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Fringe Benefits – Christmas Parties & Gifts 2024
Year-end (and other) staff parties With the well-earned December/January holiday season on the way, many employers will be planning to reward staff with a celebratory party or event. However, there are important issues to consider, including the possible FBT...
Practice Update – December 2024
Can staff celebrations attract FBT? With the holiday season coming up, employers may be planning to celebrate with their employees. Before they hire a restaurant or book an event, employers should make sure to work out if the benefits they provide their...
Practice Update – November 2024
Hiring employees for the festive season As the festive season approaches, employers that hire new employees to help with their business should remember the following when it comes to their employer tax and super obligations: Employers should make sure they...
Practice Update – October 2024
Avoid a tax time shock Individual taxpayers can take the following steps right now to ensure the correct amount of tax is being put aside throughout the year: let their employer know if they have a study or training support loan, such as a HECS or HELP...
Practice Update – September 2024
Taxpayers can start lodging their tax returns With millions of pieces of information now pre-filled (including information from most banks, employers, government agencies and private health insurers), the ATO is giving taxpayers with simple affairs the...
Practice Update – August 2024
ATO's tips for correctly claiming deductions for rental properties Taxpayers who have work done on their rental property should consider the following factors in determining claims for expenses. Repairs and general maintenance are expenses for work done to...
Practice Update – July 2024
ATO's 'main residence exemption tips' The main residence exemption needs to be considered in a variety of situations when a taxpayer sells a property they have lived in. The ATO hopes that the following tips will help in this regard: Taxpayers should...
Practice Update – June 2024
ATO's three focus areas this tax time The ATO will be taking a close look this 'tax time' at the following common errors made by taxpayers: Work related expenses: Taxpayers using the 'revised fixed rate method' of calculating a working from home deduction...
Practice Update – May 2024
Government warns of 'malicious' myGov scammers The Government has urged Australians to be vigilant regarding scammers who target ATO log-in details to commit tax fraud. The ATO has received a large number of reports of scammers using fake myGov sites to...
Practice Update – April 2024
How to claim working from home expenses Taxpayers who have been working from home this financial year, and who consequently incurred work-related expenses, have two ways to calculate their work from home deduction: the actual cost method; orthe fixed rate...
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