With the end of the financial year looming fast, it is an opportune time to consider the tax and financial affairs of your business and ensure that your year-end tax planning is in order. Tax planning not only requires a consideration of the income and deductions for the year, but also whether compliance requirements have […]

The ATO has released draft Practical Compliance Guidelines (PCG 2021/D2) setting out how it proposes to look at and treat the way professional services firms allocate profits to individual practitioners. Once finalised, the revised guidelines will apply from 1 July 2021. For a breakdown on the new draft and the risk factors, view ATO releases […]

Over the course of 2020, the Government made a number of significant changes to the deductions available for depreciating assets. This session will provide a roadmap to navigate the rules for the 2021 financial year. Pitcher Partners Tax Partner, Yina Tang, will focus on: Increases to the threshold, and expanded eligibility for the instant asset […]

The ‘Adapting to the new normal: Hybrid working 2021’ report commissioned by Bastion Insights, in partnership with Bastion Reputation Management and Pitcher Partners, revealed a disconnect between employer and employee expectations of hybrid working arrangements. Rob McKie, Partner at Pitcher Partners, Clare Gleghorn, CEO, Bastion Reputation Management, and Tristan Sternson, CEO, ARQ Group, talk about […]

The October Federal Budget announced a JobMaker Hiring Credit scheme to encourage employers to hire additional younger workers during the 12 months starting 7 October 2020. Rules around the scheme and registration with the ATO will begin shortly. In this webinar, we provide an overview of the JobMaker Hiring Credit scheme. The information presented in […]

The Australian Government has announced changes to the Research & Development (R&D) tax incentive that will reverse many of the previously announced R&D reform measures and has deferred the start date to 1 July 2021. In this webinar, our experts from Pitcher Partners will be providing an overview of the current R&D tax incentive regime […]

Deferred for five months to “provide more time for the economic and impacts of coronavirus…to be better understood”, the 2020-21 Budget will be history-making. In this webinar, our expert speakers from Pitcher Partners, David Bedford, Partner from Investment Advisory Group, and Daniel Burt, Client Director from Tax Advisory, cover economic, tax and other impacts. The […]

Deferred for five months to “provide more time for the economic and impacts of coronavirus…to be better understood”, the 2020-21 Budget will be history-making. In this webinar, our expert speakers, Alan Oster, Group Chief Economist of NAB, and Denise Honey, Tax Advisory Partner of Pitcher Partners, cover economic, tax and other impacts. The information presented […]

The Commissioner has released the alternative decline in turnover tests, applicable to fortnights commencing from 28 September 2020. The legislative instrument has been updated so that it can be applied appropriately during the extension periods. There have also been a number of amendments made to address anomalies in the first legislative instrument. The alternative test […]