Guard dogs, Xbox consoles: hot tax breaks claimed by small business

Guard dogs and x-box consoles are among the items that over 154,000 small businesses have claimed as tax breaks for equipment used in the workplace.

Wrongly accused of fraud and evasion by the ATO? IGT wants to know

The Tax Office's processes for forming decisions about whether taxpayers are guilty of fraud or evasion are "not sufficiently robust and may lead to unfair outcomes", according to concerns raised with the Inspector-General of Taxation Ali Noroozi.

Bye bye bean counters, hello business consultant

Small shopfront accountants nationwide are worried about the end of the traditional tax return.

One in six Aussies have an Airbnb account, 2.4m with Uber app

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Regulators are struggling to keep up with the rapid growth of Australia's 'sharing economy'.

How your nest egg drops by thousands due to unpaid super

Australians who have been underpaid their super entitlements have balances that are almost $20,000 or about 50 per cent lower, new research Industry Super Australia shows.

World's former 'No.1 tax haven' joins fight against multinationals

Bermuda has joined the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development's fight against multinational profit shifting.

Small business tax debts to be revealed to credit agencies

The taxman will now disclose small business tax debt information to credit reporting agencies under a new measure announced in the federal government's midyear budget update.

Sometimes it's just better to stay single

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A new OECD paper has looked at how tax systems, including Australia's, effectively discriminate against married women.

Convert the 'disbelievers': ASX 200 ends 2016 with 15 boards with no women

The year will end with 15 boards in the ASX 200 with no women on it.