that the ATO has started a program of visiting businesses across Australia that may be using cash inappropriately or operating in the hidden economy. A wide variety of resources including third-party […]