Dandyflower - Bookkeeper BAS agent

Please be aware

⚠️ SUPERANNUATION SCAM ⚠️ We’ve seen an increase in superannuation phone and email scams that encourage you to invest in a ‘high performing’ self-managed super fund (SMSF).

Don’t provide any personal or financial information because these scammers can use this to steal your identity and take off with your super savings.

🛑 Beware of cold calls from people offering financial advice and always check who you are dealing with before providing any details.

If you or someone you know receives an SMS, email or letter from us about an SMSF that you didn’t establish contact us immediately on 13 10 20.

Warn your family and friends to stay alert and visit our scam alerts page to learn more: www.ato.gov.au/General/Online-services/Identity-security-and-scams/Scam-alerts/

Dandyflower - Bookkeeper BAS agent updated their phone number.

Don't tough it out on your own

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Australian Taxation Office

🚨 SCAM ALERT 🚨

Be on the lookout for a new text message (SMS) scam claiming you have a tax refund from the ATO. Don’t click any links and don’t give out your bank details, even if it looks convincing.

Remember 👉 we’ll never send an SMS asking you to access our online services via a hyperlink.

Scammers try to take advantage of people when they’re vulnerable, and we’re doing what we can to shut these scammers down.

Warn your friends and family, report any scams you receive, and visit our scam alerts page to learn more: https://www.ato.gov.au/General/Online-services/Identity-security/Scam-alerts

End of financial year is next week! Let’s embrace the busy time of year to remember to be grateful for all we have worked for! Even if we have to pay tax!!!!

Australian Taxation Office

Employers: Remember the due date to provide your employees with their payment summaries is 14 July. As the date falls on a weekend this year, you have until the next business day to get it done.

You need to provide a payment summary to each employee even if you weren’t required to withhold any tax.

For more information, visit ato.gov.au/paygsummaries

Australian Taxation Office

🚨 SCAM ALERT 🚨 Watch out for this dodgy ‘Tax Refund Notification’ email asking you to verify your billing information.

• Don’t click anywhere in the email! It’s malicious and will take you to a fake ‘Tax Refund’ form designed to steal your personal details.
• Forward the email to us at [email protected]
• Delete it and don’t respond to the sender.

Warn your family and friends to beware of this scam and always be cautious when opening attachments or clicking links in emails. Check out our scam alerts page for more info: ato.gov.au/ScamAlerts

Have just been approved for my BAS licence renewal. Good to go for another 3 years now! Remember 2nd quarter super is due the 28th January and BAS due 28th February!

Fair Work Ombudsman

You can be asked to give evidence to show why you’ve been away from work – even if you were only off sick for 1 day.

There are no strict rules on what counts as evidence, but it needs to be enough to ‘convince a reasonable person’ that you were sick. Medical certificates and statutory declarations are examples of acceptable types of evidence.

More info: https://www.fairwork.gov.au/leave/sick-and-carers-leave/paid-sick-and-carers-leave/notice-and-medical-certificates

Fair Work Ombudsman

Don’t forget! Changes to minimum wages come into effect from 1 July 2017. Penalty rates in some industries will also change.
Check our Pay and Conditions Tool now for updated pay rates. https://calculate.fairwork.gov.au/

Fair Work Ombudsman

Base rates of pay to increase by 3.3%.

The Fair Work Commission has announced a 3.3% increase to award wages and the national minimum wage.

The increase takes effect from the first full pay period that starts on or after 1 July 2017. The new national minimum wage will be $694.90 (up from $672.70) per week or $18.29 per hour (up from $17.70).

It usually takes the Commission 2-3 weeks to update the pay rates in each award.

Once they make these changes, we’ll update our pay tools with the new rates. Sign up to our email updates and we’ll notify you when the new rates are available in our pay tools.

https://www.fairwork.gov.au/about-us/news-and-media-releases/website-news/get-set-for-a-3-3-increase-to-minimum-wages-2017-annual-wage-review

About time kids learnt about this at school. This is something that every working person should know about before leaving school.

We’re celebrating National Youth Week!

Now that financial literacy is part of the national curriculum, we’re excited to be out in the community helping to educate students in years 7–10 about tax basics!

Keen to find out about the resources we have for students, teachers and parents? Visit https://ato.gov.au/education

Australian Taxation Office

🚨SCAM ALERT🚨 Received an email from [email protected] asking you to download an attachment or provide information? It’s a scam!

Delete the email and do not click on the link. Need help? Contact us on 1800 008 540 or go to https://www.ato.gov.au/scams for more information

Fair Work Ombudsman Now Penalising Payroll Officers - Employment Innovations

There is a webinar tomorrow for anyone who processes payrolls

employmentinnovations.com A company’s payroll manager has been fined $7,000 in a recent prosecution brought against the company by the Fair Work Ombudsman regarding discovered underpayments of wages. […]

Australian Taxation Office

Employers: Don’t forget that super guarantee payments for the December quarter are due by 28 January.

