Reckon launches Deadly Digits Indigenous-first accounting system and support hub
Aussie technology company Reckon has joined forces with the Queensland government to launch an Indigenous-first accounting app for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander business owners.
More than 6,000 small businesses sign up for Victorian digital voucher scheme, as new providers added
More than 6,000 small businesses in Victoria have signed up to use the state government’s digital voucher scheme, as eight new providers are this week added to the list of vendors.
“It probably took me 15 minutes”: Meet the business owners who found the STP transition easier than they thought
On September 30, 2019, small businesses with 19 or fewer employees will be required by law to transition to single touch payroll.
ATO should interact more with accountants and less with small business, says Assistant Treasurer
Assistant Treasurer Michael Sukkar wants the ATO to be more engaged with accountants and have less, but more positive, interaction with small business.
How the Australian government stitched up its own tax office
Asked now to pat its belly while rubbing its head by administering the tax offset alongside STP, the tax office is still untying its hands.
Single Touch Payroll signups almost doubled in June, but more than 85% are still missing
Single Touch Payroll onboarding has seen the number of firms under the scheme almost double in a month, but many more are yet to make the switch.
Pay summaries out the window: ATO moves to quell confusion amid payroll changes
Pay summaries are being phased out with the introduction of Single Touch Payroll, and the ATO is taking a proactive approach.
‘What’s STP?’: Digital laggards still unprepared for payroll change, unaware they can defer
New research shows many micro employers are still not prepared for Single Touch Payroll, with most unaware they can apply for a deferral.
ATO single touch payroll wizard resigns less than three months from hard reporting deadline
The ATO has lost its single touch payroll program lead just months from the reporting deadline for hundreds of thousands of small businesses.
“Long way to go”: ATO ramps up single touch payroll campaign as soft deadline looms
With the election in the rearview mirror, the ATO is ramping up its single touch payroll campaign ahead of the EOFY soft reporting deadline.
“Killing the dream”: Business owners sleeping just four hours a night to keep up with $20 billion red-tape burden
Small-business owners are sacrificing sleep and personal time to keep their doors open amid billions in administrative and red-tape costs.
“Alarming”: 70% of micro-businesses haven’t heard of single touch payroll as deadline looms
New survey data has sparked new concern about the implementation of single touch payroll reporting for micro-businesses as a soft deadline approaches.
