SavvyWise will add more than 40,000 tax resources to its platform as its founder predicts a rush for advice on business restructuring.
Ryan Johnson
There’s been a big pick-up in enquiries to valuers, with WA’s largest licensed valuation company encouraging investors to ‘book ahead’ before new CGT rules kick in from July 1.
Nick Bruining
Mum-and-dad property investors face a sizeable increase in capital gains tax liabilities thanks to a combination of the new tax rules and declining property values.
Q+A: Can you avoid the new capital gain tax changes? Yep, but you’ll need to be on one of these support payments from Centrelink to bypass the new charge from July next year.
Uber has been ordered to pay a staggering $81m in payroll tax after the High Court ruled driver payments were wages.
Blair Jackson
Outgoing chair accuses the Federal Government and other politicians over a “race to the bottom” over immigration policy and a lack of action on tax and productivity reform.
Adrian Lowe
The outgoing chair of the company behind Bunnings and Kmart has used his final AGM address to take a parting shot at federal and state tax reform failures.
Cameron Micallef
The boss of the Australian Taxation Office admits he “jumped to conclusions” as sweeping changes to card payments were brought in, distressing thousands of small businesses.
The tax chief says he jumped to a conclusion about businesses’ card use before recognising the cash-flow benefits for operators not in financial trouble.
Complaints against the tax office have jumped 180 per cent in two years, as relations between business owners and the government sour.
Derek Rose and Jacob Shteyman
The tax office has declared social media influencers must be treated like a business — and declare perks beyond just the money they make.
Stephen Johnson
Tax debt has become the third-most common problem raised with a major debt helpline, climbing from 3.1 per cent of callers five years ago to almost one in five last financial year.
The Reserve Bank says higher rates do more than just punish mortgage holders, and the truth could change how you think about the cash rate.
A major deadline looms for two million Australians who face a possible four-figure fine if they don’t get their act together in time.
Calls to lift the GST have resurfaced, as high levels of debt, funding commitments and an overreliance on income taxes are hurting the nation.
A think tank leader - who sits on a Federal Government expert panel that costs the policies of the Opposition and minor parties - has called for the GST to be increased.
A confession about a ban on credit card payments has prompted fresh accusations that Treasurer Jim Chalmers was involved in a cover-up.
William Elliott
Labor’s handling of the ATO credit card surcharge ban has been slammed, with the Government accused of failing to consult small businesses and misleading Australians about the policy’s promised savings.
Chloe Maher
Baby boomers keen to cash in before WA’s cooling property market gathers pace are looking to maximise their options under a range of senior-friendly rules.
Q+A: If you’re on a high marginal tax rate, are your savings better off in a bank’s term deposit or in your super? There are advantages to both but the tax breaks could make the move to super more effective.
A key component of the Albanese government’s economic agenda is under threat, with the Coalition and the Greens looking to work together to scupper it.
Joseph Olbrycht-Palmer
An advertising campaign is helping small business vent their fury at the credit card surcharge ban as one senior Labor minister concedes the Reserve Bank should have taken the radical changes a step further.
Daniel Newell
The government has defended its position on changes to card surcharge payments, but the coalition says it's clear its counterparts don't understand business.
Lucinda Garbutt-Young
Treasurer Jim Chalmers has announced extra funding for the tax office to delay its controversial ban on credit card payments until mid-2027.
Jacob Shteyman
