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**Amanda Rogers**

 27 April 2021 —  2 min read

### [Will the ATO be targeting Professionals and Professional firms?](https://insights.wlm.com.au/blog/professionals)

The ATO updated their guidance on Service entity arrangements in 2019 and now in 2021 have provided a broader risk matrix to determine which professional practices should be reviewed and/or audited. Should Professionals, such as doctors, dentists,..

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 12 February 2021 —  4 min read

### [The final stage of JobKeeper and how to access it](https://insights.wlm.com.au/blog/job-keeper-final-)

**The impact of COVID-19 has been felt very differently from region to region. Fortunes vary wildly between business operators subject to ongoing lockdowns and trading impediments to those benefiting from the “new normal”.**

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### [New insolvency reforms to support small business](https://insights.wlm.com.au/blog/smallbusiness)

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**Dan McGrath**

 30 July 2020 —  9 min read

### [JobKeeper 2.0](https://insights.wlm.com.au/blog/jobkeeper-2.0)

The second tranche of the JobKeeper scheme changes the eligibility test for employers and the method and amount paid to employees.

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 13 July 2020 —  4 min read

### [NSW small business cash grants](https://insights.wlm.com.au/blog/nsw-small-business-cash-grants)

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 13 July 2020 —  5 min read

### [Accounting Compliance: Tip lines, tax returns and STP](https://insights.wlm.com.au/blog/tip-lines-tax-returns-and-stp)

**We always knew that a Government scheme swiftly distributing cash during a crisis was going to come with equally swift compliance and review measures, particularly when eligibility was self-assessed. Two major Australian Taxation Office (ATO)..**

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**Dan McGrath**

 15 June 2020 —  3 min read

### [The ATO’s JobKeeper audit targets](https://insights.wlm.com.au/blog/the-atos-jobkeeper-audit-targets)

**“…while it is all very well to talk of 'turning points', one can surely only recognise such moments in retrospect.”** Kazuo Ishiguro, *The Remains of the Day*

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