This month’s newsletter material was sourced from Thomson Reuters WTB issues on 17 August, 24 August and 7 September 2012.
How useful are the Budget changes to SME business and startups? Here’s Azure Group Tax team’s take on the measures and how “useful” each one is, with a rating ofLOW,MEDIUMorHIGH.
Employee share schemes (ESS) give employees shares in the company they work for, or the opportunity to buy shares in the company.
The Personal property Securities Register (PPSR) is where details of security interests in personal property can be registered and searched. The PPSR register allows individuals and businesses to..
Project Wickenby, launched 8 years ago, is a cross-agency taskforce designed to tackle tax evasion and avoidance with a particular focus on (but not limited to) secrecy juridictions. Whilst its..
New laws have passed that reduce or remove some small business concessions. The changes take effect from 1 January 2014, which means they could affect your..
Australia’s new transfer pricing rules were introduced in June 2013 and now enable the Australian resident entity to self-assess whether there is a transfer pricing benefit for the purpose of their..
As we start the new financial year it is important to recognise a number of changes that have occurred in respect to ATO benchmarks, rates, rulings and determinations. We summarise a few important..
Family Tax Benefit B is set to be further means-tested to a new threshold of $100,000 a year, a reduction of $50,000 from the current threshold. Further, the government has..
Approximately 800,000 business will benefit from the reduced tax cut of 1.5% to 28.5% from 1 July 2015 to help..
The annual fiscal period for Fringe Benefit Tax (FBT) ends today, the 31st March 2014. The due date for lodgement of the 2014 FBT returns is the 28th May 2014. Employers have obligations to declare..
It is a good time to start understanding your entitlements for medical expense offsets and private health insurance rebates within this financial year. There have been some changes over the last six..
