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ATO Warns Investors

Posted on by Laze Spasevski
ATO Warns Investors.
The ATO (Australian Taxation Office) warns property investors it will pay close attention to their reported income and deductions this tax time. Based on official data, 90% of investors make mistakes on their tax returns. ATO assistant commissioner Rob Thomson emphasized the importance of correctly categorizing expenses related to rental properties. He said that general repairs and maintena...
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ATO Warned Businesses With Tax Debts

Posted on by Laze Spasevski
The Australian Taxation Office ATO has warned businesses with tax debts. The Government’s principal revenue collection agency revealed that it has issued Notices of Intent to disclose business tax debts. At least 9,000 businesses are at risk of having their business debts sent to the credit reporting agencies for the month of October. ATO warned the businesses: That we are behind on th...
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Tax Deadline Nears

Posted on by Laze Spasevski
As the tax deadline nears, the Australian Taxation Office (ATO) has reminded taxpayers to lodge their taxes. You may lodge through myGov or engage with a registered tax agent by the October 31 deadline to avoid late lodgment penalties. If you have simple tax affairs, you can lodge online, often in under 30 minutes, through the myGov portal. Most of the information you need will already be p...
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ATO Issues Notice to Property Investors

Posted on by Laze Spasevski
The Australian Taxation Office or ATO, issues notice to property investors. It will scrutinize their tax returns in an effort to claw back an estimated $1.3 billion in missing taxes. In a 2020-21 sample audit conducted by ATO, an estimated $9bn of tax revenue was lost due to errors and tax avoidance. According to the ATO, the most common tax errors that property investors make are: inco...
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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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