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All those with family trusts need to do some tax planning and, at a bare minimum, review the cash distributions and prepare a Resolution before 30 June 2022.

WLM encourages our business clients to use cloud-based tools to automate the capture of supplier invoices and bank transactions. If you are not currently using a tool to do this, please talk to us so we can assist you.

This is a safe, ballot box friendly Budget, as expected, focusing on jobs, cost of living, homeownership, and health.

Key initiatives include:

• A 6 month, 50% reduction in fuel excise with effect from midnight Budget night
• A $420 cost of living tax..

Temporary full expensing (in the first year of use) enables your business to fully expense the cost of:

• new depreciable assets
• improvements to existing eligible assets, and
• second-hand assets

Two landmark cases before the High Court highlight the problem of identifying whether a worker is an independent contractor or employee for tax and superannuation purposes.

Late last month, the Australian Taxation Office (ATO) released a package of new guidance material that directly targets how trusts distribute income. Many family groups will pay higher taxes (now and potentially retrospectively) as a result of the..

The Treasurer has announced that PCR and rapid antigen tests (RAT) will be tax deductible for individuals and exempt from fringe benefits tax (FBT) for employers if purchased for work purposes.

The 2022 Luna New Year, Year of the Tiger, is courage and bravery. It is a year to drive out evil and one of momentum and change. The message; walk boldly with courage. And it seems the Reserve Bank Governor is aligned with this sentiment.

McDonald’s Australia has been convicted and fined for failing to provide documents to the Australian Taxation Office (ATO).

The ATO has finalised its guidance on the Allocation of Professional Firm Profits (or commonly known as income splitting) that will apply from 1 July 2022.