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ATO to send letters to 110,000 cash economy participants

The ATO says that, this financial year, it will send around 110,000 letters to taxpayers who it believes may be participating in the cash economy. The majority of letters will be sent to businesses reporting outside the small business benchmarks for their industry. The ATO will write to tax agents of business taxpayers identified to ...more

ATO Compliance Focus for 2010-11: Micro businesses (turnover under $2m)

The cash economy continues to be a major ATO focus here and it plans to review and audit more than 26,000 micro businesses. Concerns include the use of cash transactions to hide income and evade tax obligations. This includes businesses: paying cash-in-hand wages or treating employees as contractors; skimming some or all of the cash ...more

ATO reveals compliance focuses for 2010-11

Second Commissioner of Taxation, Bruce Quigley, has recently provided an overview of compliance focus areas ahead of Tax Time 2010. In an address to the Tax Institute of Australia’s Queensland State Convention held on 4 June 2010, Mr Quigley revealed that the ATO is increasing its use of data-matching to identify undisclosed interest income of ...more

ATO concerned about mistakes made regarding maximum net asset value test

The small business CGT exemptions can reduce or eliminate a capital gain made on a CGT asset that has been used in a business. The 4 exemptions or concessions available are the 15-year exemption, the 50% reduction, the retirement exemption, and the roll-over concession. One of the 2 basic conditions that must be met for ...more

New measures to assist small businesses

New measures to assist small businesses

The Tax Office has introduced new measures to help small businesses that are struggling to manage their tax payment obligations in the current economic climate. Twelve-month general interest charge (GIC) free payment arrangements This measure is available to businesses with an annual turnover of less than $2 million who have an activity statement debt. Eligible ...more

Small & medium-sized entities: IASB releases International Financial Reporting Standard

The International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) has today [Thur 9.7.2009] issued an International Financial Reporting Standard (IFRS) designed for use by small and medium-sized

Watch That Cash Flow

Watch That Cash Flow

Source: The Australian, June 26 2009
Small-business owners watching their income steadily shrink this year are likely worrying that they could end up paying too much tax when the quarterly pay-as-you-go instalments become due next month.

Tax Office helps small businesses re tax debts

Tax Office helps small businesses re tax debts

The Tax Office has announced new measures to help businesses with an annual turnover of less than $2 million that are struggling to manage their tax debts in the current economic climate.