Key points The ATO closely monitors Fringe Benefits Tax (FBT) compliance, especially around motor vehicle benefits, entertainment expenses, and discrepancies in employee contributions. Common triggers for ATO scrutiny include late or non-lodgement of FBT returns, misclassification of benefits, and undervaluation of car parking perks. FBT exemptions apply to work-related items like laptops, mobile phones, and protective […]
In good news for SA businesses, and despite the Budget falling into deficit, the State Government has again met its pre-election promise to not introduce any new taxes or increase existing taxes.
In this webinar, our Pitcher Partners speakers, Tax Advisory Partners, Craig Whatman and Irina Tan, and Client Director, Elena Bogomolova, discuss the changes to Victoria’s state taxes that were announced as part of the 2023-24 State Budget.
As the financial year draws to a close, it is time to start thinking about whether your year-end tax planning is in order. This bulletin sets out a number of key considerations for this 30 June. However, tax planning requires consideration of income and deductions for the year as well as whether compliance requirements have been met (e.g. appropriate elections have been made on a timely basis and other appropriate documentation prepared).
In order to repair the gaping hole in the state’s budget, Victorian businesses with national payrolls above $10 million a year will be subject to an additional 0.5% levy on top of the existing payroll tax rate, with a further 0.5% for businesses with a payroll over $100 million.
With the end of the financial year looming fast, it is an opportune time to consider the tax and financial affairs of your business and ensure that your year-end tax planning is in order.
Treasurer Tim Pallas handed down the Victorian State Budget 2023-24 on the afternoon of 23 May 2023. It contains a number of proposed changes to Victoria’s tax regime, the most significant of which for business relate to payroll tax, land tax and stamp duty reform for commercial and industrial properties.
In April 2023, the Government released exposure draft legislation for public comment seeking to introduce public country-by-country reporting obligations for income years commencing on or after 1 July 2023 for multinational groups with a tax presence in Australia.
In April 2023, the Government released exposure draft legislation for public comment seeking to introduce a new measure to deny deduction for payments for the exploitation of intangible assets that are made by significant global entities to associates in foreign jurisdictions with a corporate tax rate of 15% or less.
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