Business Update: Recent legislative changes
Over the last few months, several proposals have moved through the Federal Parliamentary Process and become enshrined in law.
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Instant asset write-off
The PM announced this week that the government will introduce legislation to increase the $20,000 instant asset write-off threshold to $25,000 from 29 January 2019 until 30 June 2020. (We’ll keep you posted as this proposal is not yet law.)
Tax Time Warning
The ATO – Don’t Say We Didn’t Warn You! The Australian Taxation Office (ATO) is closing in fast on everyone who doesn’t properly declare their income and pay the correct amount of tax. As your Tax Accountants, we want to help you be aware of what the ATO is doing and how you can protect…
Car sharing scrutiny
ATO takes its share of car sharing The extra income earned by people taking part in car-sharing services such as Car Next Door or DriveMyCar has come to the attention of the ATO. The car sharing services work by making private cars publicly available in a similar way to other car hire services – it’s…
ATO online rental blitz
190,000 taxpayers ‘examined’ in ATO online rental blitz The Australian Taxation Office (ATO) has announced a new data-matching program targeting taxpayers earning income from the exploding popularity of short-term rentals available on platforms like AirBNB and Stayz. Utilising information from online platform sharing sites matched to information from financial institutions, the ATO is targeting 190,000…
FBT and Motor Vehicles
Motor Vehicles Using the company car outside of work Just because your business buys a motor vehicle and it is used as a work vehicle, that alone does not mean that the car is exempt from FBT. If you use the car for private purposes – pick the kids up from school, do the shopping, use it…