4 ways to stop the ATO bullying you
Do you feel you are being bullied by the ATO? Did you know that you can bully them back?
Want to know how? Read on.
When you get an audit letter or scary phone call from the ATO the first instinct of most people is to tell them:
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Single Touch Payroll reporting: ATO urges employers to get ready
The ATO has called on employers with 20 or more employees to start preparing now for the Single Touch Payroll (STP) reporting regime which will be mandatory from 1 July 2018.
Assistant Commissioner, John Shepherd, said STP will allow employers to meet their ATO reporting…
R&D Tax Incentive At a Glance
Is your business innovative and looking to grow?
If your business is doing research and development then the Australian Government’s R&D Tax Incentive may help offset some of the costs.
Provides a tax offset for some of a company's cost of doing eligible research and development (R&D) activities by reducing…
Export Market Development Grants at a glance
The Export Market Development Grants (EMDG) scheme is designed to help businesses that have customers who are foreigners.
It encourages businesses to increase international marketing and promotion expenditure to achieve more sustainable international sales.
WHO CAN APPLY?
An Australian individual, partnership, company, association, cooperative or statutory corporation that has:
› carried…
Small Business Grant (SBG)
The Small Business Grant is New South Wales Government initiative, designed to encourage the nearly 650,000 small businesses in New South Wales that do not pay payroll tax to hire new employees and expand their business.
The grant amount is $2,000 payable per full time equivalent (FTE) position (pro rata for…
Easements Made Easy!
What is an easement?
An easement is generally a right given by one land owner (the burdened land) to an adjoining land owner (the benefited land) to use the burdened land in a way consistent with the terms and conditions of the easement.
Types of easements
The most common types of easements are:
right…
Assessing the Genuine Temporary Entrant Criterion - Ministerial Direction No.69
When applying for a student visa, your intention needs to be to complete a course of study then return to use the skills you've learned in your home country.
The Minister for Immigration has laid out the factors that Department of Immigration case officers should…
Strata Renewal Process
In November 2016 new laws were introduced in NSW which in effect mean that any person can make a written proposal for the collective sale of a strata scheme to an owners corporation and if at least 75% of the owners of the lots agree and it is approved by the…
How Donald Trump’s tax plan is already creating jobs in the US.
There is no doubt in my mind that the Trump tax plan, specifically the reduction in the corporate tax rate from 35% to 21%, will new create jobs in the US.
I know this because I already have clients and fellow tax lawyers…
Can I Claim The Export Market Development Grant (EMDG)?
The Export Market Development Grant (EMDG)- What is it?
It helps you pay for your marketing costs when selling your products overseas by reimbursing you (up to 50%) for amounts you spend on promoting your products and services for export (except to New Zealand and North…