The ATO have advised they have upgraded the Business Portal to the new Online Services for Business. You will now need to use this platform to manage your business tax, super obligations and ATO mail online.  Find out more here: https://onlineservices.ato.gov.au/business/ Like the business portal, you’ll need to use myGovID and relationship authorisation manager (RAM) to sign in to online services for business. Online Services for Business can be used to: ...

The Australian Taxation Office (ATO) is taking measures to enhance the security of its online services and protect users against fraud and identity theft. They have introduced a new feature in their Online services for business platform that allows businesses to better manage and control agent access to their tax and super affairs. The new process ensures that only authorised tax agents, BAS agents, or payroll service providers can link to a business's account and access their financial ...

The ATO has made changes to the way that working from home deductions can be claimed by eligible taxpayers for the 2023 income year.   If you have genuinely worked from home at any time from 1 July 2022 to 30 June 2023, you may be eligible to use the ATO’s revised fixed-rate (67 cents per hour) method to claim for: ·       energy expenses (i.e., electricity and gas) for lighting, heating/cooling, and to run electronic items used for work o...

In the 2022 (current) tax year with all the changes in travel Covid has caused, the ATO has advised that it is going to be focused on deduction claims for Motor Vehicle Travel and review Motor Vehicle Log Books.

We would like to ensure that all clients have the right data this year to be able to make a claim using the Cents Per Kilometre method or Log Book Method. It is essential that you keep the correct documentation, please do not hesitate to contact our office if you need to check o...