by Quinns Blog | Jul 8, 2020 | Accounting News, Blog
Promoters are always looking for new ways to exploit the law or changes in the law. They promote schemes to people and promise tax benefits that aren’t legally available. Tax avoidance schemes range from mass-marketed arrangements advertised to the public, to...
by Quinns Blog | Jul 8, 2020 | Uncategorized
The ATO has provided us with the following update on GST audits relevant to the Public Groups & International (PGI) market: The PGI teams are starting their GST Top 1000 audit program in August and the ATO has decided to start its programs progressively over time....
by Quinns Blog | Jun 29, 2020 | Blog, Employment and Human Resources News
A worker has again failed to prove she was an employee rather than a contractor, with an appeal bench ruling three critical factors pointed “decisively away” from an employment relationship. In August 2019, Fair Work Commissioner Peter Hampton rejected an Uber Eats...
by Quinns Blog | Jun 29, 2020 | Accounting News, Small Business News
The package of legislation to modernise the business registers passed Parliament last week and awaits Royal Assent. As a result of the passage of this legislation, there will be a new Commonwealth business registry regime and registry functions under one Registrar –...
by Quinns Blog | Jun 24, 2020 | Uncategorized
Do you want to appoint a trustee as a beneficiary of a discretionary trust? There are facts you should be aware of. Under the legislation, the trustee of a trust may be a person or a company (a corporate trustee). In either case, the trustee must be legally capable of...
