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Member Q&A: Does the 12 week register method reduce FBT for meal entertainment?

Question Our organisation generally elects to use the 50/50 method in the Division 9A ‘meal entertainment’ provisions of the Fringe...

Payroll, Public

Member Q&A: Interest-free arrangements to repay overpaid salary

Question We have inadvertently overpaid a staff member a significant amount of wages. At the moment, we are looking to...

ATO/General, Charities, Eligibility, Public

The ACNC’s Charity Register review project: What do you need to know?

Almost 400 charities that failed to submit two or more ACNC Annual Information Statements (AIS’s) have lost their registration. In...

ATO/General, Charities, Public

Accepting cryptocurrency donations

It is becoming increasingly common for charities and not-for-profits around the world to accept donations in the form of cryptocurrency....

ATO/General, FBT, Public

Member Q&A – Providing temporary accommodation due to an employee’s relocation

Question We have a staff member that has been appointed to a new role. The staff member currently works in...

ATO/General, Eligibility, FBT, Public

What does a change of Government mean for TaxEd members?

With a change of Government comes new policies and the scrapping of policies previously announced under the former Government (which...

ATO/General, GST, Public

GST and the Margin Scheme – issues arising from the recent Landcom Case

On 9 May 2022 the Federal Court of Australia handed down judgment in the Landcom Case (Landcom v Commissioner of...

GST and Bad (or overdue) Debts – how are they dealt with

The end of the financial year (30 June) usually prompts a review of bad and doubtful debts. So, it is...

Member Q&A – Lucky door prize won by an employee!

Question If a staff member attends a third party conference and wins a lucky door prize to the value of...

Employer paid or reimbursed road and bridge tolls – a bridge too far?

Where an employer pays/reimburses an employee’s road toll expenditure or allows the employee to use the employer’s electronic road toll...

ATO/General, Payroll, Public

A successful claim for under award wage payments – how to treat?

A difficult aspect of employment is the unhappy ending. Occasionally cessation of employment will be followed by litigation regarding matters...

Charities, FBT, Public

Changes to the ATO process of applying for refunds of franking credits

As 30 June approaches, one of the annual end year processes that may be required of a not for profit...

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