04

Jun

Easy guide to functional currency rules

accountant Melbourne Information about functional currency rules, eligibility and the implications for tax accounting and reporting. How to use this guide The electronic version of this document is the only authorised version. Printed copies may be out of date. Read this guide to find out more about the functional currency rules, including: You can use this guide […]

01

Dec

Registration of Digital Games Tax Offset Rules-follows the recent enactment of legislation introducing a refundable tax offset

Registration of Digital Games Tax Offset rules The Government has registered the Income Tax Assessment (Digital Games Tax Offset) Rules 2023 (‘Rules’), which follows the recent enactment of legislation introducing a refundable tax offset for eligible expenditure incurred in the development of digital games. The Rules set out the procedural rules for how companies apply for various[…]

19

Nov

Losses in crypto investments for SMSFs

Over the last few income years, the ATO has seen some instances of SMSF trustees losing their crypto asset investments. These losses have been caused by: 1.    crypto scams, where trustees were conned into investing their superannuation benefits in a fake crypto exchange; 2.   theft, where fraudsters would hack into trustees’ crypto accounts and steal all their[…]

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28

Jul

2023 Federal Budget Tax Updates

The Treasurer, Jim Chalmers, handed down his Federal Budget for the new financial year on Tuesday, 9 May 2023. Read on to about how to find out how this could affect your next tax return. Mr Chalmers walked away from the large, blanket tax cutting initiatives of the last Liberal government, such as Temporary Full Expensing (which[…]

10

May

How to claim deductions for temporary full expensing

The ATO has recently provided information to assist taxpayers in working out how to claim deductions under temporary full expensing when they lodge their tax return If the taxpayer’s income years end on 30 June, deductions under temporary full expensing are only available in the 2021, 2022 and 2023 income years. They can claim the temporary full[…]

10

May

Risks of using unregistered preparers

You are taking big risks if you use an unregistered preparer to: Tax practitioners include tax agents and BAS agents. They must be registered with us to provide tax agent services, BAS services or in some cases, tax (financial) advice services for a fee or other reward. What are the risks? Listed below are some risks that you[…]

06

Apr

Significant Change To Claiming WFH Expenses

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. […]