Briefings - Edition #103 February 2024
01 February 2024
Can my SMSF invest in property development? Stage 3 personal income tax cuts redesigned; Contractor or employee? The problem when the evidence
doesn’t match what the taxpayer tells the ATO.
Special Briefing - Income Tax January 2024
29 January 2024
The Redesigned Stage 3 Personal Income Tax Cuts
Briefings - Edition #102 November 2023
12 December 2023
The controversial case of the taxpayer who claimed a loss on their home; Is your business vulnerable to an unwanted business partner in the future? Bah humbug: The Christmas tax dilemma; The key influences of 2024; Tax on super balances above $3m hits Parliament.
Briefings - Edition #101 November 2023
09 November 2023
Workers owed $3.6bn in super guarantee; Up to 10 years in prison for deliberate ‘wage theft’; When trust distributions to a company are left unpaid; Fixed-term employment contracts limited to 2 years; 30% tax on super earnings on balances above $3 million; When is food GST-free? Warning: Redrawing investment loans.
Briefings - Edition #100 October 2023
10 October 2023
$20k Deduction for ‘electrifying’ your business; The ‘Airbnb’ Tax; 30% Tax on super earnings above $3m; Self-education: What can you claim?
Briefings - Edition #99 September 2023
11 September 2023
The Billion Dollar TikTok Scandal; The case of the taxpayer who was paid too late; The shape of Australia’s future; Legislating the ‘objective’ of super..
Briefings - Edition #98 August 2023
09 August 2023
Why is my tax refund so small? Succession: What does it take to and your business to the next generation? Thinking of subdividing? The tax implications and pitfalls of small-scale subdivisions.
Briefings - Edition #97 July 2023
12 July 2023
What Changed on 1 July? Important: 1 July Wage Increases; Cents/Kilometre Increase; The 120% Technology and Skills “Boost” Deduction; Backing a Winner: Digital Games Tax.
Briefings - Edition #96 June 2023
07 June 2023
Tax Savings for the Taking.
Ace in the Hole: Budget 2023/24
19 May 2023
Budget Guide
Briefings - Edition #95 May 2023
04 May 2023
$20K Small Business Energy Incentive; ATO Rental Property Blitz; Access to Home Guarantee Scheme Expanded to Friends and Siblings; Company Loan to Pay Down the Mortgage; Right to Superannuation to be Enshrined in National Employment Standards; “OnlyFans” Tax Risk Warning.
Briefings - Edition #94 April 2023
13 April 2023
How Does Tax Apply to Electric Cars? Selling a Business? The Pros and Cons of Earn-Out Clauses; Company Money: A Guide for Owners; Update: Tax on
Superannuation Balances Above $3 Million; What Sharing Platforms are Sharing with the ATO; Budget 2023/24
Briefings - Edition #93 March 2023
03 March 2023
Claiming Expenses for Working From Home; The “Super” Wars; 1 July 2023 – Superannuation Balance Increase, but no Change for Contributions; Your Holiday Home – What the ATO will Ask? FBT Year End Fast Approaching.
Briefings - Edition #93 March 2023 Extra Update
03 March 2023
Proposed Changes to Superannuation Announced this Week.
Briefings - Edition #92 February 2023
09 February 2023
Happy New Year; Is “Downsizing” Worth it? The ATO’s Position on Risky Trust Distributions; SMSF Reporting Changes from 1 July 2023.
Briefings - Edition #91 December 2022
06 December 2022
Christmas Closure Dates; What Happens if you Missed the Director ID Deadline?; Avoiding the FBT Christmas Grinch; What do the “Secure Jobs, Better Pay” Reforms Mean?
Shuffling the Decks: 2022/23 Budget 2.0
18 November 2022
Updated Budget Guide
Briefings - Edition #90 November 2022
18 November 2022
30 November Director ID Deadline; Can You Prevent a Hack? Scams and How to Avoid Them; Taxing Fame: the ATO’s U-Turn; How High Will Interest Rates Go?
