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Second Economic Stimulus Package to counter effect of Coronavirus (COVID-19)

Posted by Team AVS on 26 Mar, 2020  0 Comments

Amid fears of coronavirus and its impact on Individuals and Businesses, the Australian Government has announced the Second economic stimulus package on 22.03.2020 in order to provide relief to Australian citizens and their businesses in form of Cash flow support and various taxation reliefs.

Please find below the brief summary of key measures adopted.

Businesses

1. Boosting cash flow for employers

The Government is providing up to $10

Selling taxable Australian property? You may need a clearance certificate from the ATO

Posted by Team AVS on 20 Mar, 2020  0 Comments

If an Australian resident is considering selling property, they should apply for an ATO clearance certificate. If a property vendor does not apply for a clearance certificate and present it to the purchaser, the purchaser is required to withhold 12.5% of the purchase price for CGT purposes on properties that have a market value of $750,000 or more.

The legislation, which applies from 1 July 2017, aims to make sure foreign resident property ven

New rules for salary sacrificing to super

Posted by Team AVS on 10 Mar, 2020  0 Comments

For some employees, sacrificing part or all of their salary to a complying superannuation fund is a great way to boost retirement savings. But two recent changes may affect your obligations as their employer.

These changes, effective from 1 January 2020, relate to how you work out your superannuation guarantee (SG) obligations when an employee makes super contributions by salary sacrificing. The changes are:

The amount your employee sacr

Transparency Of Tax Debts

Posted by Team AVS on 2 Mar, 2020  0 Comments

A new law allows the ATO to report tax debt information to credit reporting bureaus in certain circumstances. What could this mean for clients with outstanding debts?

 

Affected Taxpayers

 Taxpayers whose information may to be disclosed to CRBs must be within the class of entity declared in a legislative instrument made by the Treasurer. Having a legislative instrument as the implementation vehicle (rather than legislation) gives t

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