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ATO warning regarding private use of work vehicles and FBT

By Warren Kruger | October 20, 2025

Employers that supply work vehicles to their employees need to check how the work vehicles are used and whether any exemptions apply to determine if they attract fringe benefits tax (‘FBT’). FBT generally applies when a work vehicle is made available for private use, even if it is not actually used. Private use includes any […]

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Tips to help sole trader clients

By Warren Kruger | October 13, 2025

The ATO is seeing sole traders make mistakes in the following areas: not reporting all income — this includes income earned outside their business (like a ‘side hustle’), cash jobs, or payments in-kind/barter deals; overclaiming expenses — this includes claiming the portion of an expense related to personal use, or overstating the cost of goods […]

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Correctly dealing with rental property repairs

By Warren Kruger | October 9, 2025

Taxpayers who have had work done on their rental property should ensure the expense is categorised correctly to avoid errors when completing their tax return. A deduction for ‘repairs and maintenance’ expenses can be claimed for work done to remedy, or prevent defects, damage or deterioration from using the property to earn income. These expenses […]

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Reminder of September Quarter Superannuation Guarantee (‘SG’)

By Warren Kruger | October 6, 2025

Employers are reminded that employee super contributions for the quarter ending 30 September 2025 must be received by the relevant super funds by Tuesday, 28 October 2025. If the correct amount of SG is not paid by an employer on time, they will be liable to pay the SG charge, which (as noted above) includes […]

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Employees incorrectly treated as independent contractors

By Warren Kruger | October 3, 2025

The ATO is warning businesses that if they incorrectly treat an employee as an independent contractor, then they risk receiving penalties and charges, including: PAYG withholding penalty for failing to deduct tax from worker payments and send it to the ATO; Super guarantee charge (‘SGC’), which is more than the super that would have been […]

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PAYGW reminders for activity statement lodgments

By Warren Kruger | September 3, 2025

The ATO will be sending certain employers a reminder to lodge their activity statements. The reminder will include the amounts the ATO has on record for them, such as: PAYG withheld amounts reported through Single Touch Payroll; and any other pre-filled amounts, including GST instalments and PAYG instalments (instalment amount option). The ATO’s reminders are […]

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SMSF stats just keep getting better

By Warren Kruger | September 19, 2017

The ATO has recently released the latest of what has become a regular update on the state of the SMSF market. The Self-managed super fund statistical report, with the latest covering the quarter to March this year, has become an anticipated overview for many in the SMSF arena — containing as it usually does some […]

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Tax Deductions Specifically for SMSFs

By Warren Kruger | August 10, 2017

One overarching fundamental that SMSF trustees should ideally keep in mind is the sole purpose test – that is, every decision made and action taken is required to be seen as being undertaken for the sole purpose of providing retirement benefits for the fund’s members. lf an SMSF trustee incurs an expense in the usual operation […]

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The Transitional CGT Relief Measure and Your SMSF

By Warren Kruger | June 10, 2017

Transitional capital gains tax (CGT) relief is temporary relief available to all complying superannuation funds, not just SMSFs, for certain CGT assets that would otherwise give rise to a taxable capital gain through the necessary efforts to comply with the new transfer balance cap and new conditions to be applied to transition to retirement income […]

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SMSFs And The In-House Asset Rules Explained

By Warren Kruger | March 6, 2017

A not-uncommon conundrum for many SMSF trustees is what to do when the fund is found to have breached the in-house asset rules. There are also some common misconceptions about these regulations that keep resurfacing. WHAT DOES THE ATO SAY IN RELATION TO THE IN-HOUSE ASSET RULES? Recent ATO statistics on the SMSF sector show […]

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Is the Peer-to-Peer Lending Investment Option Right for Your SMSF?

By Warren Kruger | February 9, 2017

One investment option that has surfaced relatively recently, and that SMSF trustees may consider   as a part of their strategy to grow their fund, is investing through peer-to-peer lending. Peer-to-peer lending involves an investor –  a trustee of  the SMSF in this example – providing funds to an online lending platform. This platform, which must have an […]

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SMSFs need to prepare for the new transfer balance cap

By Warren Kruger | November 29, 2016

Recent legislation introduced several superannuation rule changes. Among them is a new “transfer balance account”, which each recipient of a superannuation pension will be required to have. In other words, individuals receiving superannuation income  stream benefits will need to keep such a transfer balance account. The use of “accounts” for tax law purposes is not new. […]

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