Briefings - Edition #89 October 2022
20 October 2022
To Cut or Not to Cut? Stage 3 Personal Tax Cuts; States Move on Property Based Taxes; Covid - Downgraded, but Not Gone; ATO Contacts “At Risk” Professional Services Firms; Minimum Wage Increase from 1 October; Director ID
Deadline Looming; Australian Superannuation Funds Gorge on Cryptocurrency; Lessons from a Data Breach.
Briefings - Edition #88 September 2022
16 September 2022
Register your .au Domain before 21 September 2022; How to Sell your Business; 120% Deduction for Skills Training and Technology Costs; Tax Reprieve for Double Taxation of Indian Technical Support;
Acquiring Collectibles Inside your SMSF
Briefings - Edition #87 August 2022
12 August 2022
It’s Not Easy Being Green; FBT-Free Electric Cars; Can I Claim My Crypto Losses? How High Will Interest Rates Go?
Briefings - Edition #86 July 2022
11 July 2022
Tax and the Family Home; What Changed on 1 July; Overcome your Customers’ Fear of Spending.
Briefings - Edition #85 June 2022
24 June 2022
Tax Time Targets; What to Expect from the New Government; ATO Focus on Debt Collection; Office Update.
Briefings - Edition #84 May 2022
19 May 2022
What’s Changing on 1 July 2022? ATO Ramps up Heat on Directors; 120% Deduction for Skills Training and Technology Costs; Fuel Tax Credit Changes; Can I claim a Tax Deduction for my Gym Membership?
Don't Rock The Boat - 2022-23 Budget Guide
05 April 2022
Budget Guide 2022-2023
Briefings - Edition #83 March 2022
25 March 2022
The ATO’s Attack on Trusts and Trust Distributions; Immediate Deductions Extended; Federal Budget 2022/23; Are Your Contractors Really Employees?
Briefings - Edition #82 February 2022
08 February 2022
Year of the Tiger: Roaring or Bellowing? Professional Services Firm Profits Guidance Finalised; RAT and PCR Tests to be Tax Deductible, FBT- Free; Cash Injection for Struggling Businesses; Pandemic Leave Disaster Payments Rules Change; Waterhouse CA Systems Update.
Briefings - Edition #81 December 2021
10 December 2021
Thank You; The Top Christmas Tax Questions; The “Backpacker Tax” and the High Court; The Year Ahead: 2022.
Briefings - Edition #80 November 2021
23 November 2021
How to Set up Your Director ID; SMSF Covid-19 Audit Relief Extended; Tax and the Normalisation of Cryptocurrency; Overseas Gifts and Loans in the Spotlight; Christmas Closure.
Briefings - Edition #79 October 2021
11 October 2021
Unwinding Covid-19 Relief; Reconfirmation Process for JobSaver and the Micro- Business Grant; What Happens to your Superannuation when you Die? Recruiting New Employees? The 1 November Superannuation Rule Changes; SMSFs and Non- Arm’s Length Income and Expenses; Director ID.
Briefings - Edition #78 September 2021
07 September 2021
What Now? Unwinding the Pandemic; Divorce and Superannuation; Superannuation Equalisation: Did your Superannuation Fund Receive a Compensation Payment? Mental Health Support for Business Owners; Office Update.
Briefings - Edition #77 August 2021
24 August 2021
Afterpay's $39bn Pay Day; Growing Your Business Value; Are Covid-19 Grants and Funding Tax- Free? Lockdown Support: Update.
Briefings - Edition #76 July 2021
20 July 2021
Lockdown Support; Business in a Post-Pandemic Environment; Six Member SMSFs – the Issues and Opportunities; New Laws Target Sharing Economy Platforms; Office Update.
Briefings - Edition #75 June 2021
29 June 2021
What Changes on 1 July 2021? Work from Home Expenses under Scrutiny; Am I Taxed on an Insurance Payout? Budget Update.
Briefings - Edition #74 May 2021
06 May 2021
New Lifetime Director IDs; The Top Eight Reasons Staff Leave; Tax Exemption for “Granny Flat Arrangements”; Your SMSF: When Expenses and Investments are not at Arm’s Length.
