Newsletter
Your Knowledge – March 2026
This month we focus on key developments and practical guidance for business owners, property holders, and SMSF trustees navigating complex tax obligations. We begin with a deep dive into Director Penalty Notices (DPNs), highlighting the Tax Ombudsman’s review in response to a 136% surge in notices and the personal risks directors face if company taxes go unpaid.
Your Knowledge – February 2026
This month we look at the ATO’s sharpened compliance focus across property, business incentives and emerging technologies. New draft guidance on holiday homes signals a much tougher approach to deductions for short-term rentals, particularly where lifestyle use blurs with genuine income-earning intent.
Your Knowledge – December 2025
From payroll reform to professional development, this issue explores several important topics for businesses and investors. We unpack the new Payday Super laws that will soon change how employers handle super contributions and clarify when further study — like an MBA — can genuinely pay off at tax time.
Cyber In Accounting: Safeguarding Financial Data in a Digital Age
With the end of the financial year fast approaching we outline some opportunities to maximise your deductions and give you the low down on areas at risk of increased ATO scrutiny.
Proposed Extension of the Instant Asset Write-Off and Other Tax Measures
With the end of the financial year fast approaching we outline some opportunities to maximise your deductions and give you the low down on areas at risk of increased ATO scrutiny.
When Medical Bills Meet Tax Rules – Lessons from a Heartbreaking Case
With the end of the financial year fast approaching we outline some opportunities to maximise your deductions and give you the low down on areas at risk of increased ATO scrutiny.
Super Tax Shake-Up: Big Balances Beware
With the end of the financial year fast approaching we outline some opportunities to maximise your deductions and give you the low down on areas at risk of increased ATO scrutiny.
Accessing superannuation funds for medical treatment or financial hardship
With the end of the financial year fast approaching we outline some opportunities to maximise your deductions and give you the low down on areas at risk of increased ATO scrutiny.
Government Review of Supermarket Unit Pricing: What It Could Mean for Your Business
With the end of the financial year fast approaching we outline some opportunities to maximise your deductions and give you the low down on areas at risk of increased ATO scrutiny.
ATO Interest Charges Are No Longer Deductible – What You Can Do
With the end of the financial year fast approaching we outline some opportunities to maximise your deductions and give you the low down on areas at risk of increased ATO scrutiny.
Trust Resolutions – Why Timing and Evidence Matter
With the end of the financial year fast approaching we outline some opportunities to maximise your deductions and give you the low down on areas at risk of increased ATO scrutiny.
RBA Cuts Rates to 3.60%: What This Means For You
With the end of the financial year fast approaching we outline some opportunities to maximise your deductions and give you the low down on areas at risk of increased ATO scrutiny.