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ATO seeks IT contractors

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 4 MAY 2021
The Australian Taxation Office will approach the market for three major managed services contracts, as it looks to refresh its IT systems. The ATO will look for contractors in: centralised computing; ender user technology, and enterprise service management ...

Business registration to be updated

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 15 APR 2021
... onto a new system at the ATO. Under MBR, the ABRS will allow business owners to register through the Australian Taxation Office rather then the current system which requires up to seven entry points to establish a business. "For the 2.7 million registered ...

ATO quizzed on readiness for stapling

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 9 APR 2021
The Australian Taxation Office yesterday couldn't answer exactly how many stapling-triggered employer checks it expects, but maintained its readiness for a July 1 go-live. Appearing before the Senate Economics Legislation Committee yesterday, ATO ...

Mercer calls for delay to super reforms

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 8 APR 2021
... through which payroll officers will need to register an individual employees' information with the Australian Taxation Office (ATO) will be manual until 1 July 2022, at which time it will switch to a digital system. "We would recommend delaying the ...

Hostplus wins mandate

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 6 APR 2021
... legislation made it mandatory for superannuation to transfer low-balance or dormant accounts to the Australian Taxation Office. AUSfund has decided to transfer member accounts with over $6000 to Hostplus after a tender process conducted pre-COVID. It ...

ISA chief economist departs

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 30 MAR 2021
... endeavours." Anthony studied economics at La Trobe University, and started his career with a cadetship at the Australian Taxation Office. He later completed a PhD in economics at La Trobe, and a master's in public policy at Georgetown University ...

Chief economist update: Australia's virtuous cycle keeps on turning

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 29 MAR 2021
... market-would be limited. This is because workers' reliance on the subsidy has already been declining. The Australian Taxation Office (ATO) reported that the number of employees availing of JobKeeper dropped by 57.2% in the December 2020 quarter from ...

PYSP reunites $4.3bn of lost super

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 19 MAR 2021
... Protecting Your Super Package legislation which asked super funds to hand over inactive accounts to the Australian Taxation Office (ATO) has returned $4.3 billion to members in about 17 months. Between 1 November 2019 and 28 February 2021, nearly 3.3 ...

ATO warns of new SMSF scheme

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 15 MAR 2021
The Australian Taxation Office (ATO) has warned SMSF trustees of a new scheme it has uncovered that aims to avoid paying potential tax liabilities. The ATO said while it is important to plan for retirement and look for ways to maximise retirement assets ...

Women boost SMSF balances

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 MAR 2021
... more than it has for men over a five-year period to the 2018/19 financial year, new data shows. The Australian Taxation Office's (ATO) annual statistical overview on SMSFs showed the average female balance increase by 28% while males increased by 22%. ...