Briefings - Edition #73 April 2021
14 April 2021
1 July 2021 Superannuation Changes; ATO Targets Profits of Professional Services Firms; Tax Treatment of JobKeeper Payments Handed Back to ATO; JobMaker Fails to Boost Employment; National Licence Recognition for Tradies; Staff Update.
Briefings - Edition #72 March 2021
31 March 2021
Fringe Benefits Tax (FBT) 2021: What You Need to Know.
Briefings - Edition #71 March 2021
03 March 2021
Why are some Businesses Returning JobKeeper to the ATO? Covid-19 Vaccinations and the Workplace; FBT 2021: Tax and Employee Benefits; The Pandemic Productivity Gap.
Briefings - Edition #70 February 2021
05 February 2021
How to Sell your Business; The Final Stage of JobKeeper and How to Access it; Sole Trader Granted Access to JobKeeper with Backdated ABN; Winding Up: Simplifying Small Business Insolvency; Covid-Safe Business
Briefings - Edition #69 December 2020
17 December 2020
Christmas Closure; Extended December 2020 JobKeeper Deadlines; SMSFs and Real Property Valuations: Last Chance to Access Covid-19 Early Access to Superannuation; 2021 Risks and Opportunities
Briefings - Edition #68 November 2020
03 November 2020
JobKeeper: The Next Steps; Preventing a Tsunami of Insolvencies; 202/21 Federal Budget
JobMaker Hiring Credits: What We Know so Far; Tax Deductions for Investing in your Business; Refunds for Tax Losses; Tax Table Reminder;
JobKeeper Clawback Begins; APRA Reveals $34.4 Billion Superannuation Early Release
Briefings - Edition #67 October 2020
13 October 2020
JobKeeper: The Next Steps; Preventing a Tsunami of Insolvencies; 202/21 Federal Budget
Road to Recovery Budget 2020-21 Update
13 October 2020
Budget 2020-2021 update
Briefings - Edition #66 July, August, September 2020
03 September 2020
What’s New?
Where to get Help if You Need it; JobKeeper Alert; JobKeeper and Termination Payments; Tax on Covid-19 Grants; The ATO on Covid-19 Fraud Warpath; Tip Lines, Tax Returns and STP; Three Million Individuals in Data Matching Program; Working from Home; Covid-19 and Your SMSF; Early Release of Superannuation; Tenant Rent Relief; Relief for Related Party Loans;
A Fall in Asset Values; Minimum Pension Payments; Has Covid-19 Devalued Your Business?; Funding for the Arts: What’s Available and how You can get it; Forecasting During a Pandemic; Understand Where You Stand Now; Understanding Your Cost Structure; Plan, Review and Adjust; Understand the External Environment; Office Update.
Special Briefing - 2019-20 Tax Planning
09 June 2020
Planning Opportunities for Business
Special Briefing - 2019-20 Tax Planning
09 June 2020
Planning Opportunities for Individuals
Briefings - Edition #65 March 2020
31 March 2020
SMSF Rent; Jobkeeper Subsidy to keep Staff Employed
Briefings - Edition #64 March 2020
30 March 2020
Federal Government Stimulus Package – Further Information
Briefings - Edition #63 March 2020
23 March 2020
FBT Hot Spots
Government Stimulus Package
How to get Your Payroll Right
Yachting News
Briefings - Edition #62 March 2020
03 March 2020
Federal Government Stimulus Package: What you Need to Know
NSW Government Stimulus Package
What you Need to Know
Briefings - Edition #61 February 2020
21 February 2020
CGT and the Family Home: Expats and Foreigners Excluded from Tax Exemption;
Bushfire Support and Assistance;
ATO Targets “Lifestyle” Assets;
Alerts to Protect SMSFs from Fraud
Briefings - Edition #60 December 2019
16 December 2019
Five Things that will Make or Break your Business’s Christmas
Bushfire Relief from ATO Obligations
Superannuation Guarantee Opt-Out for Employees with Multiple Employers
Superannuation Guarantee Timing Trap for Employers
Land Tax Implications for Trusts
Performance of Equity Markets
Office Closure
Briefings - Edition #59 November 2019
15 November 2019
CGT and the Family Home: Expats and Foreigners Targeted Again
Vacant Land Deduction Changes Hit “Mum and Dad” Property Developments
Calculating Superannuation Guarantee: the New Rules
Can the Tax Office take Money out of your Account? Your Right to Know
Are you Paying your Staff Correctly? Woolworths’$200m+Remediation
Office Changes
Briefings - Edition #58
October 2019
11 October 2019
Super Guarantee Amnesty Resurrected;
Towards Zero Interest Rates (and What it Means to You);
Tax Alert: Distributions to Non-Resident Beneficiaries;
Office Changes.
