Tag: Tax

The Tax Commissioner believes bitcoin is not money or foreign currency and bitcoin transactions should be treated like barter trades, with similar tax results.

Australian businesses are invited to have their say on the current tax system and its impact on their operations.

This year 1,200 Tax Help volunteers will be on hand at 830 community centres across Australia to provide support to people having difficulty completing their own tax returns.

Bad debts can be bad news for small business. Chris Ridd, managing director of small business accounting software provider Xero Australia, explains how you can deduct them from your tax – and how you can avoid them.

A gathering of key figures engaged in the SME sector was held in Canberra last week to help thrash out the basics of a proposed industry led Small Business White Paper.

One of the keys to shake-up your business in the new financial year is to keep your records up to date. Doing this increases your business’ value, provides easier access to finance and allows a better insight into how you are performing. Business policy advisor at CPA Australia, Gavan Ord, told Dynamic Business that too […]

Did you know you can claim for cleaning costs and wear-and-tear on your furniture at your home business?

The Commonwealth Bank has urged small to medium sized businesses to better prepare for the end of the financial year and begin their tax preparations. Figures released by the bank suggest that nearly one third of SMEs (29 per cent) have not even started the groundwork to fulfill their tax obligations. The research suggests that […]

With the end of financial year just around the corner, it’s a great time to consider the results for this year and what you want to achieve next year.

Businesses including startups need not waste their time waiting for tax changes to employee share plans given there are alternatives, which can be implemented now.