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Taxable payments annual report lodgment reminder

By WSC Group | Created on April 1, 2025

Businesses that pay contractors for 'Taxable payments reporting system services' may need to lodge a 'Taxable payments annual report' by 28 August each year.

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Quarterly TBAR lodgment reminder

By WSC Group | Created on April 1, 2025

SMSFs must report certain events that affect a member's transfer balance account quarterly using transfer balance account reporting.

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FBT 2025 What you need to know

By WSC Group | Created on March 25, 2025

The Fringe Benefits Tax (FBT) year ends on 31 March. We’ve outlined the hot spots for employers and employees.

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How to master Employer Obligations in 2025

By WSC Group | Created on March 25, 2025

Taxpayers who employ staff should remember the following important dates and obligations.

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Claiming fuel tax credits when rates change

By WSC Group | Created on March 25, 2025

Fuel tax credits changed on 3rd February, and taxpayers could receive more savings for fuel they have acquired on and from this date.

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ATOs appeal against decision that UPEs are not loans fails

By WSC Group | Created on March 25, 2025

The Full Federal Court recently dismissed the ATO's appeal against an AAT decision that unpaid present entitlements ('UPEs') owing by a trust to a corporate beneficiary were not 'loans' for Division 7A purposes.

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Ban on foreign property purchases

By WSC Group | Created on March 25, 2025

The Government has announced a temporary ban on investors buying established homes between 1 April 2025 to 31 March 2027.

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ATO busts NFP myths

By WSC Group | Created on March 25, 2025

As the Not-for-profit ('NFP') self-review return is due in March, the ATO has recently published a document 'busting' various NFP 'myths'.

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Trade wars and tariffs

By WSC Group | Created on March 25, 2025

Global Google searches for the word “tariffs” spiked dramatically between 30 January and 2 February 2025, a +900% increase to the previous 12 months. We look at what tariffs really mean.

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ATOs tips to help taxpayers stay on top of their BAS

By WSC Group | Created on March 25, 2025

The ATO has the following tips to help taxpayers get their BAS right before they lodge.

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Taxpayer's claim for input tax credits unsuccessful

By WSC Group | Created on March 25, 2025

In a recent decision, the Administrative Review Tribunal ('ART') rejected a taxpayer's claim for input tax credits on the basis that all the relevant GST returns (i.e., BASs) were lodged out of time.

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ATO debunks Division 7A 'myths'

By WSC Group | Created on February 12, 2025

Division 7A of the tax legislation is intended to prevent profits or assets being provided to shareholders or their associates tax free.

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CGT withholding measures now law

By WSC Group | Created on February 5, 2025

The Government recently passed legislation making changes to the foreign resident capital gains withholding laws (among other changes).

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ATO's notice of rental bond data-matching program

By WSC Group | Created on February 5, 2025

The ATO will acquire rental bond data from State and Territory rental bond regulators bi-annually for the 2024 to 2026 income years, including details of the landlord and tenant, managing agent identification details, and rental bond transaction details.

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Study/training loans — What's new

By WSC Group | Created on February 5, 2025

The indexation rate for study and training loans is now based on the Consumer Price Index ('CPI') or Wage Price Index — whichever is lower.

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