Briefings - Edition #57 September 2019
06 September 2019
ATO Takes Gloves off on Overseas Income.
Are all Your SMSF Eggs in One Basket?
Rental Property Expenses – What You can and cannot Claim.
The $11.1 Billion Small Business Tax Shortfall.
Briefings - Edition #56
August 2019
15 August 2019
Confusion Over Personal Income Tax Changes – What are you Really Entitled to?
“Proof of Life” Certificates Required for Overseas Pensioners.
Why the Government does not want your Business Accepting Cash Payments of $10,000 or More. FBT and Uber-Style Ride Sharing. Tax Treatment of Compensation from Financial Institutions.
Briefings - Edition #55
July 2019
10 July 2019
60,000 Tax Cheat Tip-Offs;
Superannuation, Insurance and Exit Fees: the 1 July Changes;
Single Touch Payroll (STP) Exemption for Directors and Family Members;
Who Owns the Assets of a Trust?
Laundry Expenses Hung out to Dry;
New Pay Rates from 1 July.
Special Briefing - 2019
Tax Planning
12 June 2019
Planning Opportunities for Business &
Planning Opportunities for Individuals
Briefings - Edition #53
May 2019
10 May 2019
What you can Expect after the Election
Budget2019/20: the Pre-Election Announcement that is now Law
A Labor Government on Tax and Super
ATO Doubles Rental Deduction Audits
Briefings - Edition #52
March 2019
04 March 2019
2019-20 Federal Budget;
STP Extended to all Employees;
Employers with Poor SG Payment History Outed;
Legislation in Limbo;
Benefits during Emergencies Exempt from FBT;
International Women's Day: Has Anything Changed?
Briefings - Edition #51 February 2019
14 February 2019
What Would Happen If?
Tax Warning on Overseas Income;
What Changed on 1 January 2019?
You've Been Scammed, Hacked or Breached.
Briefings - Edition #50 December 2018
13 December 2018
Christmas Closure;
No Tax Deductions if you do not Meet your Tax Obligations;
Contractor or Employee? Defining Workers in the Gig Economy;
Tax on Shares: ATO Extends Data Matching Program.
Briefings - Edition #49 November 2018
02 November 2018
Accelerated Tax Rate Reduction for Small Business;
The New Rules for Gift Cards –What You Need to Know;
Travelling to and from Your Investment Property;
Staff Changes;
Office Closure.
Briefings - Edition #48 October 2018
04 October 2018
Working from Home: what Deductions can you Claim?
What does the China/US Trade War Mean to Australia.
Reminder on Cents per Kilometre Car Expenses Rate.
New Immediate Deduction for Primary Producers.
Confusion Reigns over Superannuation Transfer Balance Cap.
Staff Changes.
Briefings - Edition #47 September 2018
07 September 2018
Transfer Balance Account Report (TBAR).
190,000 Taxpayers "Examined" in ATO Online Rental Blitz.
Last Minute Changes to Company Tax and Franking Rate Passed by Parliament.
Got a HELP Debt? The Impending Changes to Speed up your Repayments.
New Domestic Violence Leave Entitlements come into Force.
Tax "Safe Harbour" for Inherited Property.
A Casual Fling or Something More Serious.
ATO Takes its Share of Car Sharing.
Briefings - Edition #46 July-August 2018
01 August 2018
Company Tax change in Limbo.
1 July 2018 Personal Income Tax Cuts.
New Minimum Pay Rates from 1 July 2018.
