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ATO Intends to Collect Tax Debts

Posted on by Laze Spasevski
The ATO (Australian Taxation Office) has put small businesses on notice that it intends to collect unpaid tax debts and crack down on tax evasion. ATO second commissioner Jeremy Hirschhorn said small businesses were responsible for 65% of the $37 billion in collectible (i.e. not disputed) debt. Mr Hirschhorn said that while the ATO took a relatively relaxed attitude to debt collection during...
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Tax Returns Are Ready

Posted on by Laze Spasevski
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Taxpayers' tax returns are ready to be lodged, as more than 80 million pieces of information are available in pre-fill.   The Australian Taxation Office said much of the information it collects from employers, banks, private health insurers, share registries, and other institutions have now been loaded into people's tax returns.   "While having this data ready to go cuts dow...
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ATO Cracking Down On Shadow Economy

Posted on by Laze Spasevski
The ATO is cracking down on the shadow economy by using tip-offs from members of the public. The Australian Taxation Office said it had received 43,000 tip-offs about black economy behaviour in the last financial year, with the most common reports being for businesses: Demanding cash from customers Paying workers in cash Making sales but not declaring them The industries that ...
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