STP for closely-held payees deferred to 2021
April 30, 2020
As part of its response to the COVID-19 crisis, the ATO has extended the Single Touch Payroll (STP) exemption deadline for small employers (those with 19 or fewer employees) needing to repor...
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States offer land tax relief to landlords
April 30, 2020
Various state governments have offered land tax relief to landlords with tenants impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. The benefits of the relief must be passed on to tenants in the form of red...
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JobKeeper payment dates
April 30, 2020
The payment dates for all JobKeeper fortnights are:
30 March – 12 April by Friday 8 May
13 April – 26 April by Friday 8 May
27 April – 10 May by Sunday 10 May
11 May ...
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JobKeeper extensions – April payments to 8 May and enrolments to 31 May
April 30, 2020
The ATO has extended the deadlines for businesses to enrol for the initial JobKeeper periods and to pay the first JobKeeper Payments.
The deadline for businesses to enrol for the initial ...
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Full-time students aged 16 and 17 years are not eligible for JobKeeper Payment
April 30, 2020
Full-time students aged 16 and 17 years: Full-time students who are 17 years old and younger, and who are not financially independent, are not eligible for the JobKeeper Payment and this cl...
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JobKeeper payments for business groups and ‘one-in, all-in’ rule clarified
April 30, 2020
Business structures that house their employees in a separate entity from the operating entity may still be able to access the JobKeeper Payment scheme. They can do so by applying an alternat...
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COVID-19: Deferring of GST for importers
April 24, 2020
Quarterly GST reporters that import goods into Australia may use the deferred GST scheme to assist with business cash flow during the COVID-19 period by changing to a monthly reporting optio...
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ATO deferral of payments and lodgements
April 24, 2020
The ATO has advised that it is providing a short-term blanket deferral for a number of lodgement and payment obligations, to ease the burden on tax professionals during this difficult time.
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Jobkeeper- alternative test rules released
April 24, 2020
The Commissioner has registered Legislative Instrument Coronavirus Economic Response Package (Payments and Benefits) Alternative Decline in Turnover Test Rules 2020. The rules provide altern...
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JobKeeper enrolments begin
April 24, 2020
JobKeeper enrolments begin
Enrolments for April JobKeeper payments are open until the end of May with the ATO recommending enrolment by the end of April to ensure JobKeeper payments are rec...
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