When can You take Your Super.
$10k Limit on Cash Payments to Business.
$20k Accelerated Deductions for Small Business Extended Another Year.
Will Australians Pay More for a Good Cause?
Clothing Deductions Hung out to Dry.
Are you Holding Back your Business.
Staff Changes.
Briefings - Edition #45 June-July 2018
19 July 2018
One-Off Super Guarantee Amnesty
What?s Changed from 1 July 2018?
Who Gets a Tax Cut from 1 July?
Special Briefing - 2018 Tax Planning
19 June 2018
Planning Opportunities for Business
Planning Opportunities for Individuals
Briefings - Edition #44 February-March 2018
19 March 2018
New data breach laws come into effect.
Directors on 'hit list' for not paying employee super.
What's changing in 2018?
The ATO?s FBT Hot Spots.
Power And Influence.
GST on property developments.
Will your business be audited?
Briefings - Edition #43 November-December 2017
21 December 2017
Taxing Bitcoin
Cleaners and couriers latest black economy target
New legislation restricts access to the reduced company tax rate
How small subsidiaries are being caught by Australia’s new multinational tax crackdown
ASIC penalties ‘the cost of doing business’
Santa’s Tax Crises
Why ‘property flipping’ is the next ATO target
Foreign property owners slapped with fee for vacant property
The Uber Driver GST Surprise
ACCC gets tough on credit card surcharge
Briefings - Edition #42 September October 2017
24 October 2017
ASIC Targets Growing Companies In Audit Crackdown
Super Guarantee ? What Happens When You Get It Wrong
Director's fees: What and How to Pay Them
New Laws hold franchisors responsible for vulnerable workers
Alert: What you need to tell the ATO about your SMSF
Safe harbour for directors of struggling companies
Briefings - Edition #41 September October 2017
31 August 2017
Super concessions for first home savers and downsizers
Main residence exemption removed for non-residents
What everyone selling a property valued at $750k or more needs to know
The Tax Commissioner?s hit list
Briefings - Edition #40 July 2017
31 July 2017
What did I miss? 1 July changes
GST on imports: new rules for goods under $1,000
Generational succession: Do your kids really want to take over your business?
Staff Changes at Waterhouse Chartered Accountants
Special Briefing - 2017 Tax Planning
22 June 2017
Planning Opportunities for Business
Planning Opportunities for Individuals
Briefings - Edition #39 May/June 2017
08 June 2017
Why 90,000 more businesses can access the $20k instant asset write-off this year
The deal to pass the enterprise tax bill
Trusts, timing and getting it right
Why work-related travel claims are easy pickings for the ATO
Are you paying more tax than you need to?
Super Reform: What SMSFs absolutely need to consider before 30 June
Investment Property: Pre And Post 30 June
Briefings - Edition #38 April 2017
28 April 2017
State Tax Warning for Family Trusts
Fast Growing and Start Up Businesses – What Are You missing Out On?
Re-Cap on Last Months FBT Information
Staff Changes at Waterhouse Chartered Accountants
Briefings - Edition #37 March 2017
09 March 2017
Managing the Debt Drain – the critical issues for small business
What employers need to know about FBT 2017
Penalty rates and the impact of change
Briefings - Edition #36 February 2017
09 February 2017
Pride & Prejudice: Top Four Predictions for 2017
Briefings - Edition #36 February 2017
09 February 2017
Pride & Prejudice: Top Four Predictions for 2017
Briefings - Edition #35 December 2016
22 December 2016
Merry Christmas
Would you buy a house with friends or relatives?
Briefings - Edition #34 November 2016
04 November 2016
What’s Involved in Selling your Business
Parental Leave. Where are we up to?
Move to the Country
Briefings - Edition #33 October 2016
11 October 2016
Making Sense of Superannuation Reforms
Briefings - Edition #32 September 2016
05 September 2016
How Does the ATO Treat Uber and Airbnb-Style Services?
What Postcode Loses the Most Super?
WCA?s City Office has Moved
Record Keeping
Briefings - Edition #31 August 2016
01 August 2016
What Budget Announcements will Become Reality?
