Business Matters – January 2014

Newsletter This newsletter includes the following interesting articles: Protecting personal information Be wary of GST clauses in contracts PPSA deadline looms Update on employment laws New Year’s resolutions for 2014 Planning for the Super Guarantee rate rise ATO reminder about RFB Record keeping for businesses Important tax dates

Why is the Australian Tax System Unique?

As per the Australian Institue of Chartered Accountants magazine for April 2010:  Australia has one of the most complex tax systems in the world  There are roughly 5,700 pages of income tax legislation in Australia  Australians currently pay 125 taxes; of these, 10 taxes collect 90% of the revenue  The number of taxes rise to Read more about Why is the Australian Tax System Unique?[…]

Let the ATO help fund your business: The new and improved Research and Development Credit

On 12 May 2009 the Government announced it will replace the existing Research & Development (‘R&D’) Tax Concession with a new R&D Tax Credit. The R&D Tax Credit is planned to come into effect from 1 July 2010.The benefit of a refundable tax credit over a tax concession is that R&D companies are often cash Read more about Let the ATO help fund your business: The new and improved Research and Development Credit[…]

ATO expands cash economy data matching program

[News release from the ATO on 29 March 2010] In its continuing effort to detect businesses operating in the cash economy, especially in high risk industries, the ATO has recently expanded its data matching program on two fronts. The program now includes data from banks that identify credit card and EFTPOS sales made by Australian Read more about ATO expands cash economy data matching program[…]

ATO perspectives on large business

The Deputy Commissioner, Large Business and International (Case Leadership), Mr Jim Killaly, has given a speech on the Tax Office’s perspectives on the large business sector. Interesting points made by Mr Killaly included the following: • there is a significant concentration of cross-border activity in the large business segment which has intensified with the increasing Read more about ATO perspectives on large business[…]