January 29, 2020
Xero’s Pricing & Plan Update
You may have heard that from 18th March 2020 the price of Xero Starter, Standard and Premium plans are going to increase by $2 a month in Australia. However, with…
December 20, 2019
Christmas and Holiday Trading
HTA will be closed from 12pm Friday 20th December and reopening 8.30am Monday 6th January. We wish all of our amazing clients a Merry Christmas and a wonderful New Year!…
December 6, 2019
Bushfire relief from ATO obligations
The ATO has provided relief from lodgement compliance and payment obligations for those impacted by the NSW bushfires. An automatic two month deferral for activity statements lodgements and payments due…
December 4, 2019
5 things that will make or break your business’s Christmas
The countdown to Christmas is now on and we’re in the midst of the headlong rush to get everything done and capitalise on any remaining opportunities before the Christmas lull.…
December 3, 2019
Australia embraces Black Friday and Cyber Monday
The Black Friday and Cyber Monday sale concepts have well and truly arrived in Australia with retailers embracing this latest retail event to stimulate what has been an economically lack…
November 28, 2019
Are you paying your staff correctly? Woolworths $200m plus remediation
Woolworths is the latest company to face a fallout from the underpayment of staff. In what is believed to be the largest remediation of its kind, Woolworths have stated that…
November 25, 2019
Can the tax office take money out of your account? Your right to know.
You might have seen the recent spate of media freedom advertisements as part of the Your Right to Know campaign. The prime-time advertising states that the Australian Tax Office can…
November 19, 2019
Calculating Super Guarantee: The new rules
From 1 July 2020, new rules will come into effect to ensure that an employee’s salary sacrifice contributions cannot be used to reduce the amount of superannuation guarantee (SG) paid…
November 14, 2019
Vacant land deduction changes hit ‘Mum & Dad’ property developments
Legislation that passed through Parliament last month prevents taxpayers from claiming a deduction for expenses incurred for holding vacant land. The amendments are not only retrospective but go beyond purely…
November 8, 2019
CGT and the family home: expats and foreigners targeted again
The Government has resurrected its plan to remove access to the main residence exemption for non-residents – a move that will impact on expats and foreign residents.
