Category Archives: Tax

Salary Sacrifice Super offsets January 1st 2020. What you need to know.

Effective from 1 January 2020, the Superannuation Guarantee (Administration) Act 1992 will no longer allow salary sacrifice super amounts to reduce an employee’s OTE or offset super contributions that employers are required to pay. As such, any business that currently has their salary sacrifice super deduction set up to reflect this will need to update their deduction setting […]

STP Reporting over Christmas

Many businesses close down for a period over the holiday season. Generally this is sometime around December or January. If your business is STP reporting you may need to lodge payroll information before you close. It’s possible to submit multiple pay runs before you close if one or more pay runs fall during the period […]

ATO lodgement deferral for bushfire victims in New South Wales and Queensland

Bushfires

ATO provides relief The Australian Taxation Office announced yesterday that it will grant a two month lodgment and payment deferral to taxpayers impacted by the recent catastrophic bushfires in New South Wales and Queensland. Acting Deputy Commissioner Andrew Watson said that people affected by the fires should focus on getting their other affairs in order […]