Category: Business
Ten Deductions Employees Should Never Have Claimed
Adult industry workers claiming breast implants.Employees claiming cigarettes for stress relief at work.Driving instructors claiming speeding and parking fines.Prescription glasses, contact lenses and hearing ...
9 Unusual Work Deductions
Adult industry workers can claim costumes, lingerie, fetish equipment, and adult novelties - if used solely for income earning purposes. Bar staff can claim ...
Abolish the Breastfeeding Tax
With the abolition of the tampon tax on 1st January 2019, women have now started campaigning to have the breastfeeding tax removed as well. ...
Government Targets $50 Billion Black Economy
The ‘Black Economy Taskforce’ report released in October 2017 shows the black economy has grown to 3% of GDP (up from 1.5% in 2012). ...
Black Economy Grows 100%
Since 2012 Australia’s black economy has grown 100% to $50 billion per year. This dwarfs the growth in Australia’s legal economy over that period ...
Accountants Fail as Business Advisors
Australia has 2.2 million businesses, of which 2,065,523 are defined as small businesses (employing less than 19 people). The ATO statistics show 96.7% of ...
Business Profitability a Dismal 3.8%
Australia’s 2.2 million businesses produce an average return on shareholders’ funds after tax of only 3.8%. This paltry return is less than the risk ...
Registered Tax Practitioner Numbers Surge to 77,749
As at 30th June 2018 there are 42,561 tax agents, 15,638 business activity statement (BAS) agents and 19,550 tax (financial) advisers regulated by the ...
Accountants Failing to Invest in Themselves
The Tax Practitioners Board (TPB) Code of Professional Conduct (Code) requires registered agents to meet continuing professional education (CPE) obligations. The object of this ...
Life Insurance for Dead People
Charging life insurance to dead people – how would that work? Just ask AMP - as highlighted in the Banking Royal Commission, AMP has ...