Recent Changes Made to Director Resignations
The Treasury Laws Amendment (Combating Illegal Phoenixing) Act 2020 (the Act) was introduced on Thursday 18th February 2021 with the purpose of preventing illegal phoenix activity. These new rules will impact when a directors resignation takes place and will prevent resignations from occurring which would leave a company without a director remaining. The Act will also […]
How Owners of Bitcoin And Other Cryptocurrencies Will Be Taxed
The price of Bitcoin and many other cryptocurrencies has surged in recent years. One bitcoin currently equals just under $60,000 Australian dollars. As result of this financial phenomena many investors around the world have managed to make large sums of money in a short period of time. At the same time, many inexperienced investors have […]
Why It Is Important for Businesses to Assess Their Viability Before JobKeeper Ends
The JobKeeper scheme will end on 28th March 2021. Since September 2020, over half a million businesses across the country have graduated from the scheme. Despite the schemes success at helping businesses survive during the pandemic there are a number of businesses struggling in industries such as aviation, tourism and the arts and recreation services. […]
KPMG Warns the Federal Government to Delay Their Push Towards e-invoicing
KPMG has advised the government against rushing to implement a compulsory approach to e-invoicing. KPMG has cautioned that compliance costs and competing priorities will weigh significantly against businesses. It is in the opinion of KPMG that the governments desire for mandating e-invoicing – beginning with large businesses has failed to consider the compliance burden […]
Preparing for The End of JobKeeper
On 28th March 2021, the Australian Government is planning to phase out JobKeeper. The payment was originally introduced in March 2020 at the start of the covid-19 pandemic to encourage affected businesses to keep staff employed during the nationwide lockdown. JobKeeper is a wage subsidy payment made via the tax system. On top of […]
The Importance of Forensic Accountants in The Age of Covid-19
A 2017 Senate inquiry discovered that more than 50% of Australian businesses have experienced white-collar crime in the past two years, and over a third of these organisations have lost more than $1 million. It is impossible to identify exactly how much fraud goes unreported or undetected, although a global study on fraud believed a […]
Changes to The Statutory Demand Threshold, The Personal Bankruptcy Threshold and Ceasing A Director
Ceasing a Director The ASIC has announced that from 18th February 2021 onwards there will be new requirements in regards to ceasing a company director in accordance with the Treasury Laws Amendment (Combating Illegal Phoenixing) Act 2020 which was passed by Parliament in February 2020. The announcement which was made on 9th February 2021, […]
Treasury is considering an increase to the current Statutory Demand Threshold
The impact of the covid-19 pandemic has forced the government to make a huge number of changes to Australia’s insolvency framework. The Treasury is now deliberating about whether or not the current monetary threshold at which a statutory demand can be issued by a creditor should remain at $2,000 or should be permanently raised to […]
‘Ahead for Business’ – Supporting the Mental Health of Small Business Owners in The Age of Covid-19
The effects of the covid-19 pandemic have taken a huge toll on the mental health of many small business owners and their employees. The ongoing possibility of having to suddenly close whenever a new outbreak of covid-19 occurs means that many businesses are struggling to make a profit and are facing an uncertain future. As […]
Zombie Businesses in The Age of Covid-19
Running a successful business takes a lot of hard work and with the covid-19 pandemic many Australian businesses are facing an uncertain future. Sudden lockdowns and social distancing rules have made it difficult for businesses to generate the amount of revenue that they used to make in a world before covid-19. Once the governments covid-19 […]
