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• ATO hit list 2025 – Key Areas Under Review
  The ATO has released its compliance focus for 2025, and it's sharpening its tools in the following areas:
• Why Succession Planning Matters for Privately Owned and Wealth Groups in Australia
  Succession planning is often overlooked in the day-to-day management of privately owned businesses and family wealth groups, yet it is one of the most critical components of long-term success and legacy preservation.
• Benefits of a business plan
  When you are starting out, your business plan can help you secure financing and investment.
• Roles and Responsibilities in a Business Partnership
  Set clear expectations from the start of your partnership
• Mixing business and pleasure? Be vigilant this tax season
  With the ATO sharpening its focus on work-related expenses, Corporate Traveller is warning ‘bleisure’ travellers to be careful.
• 30 June 2025 - Tax Checklist - Small (and Micro) Business
  With the end of financial year fast approaching, now is a great time to revisit your year-end obligations and look at tax planning.
• 3 more GST fraudsters sentenced under ATO’s Operation Protego
  Three more GST fraudsters have been sentenced under the ATO’s Operation Protego, with one offender raking in $1.1 million through fraudulent claims.
• Evolution of Boeing - 1916 - 2025
  Check out the how Boeing planes have evolved over time.
• ATO - Targeted Areas of Focus 2024-25
  Key risk areas the ATO intends to focus on for Private Wealth in 2024–25.
• 6 ways to improve your business plan
  All businesses need a business plan, not just new businesses.
• Benchmarks for small business
  One gap when owning and operating a small business is to get a feel for how you are doing compared to your peers. The ATO realises the importance of this and have developed a list of benchmarks to help. 
• Beware the early lodgment tax trap, CPA Australia warns
  Rushing to lodge tax returns on time is likely to be one of the “biggest and most common” mistakes made by taxpayers this year, according to CPA Australia.
• Tax lawyer flags compliance traps with family trusts
  Accountants have been warned about family trust issues that can lead to unexpected tax bills for clients, with the ATO scrutinising this area.
• Superannuation on paid parental leave from 1 July 2025
  In March 2024, the government announced its intention to commence paying superannuation on government paid parental leave (PPL) payments from 1 July 2025. The related law has now been passed.