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Tax news and insights for Australia’s small and medium business owners and entrepreneurs. Read the latest tax news, trends and features and entrepreneur interviews about the tax industry. Or search for tax on SmartCompany. |
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Trends
Google Australia reportedly pays $74,000 in tax on $201 million in revenue Andrew Sadauskas Google Australia has reportedly paid just $74,000 in tax, while claiming revenues from Australian customers of more than $201 million. | Monday, 7 May 2012 |
Apple's tax strategies lead to 9.8% tax rate Andrew Sadauskas Apple's tax strategies allow it to pay an effective tax rate of just 9.8% worldwide, according to a report in the New York Times. | Monday, 30 April 2012 |
Square wants iPads in New York taxis Patrick Stafford Square, the online payments company run by Twitter executive Jack Dorsey, says it wants to start installing iPads in New York City taxis to run its software. | Tuesday, 21 February 2012 |
iPhone App of the Week: My Tax Return Patrick Stafford With tax time now upon us, business owners, entrepreneurs and employees alike are getting their tax affairs in order. | Thursday, 28 July 2011 |
ATO scales back computer system Jessica Goodear The ATO has scaled back its new $820 million supercomputer system after only five months because of over 17,000 public complaints and the delay of one million tax returns. | Monday, 14 June 2010 |
ATO bungle makes computer font size too small Patrick Stafford The Australian Taxation Office has been criticised recently for its IT bungle, with a computer mishap causing thousands of tax returns to be given out late. But a new problem has emerged - ATO computers have fonts that are too small. | Tuesday, 27 April 2010 |
Game developers to receive R&D tax concessions Patrick Stafford Video game developers may receive tax concessions under new proposals being considered by the Federal Government for research and development. | Wednesday, 3 February 2010 |
Google fears new French tax Patrick Stafford Internet giant Google now fears a new tax which could be imposed by the French Government on online advertising revenue, in order to help struggling artists. | Sunday, 10 January 2010 |
Windows 7 release could spark tech buying spree by SMEs Amber Plum SMEs are expected to snatch up Windows 7 within months of its release, to take advantage of the Federal Government small business tax rebate. | Tuesday, 8 September 2009 |
Charitable donations on the rise Patrick Stafford The number of gifts claimed as tax deductions for donations totalled $1.8 million in 2007, a massive 21.1% increase. | Wednesday, 29 April 2009 |
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News
Features
Tax breaks for health expenses wound back Terry Hayes A new tax regime for health expenses might be the financial prod you need to get healthy – but you’ll have to get jogging quick smart. | Thursday, 24 May 2012 |
Four challenges for Facebook’s millionaire army James Thomson Following the float of Facebook, there are four key challenges its army of millionaire owners will now have to confront. | Sunday, 20 May 2012 |
New tax reporting system for builders makes for more red tape Terry Hayes There might not be a lot of work in the building industry at the moment, but builders and contractors will have a little more red tape to keep them busy courtesy of the Tax Office. | Thursday, 17 May 2012 |
FEDERAL BUDGET 2012: Wayne Swan's surplus by a thousand cuts James Thomson Wayne Swan has delivered his promised budget surplus, but the tiny number will be overshadowed by savage spending cuts, including the dumping of promised company tax cuts. | Tuesday, 8 May 2012 |
Federal tax receipts down: A budget omen? Terry Hayes With Treasurer Wayne Swan aiming for a budget surplus, the Federal Government will be looking to squeeze all it can from its available sources of tax revenue to make it happen. | Thursday, 3 May 2012 |
Directors to be personally liable for unpaid super Terry Hayes Company directors now have to face complying with an ever increasing myriad of laws, and not just tax laws. | Wednesday, 25 April 2012 |
Tax time 2012: Best year-end strategies for SME owners Michael Laurence Astute SME owners will carefully coordinate their personal and business end-of-year tax strategies in order to sidestep a range of looming tax traps. | Monday, 23 April 2012 |
Inside the ATO's never-ending GST fight Terry Hayes The GST has now been around for over 10 years, so ignorance of its operation and the necessary compliance requirements won't wash with the Tax Office. | Thursday, 19 April 2012 |
Don't forget tax breaks for research and development Terry Hayes The tax law contains incentives for businesses to invest in R&D, but these incentives can be overlooked by many SMEs. | Wednesday, 11 April 2012 |
Excess super contributions: Taxpayers still can’t get a win Terry Hayes People are being encouraged to save for their future through superannuation, but tax laws aren’t making that task easy. | Wednesday, 4 April 2012 |
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Entrepreneur Zone
John Owen James Thomson  QSR International CEO John Owen talks about why Australia must do more to support its high tech industries. | Tuesday, 6 April 2010
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Internet pioneer on new web trends Amanda Gome Lloyd Ernst had an early start on the web, and has learnt how to achieve growth the hard way. He talks to AMANDA GOME about future web directions and what’s in the pipeline. | Thursday, 24 January 2008 |
Trend master Amanda Gome What will the world be like in 30 years? And what opportunities will this world provide entrepreneurs? Europe's foremost futurist, Ray Hammond, tells AMANDA GOME. | Monday, 10 December 2007 |
Trend master Amanda Gome What will the world be like in 30 years? And what opportunities will this world provide entrepreneurs? Europe's foremost futurist, Ray Hammond, tells AMANDA GOME. | Friday, 2 November 2007 |
Trend master Amanda Gome What will the world be like in 30 years? And what opportunities will this world provide entrepreneurs? Europe's foremost futurist, Ray Hammond, tells AMANDA GOME. | Wednesday, 24 October 2007 |
The accidental entrepreneur Amanda Gome The accidental entrepreneur | Thursday, 3 May 2007 |
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