Crowdfunding – is it Worth it?
Important Update Regarding the Provision of Superannuation Advice
Briefings - Edition #30 July 2016
01 July 2016
The Handbag vs Briefcase Deduction Debate
What’s Changing on 1 July 2016?
Depending on Who Wins the Election
Briefings - Edition #29 June 2016
03 June 2016
Buying or Selling Property? The 1 July Tax Problem you Didn’t Know you Had
Warning on Super Contributions
SuperStream Deadline
Briefings - Edition #28 May 2016
24 May 2016
Is Fast Growth Good?
Warning on Bank Advice to Business Owners
Briefings - Edition #27 April 2016
08 April 2016
Why Changing Your Business Structure Just Got Easier
The Real Story Behind the Tax Reform Debate
Briefings - Edition #26 March 2016
02 March 2016
Deadline Looms for SMSFs and Collectibles
FBT 2016: The Top 5 Things Every Business Needs to Know
2016/17 Federal Budget
Briefings - Edition #25 February 2016
02 February 2016
Ups and Downs: Managing in Uncertain Times
Where We are At Nationally
You Personally
Your Business
Your Super
Briefings - Edition #24 December 2015
01 December 2015
Naughty or Nice? Christmas Tax Checklist
600 Targeted in Random ATO Audits
Office Closure
Briefings - Edition #23 November 2015
04 November 2015
Business Structures and Restructures: Is Your Structure Working Against You?
China: Opportunities, Investment & Appetite
Briefings - Edition #22 October 2015
07 October 2015
Capital Gains and Property: Top Questions and Answers
Bad Deeds: Is Your SMSF at Risk?
myGov – ATO Link
Briefings - Edition #21 September 2015
03 September 2015
What now for the GST?
Should your SMSF buy property in the USA?
Treasurer raises the "idea" of personal tax cuts
Briefings - Edition #20 August 2015
06 August 2015
Top Q&A?s re Small Business $20,000 Deduction.
Tax for Non-Residents.
WCA Staff
Briefings - Edition #19 July 2015
21 July 2015
Spotlight on Negative Gearing: Key Issues for Property Investors.
Tax Scams Catching Out the Unwary.
Briefings - Edition #18 June 2015
01 June 2015
Contributing to Super - What You Need to Know
2% Temporary Budget Repair Levy
2015 Budget Highlights
2015 Budget - Changes from 1 July 2015
Why Using the $20,000 Budget Tax Deduction Might be the Wrong Decision
Is Your Business Eligible?
What’s Changed?
Make the Most of the Immediate Deduction
Briefings - Edition #16 March 2015
01 March 2015
In the Company of Strangers: Should Your Business Bring in Investors?
The 1 April Salary Packaging Trap
Waterhouse Chartered Accountants Document Portal
Briefings - Edition #15 February 2015
01 February 2015
What to Expect in 2015
Briefings - Edition #14 December 2014
01 December 2014
5 Steps to a Tax-Free Christmas
Is Santa a Tax Cheat?
Briefings - Edition #13 November 2014
01 November 2014
The Top SMSF Property Investment Mistakes
Divorce- What it means to you (and your business)
Newsletter - September 2014
01 September 2014
Superannuation - What Happens To It When You Die?
Newsletter - July 2014
01 July 2014
1 July - What Now?
Newsletter - June 2014
01 June 2014
Can You Plan Around the 2% Debt Tax?
Budget Newsletter - May 2014
02 May 2014
Budget 2015: Survival of the Fittest
Newsletter - May 2014
01 May 2014
Be Afraid, Be Very Afraid - Federal and State Regulators Ramp up Audit Activity
Newsletter - April 2014
01 April 2014
Budget 2015: The Rumours, Predictions and Reality
Newsletter - March 2014
01 March 2014
Why the ATO is Looking Closely at You this FBT Time
Newsletter - January 2014
01 January 2014
Crystal Ball Gazing - What 2014 Will Mean To You
Newsletter - November 2013
01 November 2013
Never Ending Story - More Tax Change from 1 January