The ATO’s crackdown on work-related expenses appears to have paid off, with Australians claiming nearly $1 billion less in 2018–19. The new figures come from the ATO’s latest taxation statistics, which examine the 14.67 million individual tax returns for the 2018–19 financial year. These statistics are only published some time after the fact, as the…
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ATO officers will now be expected to explain to taxpayers why their tax refunds are being retained, after laws were passed to extend the commissioner’s discretion to retain refunds where tax obligations have not been fulfilled. The passage of Treasury Laws Amendment (Combating Illegal Phoenixing) Bill 2019 early last year now allows the Tax Commissioner to retain a…
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A petition to delay the start date of the second phase of Single Touch Payroll is underway, with a payroll association slamming the ATO’s six-month deadline as “highly negligent”. On Tuesday, the ATO confirmed that it was working towards a 1 July 2021 start date for STP phase 2, which will see employers required to report additional…
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The ATO has warned businesses who have qualified for the superannuation guarantee amnesty to pay their dues or risk disqualification. The Tax Office has begun reaching out to businesses that made SG amnesty disclosures to remind them to pay their disclosed amounts or to set up a payment plan and meet each ongoing instalment amount. The warning…
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