Staff Reporter

Failure to pay minimum pensions just got a lot more costly

The ATO’s stricter interpretation of pension rules means SMSF trustees, accountants and advisers must be more vigilant than ever to avoid costly tax, estate planning ...

TAX • Tue, 08 Jul 2025

$10k remedy for dismissed worker remains unpaid as company owes ATO $330k

An unfair dismissal case has left a worker scrambling to receive her owed remedies, with the company yet to reimburse her nearly a year after the proceedings concluded.

PROFESSION • Sun, 06 Jul 2025

The most common EOFY tax questions answered

Although EOFY has passed, confusion around tax time often carries on well into the new financial year for small businesses and workers.

TAX • Sun, 06 Jul 2025

Professional services company fined $40k over failure to back pay worker

A Perth-based professional services company, which provided accounting services, and its former director have been slapped with $39,600 in penalties through the Fair ...

PROFESSION • Wed, 02 Jul 2025

Analysis shows lack of super tax indexation could cost government $444m in lost revenue

Not indexing the $3 million super tax threatens to undermine the foundations of Australia’s economic dynamism, new analysis has said.

TAX • Wed, 02 Jul 2025

PM refuses to be drawn in on Keating’s criticism of super tax

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has continued to dodge questions around the proposed $3 million super tax, even as the boss of the ACTU has called for its indexation.

PROFESSION • Tue, 01 Jul 2025

Law firm takes on 50-year-old tax precedent

“It doesn’t pass the politicians’ pub test”: Australian law firm Arnold Bloch Leibler is involved in a significant legal challenge, intending to overturn a longstanding ...

PROFESSION • Mon, 30 Jun 2025

‘Real action, accountability, cultural shifts’ needed to combat workplace sexual harassment

The Australian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has presented a new report calling for better accountability and action to combat workplace sexual harassment.

PROFESSION • Wed, 25 Jun 2025

New super tax proposal reinforces case for auditors to increase technology use: fintech

SMSF auditors relying on manual and post-dated processes could find it difficult to deal with the $3 million super tax proposal, a fintech platform has claimed.

TAX • Wed, 25 Jun 2025