Overseas accountants still an option despite visa messiness

Overseas accountants still an option despite visa messiness

Last year, the government abolished the Temporary Work (Skilled) visa, more popularly known as the 457 visa, and established a new Temporary Skill Shortage visa in March 2018 with two separate streams – short term and medium term.Speaking to Public Accountant, Morgan...
Redundancies fraught with legal traps, accountants told

Redundancies fraught with legal traps, accountants told

While the Fair Work Act 2009 considers redundancy a legitimate reason for the termination of an employee’s employment employers cannot simply use it as a reason to remove an employee from the business, said MistryFallahi Lawyers & Business Advisors lawyer, Ann...
Downtime to persist with new ATO portals

Downtime to persist with new ATO portals

As reported earlier, planned maintenance over weekends and in the evenings is impacting the productivity of sole practitioners and small firms in particular, which often leave their administrative work to hours outside of the business day. An ATO spokesperson has...
Personal deductions a key SMSF focus for 2018 tax time

Personal deductions a key SMSF focus for 2018 tax time

Speaking to Public Accountant, Change Accountants & Advisors chief executive, Timothy Munro, highlighted personal tax deductions for super contributions as an item high on his firm’s agenda since it will be the first tax time since the changes were put in...
New tax proposals slammed as bad for small business

New tax proposals slammed as bad for small business

A final report released by the Senate economic references committee into corporate tax avoidance recommended a range of transparency measures aimed at letting the public scrutinise the structure and operation of private companies and multinational firms operating in...