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The Taxation Commissioner has extended the enrolment period for the JobKeeper Payment scheme from 30 April 2020 until 31 May 2020.   Businesses that enrol by 31 May are still eligible to claim for the fortnights in April and May, provided that

JobKeeper Payment    Starting from Monday 20 April 2020, you are able to enrol for the JobKeeper payment via the Business Portal.   Please note this is NOT the same as registering your interest, which you may have already completed.   To be

The Prime Minister has stated evictions will be put on hold over the next 6 months for commercial and residential tenancies in financial distress, who are unable to meet their commitments due to the impact of COVID-19. SME Commercial Leasing

With our world getting smaller over the last few weeks, and Social Distancing becoming our new norm, many employees are now setting up office from home where they can. Here in Australia, model Work Health and Safety laws still apply if workers

You may have lived in Australia, bought a house and lived in it over a period of time. You have since moved overseas for work or to be with family and are no longer a tax resident of Australia, but you still own your Australian property. If this

From March 1 2020, it will be compulsory for employers to keep a record of the starting and finishing times of work, and any unpaid breaks taken, of salaried staff covered by the following awards earning up to $148,700. Banking, Finance and

As we discussed in Summer Edition of our newsletter, Auskey is being replaced by myGovID effective from 1 April 2020. If you have not already made the switch, you need to do so very soon. To read more about the change see –

The fringe benefits tax (FBT) year ends in less than 20 days! For more information about Fringe Benefits Tax (FBT), please see our article – https://www.kbca.com.au/what-is-fringe-benefits-tax/ It is now time to start collecting the data that

Effective April 1, 2020, company directors will be personally liable via a Director Penalty Notices (DPN) for their company’s unpaid goods and services tax (GST). A DPN allows the ATO to circumvent the “corporate veil”, the protection that is

The long awaited superannuation guarantee amnesty is now law. If you are an employer with outstanding superannuation payments prior to 31 March 2018, you need to act quickly to take advantage of these measures. The benefits of the amnesty are as