Federal Small Business Minister Bruce Billson has used a speech in Melbourne this morning to flag several tax changes aimed at easing admini…
Federal Small Business Minister Bruce Billson has used a speech in Melbourne this morning to flag several tax changes aimed at easing admini…
At some stage, every business will have some trouble paying its tax debts. In particular, those monthly and quarterly BAS debts seem to roll…
A recent court case has demonstrated the limitations of the Tax Office’s power to collect tax. The case dealt with one of the Tax Commi…
The Australian Tax Office must have one monster computer system to store all the data it continues to accumulate! The use of data-matching (…
Family businesses are a very large part of the backbone of SMEs in Australia. How strange then that the term “family business” is not even d…
The Australian Tax Office has been using small business benchmarks for a number of years. This approach has not been without controversy, wi…
The Tax Practitioners Board has fined a BAS agent $40,000 after she received fees and lodged tax returns for individuals even though she was…
Businesses have been warned to ensure their Business Activity Statements (BAS) are being prepared by officials registered with the Tax Pract…
If my small business is not big enough yet to be registered for GST, how do I claim back the GST I am charged on items I buy? Or can I not c…
Our self-assessment system of taxation has conditioned taxpayers, including SMEs, to expect refunds of income tax or GST to be issued prompt…
Small business owners’ ire with the Federal Government has soared to a three-year high, according to a MYOB report, with more than half of…
The taxman has a new year gift for us to look forward to, writes TERRY HAYES, but after that the reality of a tough 2009 begins. Th…
