A new year has dawned. It’s a time for resolutions and a time for wish-lists. Wearing my tax hat, what do I really want from 2015? For clo…
A new year has dawned. It’s a time for resolutions and a time for wish-lists. Wearing my tax hat, what do I really want from 2015? For clo…
The Australian Tax Office has used special powers to recover $8 million in superannuation entitlements from phoenix operators. The ATO annou…
Support for reform to online GST is again gaining momentum, with the new federal assistant treasurer Josh Frydenberg signalling the governme…
The ATO says it continues to see a number of taxpayers understating rental income and over-claiming rental deductions. In this my last colum…
The capital gains tax laws are voluminous and complicated. But they also contain benefits for taxpayers. Legislation introduced in Federal …
Small business owners have just days left to declare assets in offshore tax havens as part of a tax amnesty, with the Australian Tax Office …
Solomon Lew is unhappy with the GST threshold Billionaire retail magnate Solomon Lew has said he will try and find a way to sidestep chargin…
Some “bread and butter” tax this week – work-related expenses for food and drink while travelling while at work. Hardly a “rocket science”…
It’s been months in the making, but Prime Minister Tony Abbott is reportedly putting the finishing touches on his tax reform white paper, …
With the public float of institutions such as the Commonwealth Bank, Telstra, and now Medibank Private, more Australians today hold shares t…
SME taxpayers are bearing the brunt of a tick and flick culture at the Australian Tax Office, according to submissions to a parliamentary in…
Entrepreneurs with an idea they want to put into practice can have difficulties in obtaining funding, particularly from traditional sources,…
