What does digital transformation mean? Digital transformations within an organisation usually starts with an ambitious vision, and many issues in risk and compliance need to be considered to make the…
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Global leaders predict transformation ahead for the tax and legal industry
KPMG global tax and legal leaders Jenny Clarke and Stuart Fuller, panellists at Thomson Reuters’ recent Return to Better conference, share their predictions for the future of their industries.
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JobKeeper 2.0 legislation introduced
The Coronavirus Economic Response Package (Jobkeeper Payments) Amendment Bill 2020 was introduced into the House of Representatives on 26 August.
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Downsizer super contributions from part disposal of home
ATO advice suggests that a part disposal of a person’s home can be eligible for making a superannuation downsizer contribution under s 292-102 of ITAA 1997.
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Making our future work: Bernard Salt looks beyond COVID-19
Until this year Bernard Salt predicted the top three calamities likely to befall humanity would be climate, nuclear and military devastation. But not a global pandemic. “I never saw it coming,” confesses Australia’s leading demographer.
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GST SARs: ATO’s new GST Governance, Data Testing and Transaction Testing Guide
On 15 July 2020, the Australian Taxation Office (ATO) published the GST Governance, Data Testing and Transaction Testing Guide.
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ATO compliance approach to trust liquidity issues due to COVID-19
The ATO has advised that it will not undertake compliance action to consider the validity of a beneficiary’s entitlement, or the application of s 100A of the ITAA 1936, where a trustee is affected by liquidity issues due to COVID-19 and unable to satisfy a beneficiary’s entitlement.
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JobKeeper amendments to turnover test and employment start date
The Prime Minister announced further changes to JobKeeper on 7 August 2020.
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What does the future hold for tax and super post-COVID-19?
The future of the economy post-pandemic? It’s in the hands of our tax system and superannuation regime. But are they up to it?
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