Use our handy calculator to help work out how much super you must contribute for eligible workers – go to https://ato.gov.au/Calculators-and-tools/Super-guarantee-contributions/

Need a refresher on paying super? Check out https://ato.gov.au/payingsuper

Fair Work Ombudsman

25 December has been announced as a public holiday for Victoria and 27 December remains an additional day.

So 25, 26 and 27 of December will be public holidays for all states and territories this year. For information about public holidays in your state or territory visit https://www.fairwork.gov.au/leave/public-holidays

Australian Taxation Office

EMAIL SCAM ALERT! These fake emails include a message like ‘Confirmation is required’ or ‘Action is required’ to encourage you to click a link or open an attachment.

Once you’ve clicked, malicious software downloads to your computer blocking you from accessing your files until you pay a ransom. If you’ve received this email, do not click on the link or attachment, just forward it to [email protected]. Warn your clients, family, and friends!

Go to http://www.ato.gov.au/scams for more info.

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SCAM ALERT! Fake emails claiming to be from the Australian Taxation Office (ATO) contain a link to malicious malware. This scam may affect small to medium businesses who regularly lodge BAS forms with the ATO.

Fake emails identified so far use the subject line ‘Your next Activity Statement is now’

These fake emails are sophisticated and use a web address that is reasonably close to the real ATO website (ato.gov.au). Email users need to be vigilant in checking the legitimacy of links in emails they receive in order to protect their personal information and devices.

If you receive this scam email, delete it immediately.

For more info about protecting your email, visit Stay Smart Online at https://www.staysmartonline.gov.au/computers/protecting-your-email

This a great way to check how your business is going.

Small businesses: Tax time is the perfect time to check how you’re going when you check in with your registered agent.

Our small business benchmarks can help you and your agent compare your business to others in your industry to identify what you can do to improve your business performance.

Find out more by visiting your agent or checking out https://ato.gov.au/businessbenchmarks

Australian Taxation Office

Small businesses: your next quarterly BAS is due 28 October!

Want regular reminders? Visit https://ato.gov.au/Newsroom/smallbusiness/Key-dates/ and click ‘Add to my calendar’ to get automated due date reminders tailored to your business needs.

Need help preparing your BAS? Find tips at https://ato.gov.au/bas

Australian Taxation Office

Employers: Tax tables have been updated and should be used from 1 October 2016.

Don’t forget to update your payroll software or download a copy of the new tables before paying your employees.

Find more information at https://www.ato.gov.au/Rates/Tax-tables/?201609facebook

Great idea to set reminders for ato dates!

Small business owners have a lot to remember.

To make it easier, we’ve set up a key dates tool in the ATO app. Use this feature to set reminders of your activity statement due dates to help you conduct your tax affairs. Download the app today at https://ato.gov.au/app

You can also subscribe to our Small business newsroom and get reminders of key due dates at https://www.ato.gov.au/Newsroom/smallbusiness/Key-dates!

Business.gov.au Promotes BAS Agents

Hooray 😀

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Australian Taxation Office

Stay alert for tax scams.

Scammers may contact you by phone, SMS, or email, and claim to be from the ATO. They will often ask you to provide personal information or money, or to click on links that can infect your computer with a virus.

We may occasionally contact you directly, but we will never demand immediate payment, or ask you to provide personal or financial details via SMS or email.

If you think you’ve been scammed, phone us on 1800 008 540. Find more information, including examples of scams, at https://www.ato.gov.au/general/online-services/in-detail/online-security/how-to-verify-or-report-a-scam/

Australian Taxation Office

SCAM UPDATE: We continue to receive reports of scammers demanding money from people for fake tax debts with made up claims of evasion or fraud.

These scammers are now requesting payment via multiple types of pre-paid credit cards, gift cards and vouchers, such as those available from supermarkets and department stores. We will never request a payment via this method – it is a scam.

Make sure your family and friends are aware of this scam to keep them protected.
If you think you’ve been scammed, phone us on 1800 008 540. Find more info at https://www.ato.gov.au/general/online-services/in-detail/online-security/how-to-verify-or-report-a-scam/

Where to find financial help

Finally some recognition for BAS agents!

business.gov.au While you're responsible for the financial wellbeing of your business, it's important to use professional advice and services when needed. Whether it's getting your financial statements in order or seeking financial advice to get your business on the right track, there are a number of services avail...

Australian Taxation Office

Small businesses: We’re working towards delivering a simpler Business Activity Statement (BAS) to make GST record keeping and reporting easier.

Find out about the simpler BAS changes at www.ato.gov.au/simplerBAS

Australian Taxation Office

Small employers: If you have 19 or fewer employees, you have two months left to prepare for SuperStream.

Use our checklist to make sure you’re ready before the 30 June deadline. Find it at https://ato.gov.au/superstreamchecklist

Australian Taxation Office

Small businesses: Being invoiced by a worker doesn’t make them a contractor.

Avoid common myths. Use our decision tool to get an answer you can rely on.

Find the tool at https://www.ato.gov.au/Calculators-and-tools/Employee-or-contractor/