Temporary Occupational Health and Safety (COVID-19 Incident Notification) Regulations 2020 (OHS COVID-19 Regulations) commenced on Tuesday 28 July 2020.

Temporary Occupational Health and Safety (COVID-19 Incident Notification) Regulations 2020 (OHS COVID-19 Regulations) commenced on Tuesday 28 July 2020.

July 29, 2020

Temporary Occupational Health and Safety (COVID-19 Incident Notification) Regulations 2020 (OHS COVID-19 Regulations) commenced on Tuesday 28 July 2020. In this state of emergency and pande...Read More Read More

COVID-19 SME Guarantee Scheme extended

July 24, 2020

The Coronavirus SME Guarantee Scheme to assist small and medium enterprises (SMEs) impacted by the coronavirus to access working capital will be extended to loans written until Tuesday 30 Ju...Read More Read More

Income support extended

July 24, 2020

The payment period of the temporary Coronavirus Supplement has been extended to Thursday 31 December 2020. Eligible income support recipients will continue to receive the payment at a rat...Read More Read More

JobKeeper extended

July 23, 2020

The Federal Government has announced extensions of the JobKeeper payment to Sunday 28 March 2021 and the temporary Coronavirus Supplement to Thursday 31 December 2020. The JobKeeper pay...Read More Read More

New tax treatment of income distributions from testamentary trusts to minors

July 9, 2020

New legislation has recently been enacted that changes the taxation treatment of distributions of income from testamentary trusts to minors. Previously income from property that did not f...Read More Read More

Amend FBT returns for ride sourcing exemption

July 9, 2020

Employers who lodged their 2020 FBT returns, treating ride-sourcing vehicle travel by employees as subject to FBT, will need to amend their returns, following law changes to exempt such trav...Read More Read More

Taxation Determination TD 2020-21

July 2, 2020

The Commissioner has set out the amounts considered to be reasonable in relation to claims made by employees for the 2020-21 income year for: overtime meal expenses — for food and dri...Read More Read More

ATO website updates

July 2, 2020

ATO website updates Enrolments still open for organisations assessing eligibility for the JobKeeper payment Information for employees about JobKeeper payments Key d...Read More Read More

Tax time 2020: things to know

July 2, 2020

To help tax practitioners and their clients this tax time, CPA Australia has published its annual tax tips for tax agents, employees, small business, investors and students. The ATO has a...Read More Read More

Tax benefits and new rules from 1 July 2020

July 2, 2020

The government has outlined key measures in effect from Wednesday 1 July 2020 that will help Australians transition through the impacts from COVID-19. Those relating to tax and superannuatio...Read More Read More