On 10.9.20, the Victorian Government announced reductions in ‘Vacant Residential Land Tax’ and ‘Congestion Tax’ for car park owners in response to the extended Victorian COVID lockdown restrictions (too little, too late…?). See below for details. [Tax Month – September 2020]
In his press conference releasing the Qld Government’s COVID-19 Fiscal and Economic Review on 7 September 2020, Queensland Treasurer Cameron Dick announced that he intends to “abolish” transfer duty for small businesses who wish to restructure for efficiency. He said: “… the government will abolish, we will abolish transfer duty when eligible small businesses restructure to reduce…
On 10 September 2020, the Federal Court held that commissions and rebates paid by 2 casinos, under agreements with junket tour operators, should be taken into account in working out the casinos’ “global GST amounts” for the purposes of the special GST rules (in Div 126 of the GST Act) governing gambling supplies. See below for details.…
In September 2020, the ATO announced the ‘base rate’ for the October – December 2020 Quarter, upon which the GIC, SIC and Interest on Overpayments are based. The base rate is 0.10% per annum. See below for further details. [Tax Month – September 2020]
Federal and State Governments gave individuals and companies, relief from premature insolvency, in March 2020 when the pandemic began to spread. This was due to expire on 25 September 2020, but earlier in September, these measures were extended to 31 December 2020. See below for details. [Tax Month – September 2020]
On 7.9.2020, the Queensland government announced additional relief measures to help protect small and medium business in Queensland through the COVID-19 pandemic – including payroll tax relief. See below for details. [Tax Month – September 2020]
On 4.9.2020, the Federal Court has rejected a claim for legal professional privilege (LPP) on documents produced to ASIC that form part of civil penalty proceedings involving a Banking Royal Commission case study. See below for details. [Tax Month – September 2020]
The ATO has released its findings on SMSF auditor number (SAN) misuse mailout to SMSF auditors for SMSF annual returns (SAR) lodged for the 2018 income year – as part of its measures to stop unregistered auditors appropriating the number of a registered auditor. See below for details. [Tax Month – August 2020]
In a media release on Thur 20.8.2020, the TPB unveiled its 2020-21 corporate plan in conjunction with its 10th anniversary, outlining its purpose, vision and values for the coming year. TPB Chair, Ian Klug AM in his introductory message spoke to the importance of the profession’s role in upholding the integrity of the tax system…
On 19.8.2020, ASIC announced it had cancelled, or imposed conditions on, the registration of a number of auditors of self-managed superannuation funds (SMSFs) who had not maintained an appropriate level of audit experience. See below for details. [Tax Month – August 2020]