The Full Federal Court has upheld amended assessments increasing a taxpayer’s income by almost $10 million because the taxpayer could not prove that the assessments were excessive. In so doing, it dismissed the taxpayer’s appeal against the primary judge’s decision reported at Bosanac v FC of T [2018] FCA 946. Facts [...]
Unsophisticated share trading activities not a “business” The AAT has held that a taxpayer’s share trading activities were not a “business” because they were unsophisticated and not carried out in a business-like manner. Consequently, the taxpayer was not entitled to claim or carry forward existing losses in the relevant income [...]
Success in generating long-term wealth has a lot to do with awareness of the tricks money can play on your mind. How many of these do you recognise? Money and emotion are strongly connected. Purchases often mean something to us personally. They broadcast our identity. They make us feel special. [...]
The 2019 Federal Election has been called for 18 May 2019, with tax and superannuation policies attracting significant attention. We have prepared the following summary of tax and superannuation policies for the current Government - the Liberal-National Coalition, and the Australian Labor Party. The information has been collated from public [...]
The Australian Taxation Office (ATO) is collecting bulk records from Australian cryptocurrency designated service providers (DSPs) as part of a data matching program to ensure people trading in cryptocurrency are paying the right amount of tax. There has been significant growth in participation of crypto-assets in recent years. It is [...]
Last night, the Treasurer Josh Frydenberg handed down the 2019-20 Federal Budget. Here are some of the key Budget Measures announced. Economic Update Estimated Budget Positions 2018-19 -$4.2 billion deficit 2019-20 $7.1 billion surplus 2020-21 $11.0 billion surplus GDP 2018-19 2.25% 2019-20 2.75% 2020-21 2.75% Unemployment Rate 2018-19 5.00% 2019-20 [...]
Late last year, the Government released a number of Tax and Superannuation measures in its Mid-year Economic and Fiscal Outlook (MYEFO). Tax Measures Cash payment limit — the 1 July 2019 start date for the proposed 2018 Budget measure to introduce an economy-wide cash payment limit of $10,000 will be [...]
In a significant decision which has widespread implications for the future employment of casual employees, WorkPac Pty Limited v Skene [2018] FCAFC 131 (WorkPac v Skene), the Full Court of the Federal Court upheld a decision finding that an employee - who was described as a casual, and paid accordingly, was in [...]
Family and Domestic Violence Leave From the first full pay period on or after 1 August 2018, all employees (including casuals) that are covered by an award will be entitled to five (5) days of unpaid family and domestic violence leave each year. Employees can take the leave if they [...]
We are hearing a lot about (yet more) proposed changes to superannuation. This time the income tax paid by companies which is passed on through dividends to shareholders (including EVERY superannuation fund in Australia) is under fire. So here is the simple truth. Every cent in franking credit refunds for [...]
