Major ATO website outage puts accountants on edge ahead of June 5 concession deadline and HECS-HELP indexation
A major Australian Taxation Office (ATO) website outage left small businesses and accountants unable to file claims over the weekend.
Doggy daycare, Ugg boots and Tim Tams: The six things you can’t claim this tax time
CPA Australia is trying to help Aussies stay on the ATO’s good side, with resident tax expert Elinor Kasapidis sharing the six deductions that won’t get past the tax office this time around.
Six EOFY tips for tradies
To help out tradies running their businesses, hipages CEO and co-founder Roby Sharon-Zipser has pulled together six top tips for getting the most out of any EOFY windfalls.
Why are power prices likely to keep surging, and where do we go from here?
We may be in the early stages of an energy price shock comparable to the 1973 oil price crisis.
Chalmers says falling wages, inflation and interest rates the key concerns for Treasury
Jim Chalmers has spent three days with Treasury secretary Dr Steven Kennedy poring over the so-called ‘red book’ brief to discuss the economic lay of the land.
NAB enters crowded BNPL market with zero-fee NAB Now Pay Later
NAB's new buy now, pay later endeavour will be rolled out in July and will offer a zero fees alternative to competitors in the market.
Two in five Australian businesses expect to lift costs as inflation pressures bear down: ABS
The ABS says 38% of surveyed business believe they will significantly jack up prices in the next three months as inflation spikes.
Mastercard’s “smile to pay” face recognition payments system is raising privacy, security and bias concerns
Mastercard’s “smile to pay” system, announced last week, is supposed to save time for customers at checkouts. It is being trialled in Brazil, with future pilots planned for the Middle East and Asia.
Small business wages are outpacing national average as SMEs face rising cost pressures, report says
Wages paid by Australian small businesses grew 4.1% in April 2022 compared to April 2021, accounting software provider Xero says.
One in 10 workers changed jobs in the year to February, ABS says, giving credence to ‘Great Resignation’ claims
Some 1.3 million people changed jobs in the year to February 2022, the ABS says, suggesting many took part in the 'Great Migration'.
How will Labor keep its IR promises on wage growth and gender equality?
At this election, Labor campaigned on the need to address three key issues: wage stagnation, insecure jobs and gender inequality.
Almost 99% of NFTs fail — so is Australia’s future really fungible?
Almost 99% of NFT projects fail in the first few months, Crowd Media Group chief executive Judy Sahay told SmartCompany.
