The Australian Taxation Office (ATO) has launched a full-on assault on rental property owners who incorrectly report income and expenses. The ATO’s assessment, based on previous data matching programs, is that there is a tax gap of around $1 billion from incorrect...
The explosion of OnlyFans, YouTubers, TikTokers and others all offer an opportunity for ‘content creators’ to profit from the audiences they generate. But now the Tax Office has given notice to the booming industry. In October 2022, OnlyFans CEO Ami Gan announced that...
Federal Treasurer Dr Jim Chalmers delivered the latest Federal Budget from Parliament House in Canberra on Tuesday 9 May 2023. The ‘ace in the hole’ of the 2023-24 Federal Budget was the $4.2bn surplus; the first in 15 years driven by a surge in the corporate and...
More than 10 million middle-income Australians will face one of the largest tax increases in history after the May federal budget, as households deal with rapid increases in interest rates and cost-of-living surges. It is believed that Treasurer Jim Chalmers will not...
As the cut-off date for the instant asset write-off program approaches on June 30, 2023, many businesses are feeling the pressure to take advantage of the program before it ends. During the pandemic, the federal government introduced temporary full expensing that...
In the last few years, you might have noticed some ATO correspondences being sent to your myGov account inbox or being posted to you, instead of being sent to your accountants at Shakespeare Partners. As a business owner, you have a few options regarding communication...
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