Posts tagged "bas"

Outgoing Australian Taxation Office commissioner Chris Jordan has reaffirmed the office's commitment to a fully digital tax system, asking taxpayers to imagine a potentially "BAS-free" future for small businesses.

The ATO is encouraging small businesses which have fallen behind on their tax debts to take advantage of its new penalty amnesty scheme, which accounting experts see as one of the last accommodating gestures from the tax office.

The Australian Taxation Office will pay twenty small retailers to report and lodge their GST obligations on a monthly cycle, as it investigates new ways to improve tax performance among local SMEs.

A Sydney-based tax agent has had her registration cancelled, after the regulator found she filed 43 JobKeeper applications without her clients' permission.

To take the heat off EOFY, we’ve crafted a short guide that will help you get your tasks done faster. Time to get your ducks in a row and tick tax time off now, so you can get back to growing your business.

The COVID-19 crisis has thrown many businesses into uncharted waters, but it's not too late to do some urgent tax planning. Here's Adrian Raftery's advice.

The Australian government has announced a series of coronavirus stimulus measures targeted at small businesses. So what do the changes to the instant asset write-off scheme, and the $25,000 cash payments, mean in practice?

From 1 April 2020, Australian company directors will be personally liable for their company’s unpaid GST. Here's what you need to do to minimise your risk.

A man who submitted dodgy business tax claims has been sentenced to two-years-four-months' jail time.

A Brisbane-based business owner has been convicted of defrauding taxpayers by nearly $600,000.

A man who claimed it cost $5 million to build a website for his wife's deli business has been jailed for seven years for tax fraud.

A Sunshine Coast man will spend 30 months in jail after being found guilty of tax fraud involving over $100,000 in false GST claims.