Business
ATO warns businesses not to use loopholes to exploit $30bn Covid tax concessions – The Guardian
The tax office’s second commissioner told companies concessions should be used to invest not to buy assets ‘not actually used in your business’

The Australian Tax Office has warned companies not to use loopholes to exploit more than $30bn of business tax concessions including instant expensing and loss carryback provisions.
In a speech on Thursday the ATOs second commissioner for client engagement, Jeremy Hirschhorn, scolded companies for using jobkeeper wage subsidies to pay dividends and urged them not to use artificial mechanisms to exploit the measures contained in the 2020 budget.
Hirschhorn told a Chief Financial Officer Live event…
-
Noosa News19 hours ago
Terrifying break-in at childcare centre on Sunshine Coast ends with death of man
-
General22 hours ago
Trial of celebrity crocodile wrangler Matt Wright to hear from more witnesses
-
Noosa News20 hours ago
Why the Story Bridge won’t have a traffic lane repurposed for bikes and walkers
-
General23 hours ago
PM kicks off roundtable with call for lasting reform