Business owner slapped with penalty for underpaying workers

A court has penalised a business owner more than $226,000 for their “sheer belligerence” in refusing to take responsibility for underpaying a former employee. The business owner had sent threatening messages and dismissed the employee after he took personal leave. The business owner was found guilty of 14 contraventions including failure to minimum wages, penalty […]

Scam Emails

We’ve all received the email from the Estate of the Nigerian Price informing us that we are the beneficiary of his will and if you provide some personal details they will send you some money. We all know to simply delete these emails, but those people that are looking to obtain your money by deception […]

Bank Tax Residency Forms

Last update: 8 April 2018 Changes to global data sharing agreements mean that banks are obligated to report to the ATO whether account holders are tax residents or not. Banks are sending forms, or asking questions via online banking to gather this information now. From what we have seen to date, these forms are typical […]