by Craig | Nov 1, 2023 | Assets, ATO, NANE Income, SMSF
Tax issues for businesses that have received a support payment Taxpayers who have received a government support grant or payment recently to help their business recover from COVID-19 or a natural disaster should check if they need to include the payment in their...
by Craig | Sep 4, 2023 | ATO, SMSF, Tax Time
Appointing an SMSF auditor The ATO reminds SMSF trustees that they need to appoint an approved SMSF auditor for each income year, no later than 45 days before they need to lodge their SMSF annual return. An SMSF’s audit must be finalised before the trustees lodge...
by Craig | Jul 8, 2023 | ATO, SMSF, Superannuation
Court penalises AMP $24 million for charging deceased customers The Federal Court has found that four companies that are or were part of the AMP Group breached the law when charging life insurance premiums and advice fees from the superannuation accounts of more...
by Craig | Sep 6, 2022 | ATO, COVID-19, SMSF, Superannuation
More COVID-19 business grants are now tax-free The Federal Government has expanded the list of State and Territory COVID-19 grant programsthat may be tax-free to eligible businesses.A State or Territory Government COVID-19 grant payment will generally be tax-free if:...
by Craig | Jul 9, 2022 | ATO, Practice Update, SMSF, Superannuation, Tax Return
ATO’s small business focus for 2022 income year The ATO announced that it will be focussing on the following matters for small business tax returns for the 2021/22 year: Deductions that are private in nature and not related to business income, as well as overclaiming...
by Craig | Mar 6, 2022 | ATO, Federal Budget,, SMSF, Superannuation
Tax deductibility of COVID-19 test expenses After much speculation, the Government announced that COVID-19 tests, including Polymerase Chain Reaction (‘PCR’) and Rapid Antigen Tests (‘RATs’), will be both: tax-deductible; andexempt from FBT; broadly where they are...
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