Insights

Welcome to a new year of the Building Your Business podcast for 2023!

Following on-going review and commentary since 2021 regarding the liability of medical practices to pay Payroll Tax in New South Wales, the Queensland Revenue Office (QRO) has now released a new Public Ruling determining interpretation for QLD clinics.

Welcome to the last AGR Insights newsletter for 2022.

In our season finale episode of the Building Your Business podcast, Chris Lewis hosts a special compilation edition - sharing clips from our 2022 releases throughout Season Three.

In our latest Building Your Business podcast episode, Chris Lewis chats with Aisha Thomas as they discuss the newly released draft Taxation Ruling (TR 2022/D2) providing an update on expat Australian's individual tax residency rules.

First introduced as part of the pandemic support programs for individuals, the Australian Tax Office intends to conclude the use of their ‘shortcut’ and ‘fixed-rate’ work-from-home expense calculating methods, instead announcing a new combined methodology.

On Tuesday, 25th October, Federal Treasurer Jim Chalmers handed down the 2022/23 Albanese Government - Federal Budget, providing a brief introduction into Labor's priorities to steady the peak of inflation and manage Australia's economic deficit.

In the wake of the recent Optus Hacking impacting millions of Australians, data security and protecting yourself and your business against cyber fraud has never been more top of mind.

In the latest episode of the Building Your Business podcast, Chris Lewis hosts Darrin Drew - Director, Business360 - Performance & Productivity and Smiljan Jankovic as they discuss the current trends in Human Resources and Workplace Health & Safety Management, with specific focus given to the 360-degree view surrounding staff management and HR compliance.

With the continuing rollout of Single Touch Payroll – Phase Two well underway since the beginning of the year, we’ve now entered “stage 2” of the process, with employers required to identify and update certain pay items with new earnings categories as defined by the Australian Tax Office.