Federal Budget 2021 – 2022
Federal Budget 2021 – 2022 PERSONAL TAXATION Personal tax rates unchanged for 2021–2022 In the Budget, the Government did not announce any personal tax rates changes, having already brought forward the Stage 2 tax rates to 1 July 2020 in the October 2020 Budget. The Stage 3 tax changes will commence from 1 July 2024, […]
NSW Payroll Tax Avoidance Penalties Set for 400% Increase
NSW Minister for Finance and Small Business Damien Tudehope on Wednesday announced a package of new tax laws which will see fines of $110,000 and imprisonment issued to businesses committing wage theft, and empower Revenue NSW to name and shame offenders. “The new legislation, including harsher penalties and naming taxpayers who have underpaid payroll tax […]
Treasury Reveals Director ID Deadline
The new dates come as the government looks to introduce the director ID regime to prevent illegal phoenixing by ensuring directors can be traced across companies, while also preventing the use of fictitious identities. The new regime will require all directors to provide a number of documents to establish their identity with the Commonwealth Registrar […]
ATO on the Hunt for 60,000 TPAR Businesses
The ATO estimates that around 280,000 businesses are required to lodge a taxable payments annual report (TPAR) for the 2019–20 year, following the regime’s extension last year to businesses providing road freight services, information technology services, and security, investigation or surveillance services. Businesses providing building and construction, cleaning, or courier services are also required to lodge a […]
Industry Pressure Forces ATO’s Hand on STP 1 July 2021 Deadline Extending it till 1 January 2022
A legislative instrument issued by the ATO on Wednesday has confirmed that mandatory STP phase 2 reporting will commence from 1 January 2022 — a six-month extension from the previously proposed 1 July 2021 start date. STP phase 2 will require additional payroll information to be reported to the ATO, and subsequently shared with Services Australia and other […]