The complainant was a director of a charity that had been wound up due to the actions of a former employee who had defrauded the charity. The fraud was identified, and the employee arrested and convicted. The employee had also been responsible for managing the charity’s payroll and superannuation obligations and failed to discharge those…

In the Federal Budget (11 May 2021), the Government announced that it would reduce the eligibility age (from 65 to 60 on 1 July 2022) for downsizer contributions (a one off, post-tax contribution for each member of a couple following the sale of their main residence that at least one of them has owned for…

The taxpayers had, for 10 years, managed a successful restaurant. In October 2019, the taxpayers incorporated a company and registered for an Australian Business Number (ABN) and purchased the restaurant from the former owners with ownership to commence on 31 January 2020. In December 2019, the company executed a lease for the restaurant’s premises to…

The complainant is an 81-year-old taxpayer who operated a travel agency with his wife. The complainant had not enrolled for JobKeeper until July 2020 as he had initially been unaware that JobKeeper payments were available to support businesses without employees.  But for his late enrolment, the complainant had satisfied all other eligibility criteria for JobKeeper.…