The ATO acquires and uses data for pre-filling, detecting dishonest or fraudulent behaviour, and identifying areas where it can educate taxpayers to help them understand their tax obligations.

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A new Bill before Parliament - the Treasury Laws Amendment (Strengthening Financial Systems and Other Measures) Bill 2025 - proposes several key changes that could affect small businesses, listed companies, and the not-for-profit sector. The headline measure is the proposed extension of the $20,000 instant asset write-off for another year, to 30 June 2026.

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Cybersecurity is fast becoming a critical business strategy - and if it's not, it should be. Many businesses hold critical data that poses significant risk to both businesses and their customers if the data they hold is not safeguarded from cybersecurity threats.

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The ATO wishes to dispel the 'common myth' that dual cab utes are automatically exempt from fringe benefits tax ('FBT'). If an employer provides dual cab utes to staff to complete their duties and the vehicle is available for personal use, then the benefit may be subject to FBT.

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Release authorities are documents issued by the ATO to super funds, authorising the release of money from a member's super account to pay specific liabilities, including in relation to excess concessional contributions, excess non-concessional contributions, and Division 293 tax assessments.

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Imagine this: after years of hardship and illness, you're forced to retire early on a Total and Permanent Disability (TPD) pension from your super fund. It's your only income stream. Then come the medical bills - tens of thousands of dollars in treatments to manage the very conditions that ended your career.

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Taxpayers can claim a tax deduction for most business expenses, provided they meet the ATO's three 'golden rules': The expense must be for business use, not for private use.

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If your super balance is comfortably below $3 million, you can probably relax - the proposed changes to the super rules shouldn't adversely affect you (yet). But if your super is nudging that level, or if you're clearly over, the Treasurer's latest announcement could change how you think about super's generous tax breaks.

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The Administrative Review Tribunal ('ART') recently held that some sales of subdivided farmland were subject to GST as they were made by the taxpayer in the course of carrying on an enterprise.

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The ATO is 'detecting and addressing' recurring errors in specific industries when businesses have a turnover between $1 million and $10 million.

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The ATO is warning businesses that if they incorrectly treat an employee as an independent contractor, then they risk receiving penalties and charges.

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Leaving debts outstanding with the ATO is now more expensive for many taxpayers. General interest charge (GIC) and shortfall interest charge (SIC) imposed by the ATO is no longer tax-deductible from 1 July 2025.

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Employers that supply work vehicles to their employees need to check how the work vehicles are used and whether any exemptions apply to determine if they attract fringe benefits tax ('FBT').

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In a recent decision, the Administrative Review Tribunal ('ART') held that a taxpayer could not claim a tax deduction for medical expenses incurred by him in relation to his total and permanent disability pension.

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The Federal Government recently wrapped up a consultation process on supermarket unit pricing. While the topic might sound like a purely consumer issue, it could have very real commercial impacts for businesses supplying into the grocery sector.

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