Common GST Mistakes

The GST has now been in effect since 1 July 2000, yet despite a massive Australian Taxation Office (ATO) education campaign there are still many errors and omissions being made by small businesses on their Activity Statements. Most of these errors relate to the over-claiming of GST credits. If you or your bookkeeper are incorrectly classifying your expenditure or revenue for GST, you may be exposing yourself to future penalties and interest charges from

What is happening? The Australian Securities & Investments Commission (ASIC) is working with the Australian Business Register to retire the use of trading names in Australia.