Posts tagged "mark molesworth"

The Australian Taxation Office’s (ATO) recently released guidance on section 100A contains much that challenges the ‘lore’ that has grown up around acceptable uses for trusts in Australia. 

Small businesses can expect a “purely performative” federal budget next month, says BDO's Mark Molesworth, with major taxation changes unlikely.

Labor leader Bill Shorten has appealed to the tills of small business in his budget reply, asking them to back sensible increases in wages.

Planning on holding a Christmas Party this year? Well it turns out there's a tax covering that, so make sure you've dotted your i's and crossed your t's.

Labor says it will change the rules to abolish the $450 superannuation threshold if elected, a proposal that has been criticised by business groups.

The introduction of a so-called “Google tax” on large multinationals that are suspected of shifting profits to low-tax jurisdictions is …

  The former chief executive of Nudie Juice, Andrew Binetter, is being sued by the Australian Taxation Office following allegations he over…

  The prospect of the goods and services tax being raised as a way of paying for income tax cuts has been canvassed by finance minister Mat…

Labor has backed an idea to introduce the ‘Buffett rule’ to charge a minimum rate of tax on high income earners. Under the proposal, anybody…

Draft legislation released by the government last week will change the capital gains tax treatment on the sale and purchases of business. Th…

Prime Minister Tony Abbott has confirmed small and medium-sized businesses will pay less company tax from July 1, in a move that has big bus…

Less talk and more action is needed to reform GST and payroll tax, according to a survey published yesterday by accounting firm BDO. The sur…