We hope to keep you informed of the important tax developments and issues affecting businesses in Australia today and throughout the year ahead.

For the information of clients we enclose this checklist which you may find helpful in planning your year-end tax strategies.

The tax and superannuation highlights of Tuesday night’s Budget are summarised below:-

Given the upcoming federal election and the likelihood of the Australian Labor Party (ALP) winning the election, we wanted to bring you this update on the proposed changes we believe will impact clients and how we are positioning client portfolios to get ready for this change.

This special edition of our newsletter is to remind you of your 2019 financial year employer obligations and provide you with an update on employment matters:-

IMPORTANT CONSIDERATIONS

1. SINGLE TOUCH PAYROLL ("STP")

STP is a Government initiative to further simplify business reporting obligations. It is a mandatory reporting requirement for employers and will require employers to report payments such as salaries and wages, pay as you go (PAYG) withholding and superannuation information to the Australian Taxation Office (“ATO”) directly from their payroll systems at the same time employees are paid. It will eventually apply to every payroll system in Australia.

Welcome to our November 2019 edition of the StewartBrown newsletter. We hope to keep you informed of the important tax developments and issues affecting businesses in Australia today.

Welcome to our December 2019 edition of the StewartBrown newsletter. We hope to keep you informed of the important tax developments and issues affecting businesses in Australia today.

Welcome to our March 2020 edition of the StewartBrown newsletter. We hope to keep you informed of the important tax developments and issues affecting taxpayers and businesses in Australia today.

This special edition of our newsletter is to remind you of your 2020 financial year employer obligations and provide you with an update on employment matters:-

This special edition of our newsletter is to remind you of your employer obligations for year ended 30 June 2021, as well as to provide an update on key changes from 1 July 2021 onwards. Please contact your StewartBrown Manager or Partner should you need any assistance with any of the matters mentioned in the newsletter.

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Welcome to our August 2019 edition of the StewartBrown newsletter. We hope to keep you informed of the important tax developments and issues affecting businesses in Australia today.

Welcome to our February 2018 edition of the StewartBrown newsletter. We hope to keep you informed of the important tax developments and issues affecting businesses in Australia today. In this issue we bring you two important articles; the first being a reminder about the Single Touch Payroll system that soon becomes mandatory and secondly a new Government initiative aimed at reducing some pressure on housing affordability.