Earlier this week the Victorian Treasurer delivered the State Government’s 2020-21 State Budget, which includes large scale investment to drive a jobs-led recovery. It is estimated that COVID-19 has cost the State and Federal Government…
The 2020-21 Federal Budget is a road to recovery paved with cash. Key initiatives include: Personal income tax cuts from 1 July 2020 A $4 billion ‘JobMaker’ Hiring Credit to encourage businesses to take on…
Help for business JobKeeper 2.0 The Government has announced further changes to the JobKeeper scheme. The good news is that employees that missed out on JobKeeper because they were not employed on 1 March 2020…
The Government has announced the $2.5bn JobTrainer package to retrain, upskill and open new job opportunities. An additional 340,700 training places will be created to provide no or low cost courses into sectors with job…
The coronavirus (COVID-19) presents a significant threat to our health but is now also impacting businesses across the world. The containment of the pandemic is already resulting in dramatic fluctuations in supply and demand, labour…
Getting your business up and running can be a real challenge. Acknowledging this, start-up incubator Runway Ballarat provides fledgling businesses with support to fast-track and scale growth. The Incubator Program also connects entrepreneurs with quality…
The Australian Taxation Office (ATO) has revealed how it is going to use Single Touch Payroll (STP) data, acting as a warning to non-compliant employers. ATO Deputy Commissioner James O’Halloran indicated that the office is…
Last month, the ATO released statistics showing small business is responsible for 12.5% ($11.1 billion) of the total estimated ‘tax gap’. These new figures give visibility to tax compliance issues within the small business sector…
Are you always chasing late payments? Then don’t despair, there are plenty of things you can do to get your clients to pay on time. Here’s are 8 things you can try to improve your…
A consistent theme this tax time is overclaiming and under-reporting. With the Australian Taxation Office (ATO) getting more and more sophisticated in its data matching approaches, taxpayers can expect greater scrutiny where their claims are…
