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Australia is stepping up its fight against financial crime with sweeping changes to its Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorism Financing (AML/CTF) laws, and the impact on professional service providers will be significant. From 1 July 2026, a wider group of businesses — including accountants, real estate professionals, legal advisers, and trust or company service providers — […]

The Australian Government has announced a new Grid Enhancing Technologies (GET) program, offering grants of up to $5 million to businesses and organisations that can help improve the performance of Australia’s electricity grid. If your company is involved in renewable energy, power technology, research or infrastructure, this is an exciting chance to access substantial funding—up

ATO Issues New Guidance on Inbound Cross-Border Related Party Debt – Are You at Risk? As of 29 May 2025, the Australian Taxation Office (ATO) has released important draft guidelines that could affect many multinational companies and investors with cross-border related party loans. The new PCG 2025/D2 explains how the ATO will now evaluate the

The Australian Taxation Office (ATO) has officially released the updated Supplementary Annual GST Return (SAGR) for the 2024–25 financial year, with the first lodgement deadline set for 21 August 2025 for taxpayers with a December year end. If your business is part of the Top 100 or Top 1,000 taxpayer groups and has received a

How Will the Federal Budget 2025 Impact Your Business? On 25 March 2025, Federal Treasurer Dr. Jim Chalmers delivered the 2025-26 Federal Budget—a pre-election budget shaped by the upcoming Federal election deadline of 17 May 2025. As expected, cost-of-living relief, Medicare funding, and tax adjustments were the main highlights, with a mix of new tax