This year’s highly anticipated Budget sets in motion key aspects of the economic recovery plan through a mixture of tax cuts, business concessions and bold measures to stimulate spending and investment.
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New corporate residency test: Board of Taxation releases report
The Board of Taxation released its report Review of Corporate Tax Residency on 6 October 2020. The report was completed in July 2020.
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5 Compliance Tips to Help Your Organisation Overcome Regulatory Burdens
Keeping up with regulatory guidelines can often feel like an uphill battle. All it takes is a new law or regulation to kick in to throw you off your compliance game.
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Budget: Super trustees – new best “financial” interests duty
The Government has announced that it will legislate to compel trustees of APRA-regulated superannuation funds to act in the best “financial” interests of their members.
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2020-21 Federal Budget: “all about jobs” plus record deficit, big spending, backdated tax cuts and more
On Tuesday, 6 October 2020, Treasurer Josh Frydenberg handed down the 2020-21 Federal Budget, his second Budget.
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Pre-Budget business tax concessions announced
Ahead of the 2020-21 Federal Budget, the Government has announced a range of new tax concessions for small and medium sized businesses.
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“Remarkable Adaptability” – How the World has Adjusted to Working from Home
“Working from home full-time is an entirely different experience, particularly working from home for an extended period of time, which can be fairly stressful,” said Kevin Luo, Assistant General Counsel; GM, Asia-Pacific R&D Group Legal at Microsoft.
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Westpac agrees to $1.3bn penalty for AML/CTF breaches
Westpac and AUSTRAC have agreed to a $1.3bn penalty for over 23 million alleged breaches of the Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorism Financing Act 2006.
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$199bn deficit leaves room in Budget for tax cuts: Deloitte Access Economics
Ahead of the Federal Budget on 6 October 2020, Deloitte Access Economics has forecast an underlying cash deficit at $198.5bn for 2020-21, “just” $14bn worse than the $184.5bn Treasury forecast in the July Fiscal Update.
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Global Supply Chain Trends: From Robotics to Artificial Intelligence
“It’s a very dynamic world that we live in and is constantly changing. We’ve got to keep our supply chains safe, secure and resilient,” said Clay Perry, President at 143 Advisory Services LLC.
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