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15.05.2022
Providing employees with vaccine incentives or pets can lead to FBT obligations: ATO
The Australian Taxation Office (ATO) is today urging employers that have provided their employees with fringe benefits to consider their fringe benefits tax (FBT) obligations – including registering, reporting, lodging and paying FBT. The ATO expects ...
15.05.2022
Accused believed Plutus legit, trial told
Adam Cranston has denied that he conspired to defraud $105 million from the tax office, saying he believed Plutus Payroll was above board when he acquired the business in 2016. When his company Synep took over Plutus for $5 million in June 2016, Cranston ...
15.05.2022
ATO flags super guarantee charge deadline
Employers that will struggle to pay an employee’s minimum superannuation guarantee (SG) amount on time and to the right fund, must remember to pay the superannuation guarantee charge (SGC) this tax time, says the ATO. “We understand that paying your ...
06.05.2022
New minimum wage guarantee for pieceworkers
From the first pay period on or after 28 April 2022, there is a new minimum wage guarantee and new record keeping requirements for pieceworkers under the Horticulture Award. Summary of changes to the Horticulture Award New piece rate rules Under the ...
06.05.2022
Plutus fraudsters led lavish lives: Crown
Adam Cranston used his role in the $105 million Plutus Payroll tax fraud conspiracy to fund a lavish lifestyle of fast cars and aeroplanes, a jury has heard. Crown prosecutor Paul McGuire SC said a number of accused had personally benefited by receiving ...
06.05.2022
Commission finds employee’s conduct of upward bullying towards manager warranted disciplinary action
Workplace bullying occurs when a person (or a group of people) repeatedly behaves unreasonably towards another worker (or group of workers) and that behaviour creates a risk to the worker’s (or group of workers’) health and safety. Bullying is commonly ...
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