Now is the time for taxpayers to check if their business needs to lodge a Taxable payments annual report (“TPAR”) for payments made to contractors, the ATO reminds. This applies to contractors providing the following services: (a) building and construction; (b) cleaning; (c) courier and road freight; (d) information technology; and (e) security, investigation or surveillance. TPARs […]
Before 1 July 2022, an individual taxpayer that incurred additional deductible expenses as a result of working from home, had a choice of three methods to claim these expenses. These choices were: From 1 July 2022, as a result of the release of PCG 2023/1 by the ATO, the shortcut method and the fixed-rate method have been abolished. […]