Keppel Accounting in Chinchilla, Queensland | Accountant

Keppel Accounting

Locality: Chinchilla, Queensland

Phone: +61 7 4665 5657

Address: 15 First Avenue 4413 Chinchilla, QLD, Australia

Website: https://www.keppelaccounting.com.au

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21.01.2022 Businesses: Enrolled for the JobKeeper Payment and identified your eligible employees? You’ll need to make a monthly business declaration between the 1st and 14th day of each month to be reimbursed for employees you’ve paid The earlier you declare, the sooner you will be reimbursed for the JobKeeper payments For more info, visit www.ato.gov.au//JobKeeper-P/In-detail/JobKeeper-key-dates/

21.01.2022 COVID-19: Wages Subsidy We understand many businesses may be concerned about retaining employees due to the economic impacts of COVID-19 (coronavirus). To help employers, the government has introduced the JobKeeper payment delivered through the ATO.... Here are the steps you need to take to get ready: * Check if you and your nominated employees meet the eligibility requirements. * Subscribe to updates on the ATO website so we can let you know when new information is available. * Notify eligible employees that you (their employer) intend to participate in the JobKeeper scheme. * Confirm with eligible employees that they agree to you being the primary employer to receive JobKeeper Payments. * Send the nominated employees the JobKeeper Employee Nomination Notice to complete and return to you. Keep the Employee Nomination Form on file. * Pay the minimum $1,500 to each eligible employee per JobKeeper fortnight. The first fortnight starts on 30 March and ends on 12 April. Alternatively, you can make one combined payment of $3,000 for the first two fortnights paid by the end of April 2020. * Enrol for JobKeeper from 20 April using the Business Portal and authenticate with myGovID. Sole traders are eligible for the JobKeeper Payment for one business participant if their business has experienced a downturn. You can find out more about eligibility for sole traders through our JobKeeper Payment scheme page. Source: www.ato.gov.au/jobkeeper

16.01.2022 Employers: Single Touch Payroll deadlines are just around the corner! You’ll need to ‘finalise’ and report to the ATO by: 14 July, if you’ve got 20 or more employees 31 July if you have fewer than 20 employees. There’s still time left on the clock, but if your data's ready to go now, why not avoid a last-minute rush? Find out more at www.ato.gov.au//Star/End-of-year-finalisation-through-STP/

15.01.2022 Employers: Receiving JobKeeper Payments for your employees? Don’t forget to complete your monthly business declaration to ensure you’re reimbursed for June. You can do this up until 14 July! Check out our video to find helpful tips on how to complete your monthly business declaration or visit www.ato.gov.au//Employers/Enrol-for-the-JobKeeper-payment/

15.01.2022 Look after yourself everyone! Getting through the challenges associated with COVID-19 is tough. If your small business is struggling financially, don’t wait. Gi...ve the Small Business Financial Counselling Service a call on 1300 732 777 to arrange one on one, free and confidential financial counselling. Our team can help access your individual situation so you can make informed decisions based on good information about the short and long term implications of the decisions you make now. See more

12.01.2022 Great news the ATO have extended the 80c per work hour shortcut method for claiming working-from-home expenses until 30 September 2020! With everything going on right now, 12 months may seem a world away but, it’s important to keep good records now to make life easier when you lodge your tax return next year. For more info on claiming working-from-home expenses, visit www.ato.gov.au//deductions-you-can-c/home-office-expenses/

12.01.2022 FAMILY ASSISTANCE PAYMENTS To receive Child Care Subsidy and Family Tax Benefit payments from Services Australia, you and your partner/s must lodge their 201819 tax return by 30 June 2020. Lodgment deferrals do not alter this requirement. If you are entitled to family assistance but didn’t receive any payments in the 2018-19 financial year, you will also need to lodge a lump sum claim with Services Australia by 30 June 2020.... Services Australia needs your income details to balance payments for Child Care Subsidy and Family Tax Benefit. If lodgment is not made by 30 June 2020: * You may lose ongoing entitlement to Child Care Subsidy * Receive a debt and have to repay the amount received in the 201819 financial year * If you have been receiving Family Tax Benefit, you may miss out on additional payments * Receive a debt and have to repay the amount received in the 201819 financial year. If applicable, you should notify the ATO if lodgment is not required and confirm with Services Australia that you are not required to lodge. Services Australia can assist those who have special circumstances preventing them or their partner from lodging before the deadline.

11.01.2022 The Fair Work Commission has announced a 1.75% increase in the national minimum wage and award minimum wages. This year, the increase in wages is occurring in 3 phases. From the first full pay period starting on or after 1 July, the national minimum wage and minimum wages in 21 awards covering essential services, teachers and childcare, and frontline healthcare and social assistance workers will all increase. Minimum wages under other awards will increase from the first full pay period starting on or after 1 November 2020 and 1 February 2021. You can check when your award will be increased and find the updated pay rates here: https://www.fairwork.gov.au//the-commission-has-announced-

10.01.2022 Work from Home Rate Increase With so many Australians working from home to reduce the risk of coronavirus, the ATO have increased the rate per hour from 52c to 80c from 1 March until 30 June 2020. This will cover expenses, including: Heating and cooling... Electricity Mobile phone Internet Depreciation of office equipment You can still use other methods including the actual method to calculate your claim if you prefer; however, whichever method you choose, you’ll need to make sure you have records to support your claim. Find out more about the change at www.ato.gov.au//Support-for-i/Employees-working-from-home/

07.01.2022 CHILD CARE SECTOR RELIEF PACKAGE Based on the Prime Minister’s Media Release of 2 April 2020, the relief package will involve additional funding for the child care sector, broadly as follows: (a) The Government will pay 50% of the child care sector’s fee revenue (presumably, this would be paid to each eligible child care and early learning centre) up to the existing hourly rate cap.... (b) The additional funding will apply from 6 April 2020, based on the number of children who were in care during the fortnight leading into 2 March 2020, whether or not they were attending care. (c) The additional funding will only be available as long as centres remain open and do not charge families for care. (d) The payments made under the relief package will commence to be made at the end of next week and will be made in lieu of the Child Care and Additional Child Care Subsidy payments. (e) Payments of higher amounts will be available in Exceptional circumstances, such as where greater funding is required to meet the needs of emergency workers or vulnerable children. (f) Until the payments are made, the Government will allow centres to waive gap fees for families who keep their children home, and families will be able to use the 20 extra absence days the Government has funded for Coronavirus-related reasons without giving up their place in a centre. (g) The new funding arrangements will be reviewed after one month, with an extension to be considered after three months. Source: NTAA Childcare and Early Childhood Education Relief Package, April 2020

04.01.2022 Employers: If you received initial cash flow boosts, you'll automatically receive additional cash flow boosts when you lodge activity statements from June to September 2020. You'll notice some differences in the boost amount you receive in June. The amounts will be equal to the total amount of initial cash flow boosts received and split evenly over the lodgments for the periods June 2020 to September 2020.... If you lodge: ** quarterly you will receive 50% of your total initial cash flow boosts for each activity statement ** monthly you will receive 25% of your total initial cash flow boosts for each activity statement. Both the initial and the additional cash flow boosts will be credited when you lodge your June 2020 activity statement unless you already received the maximum $50,000 of initial cash flow boosts from earlier periods. For more information, visit ww.ato.gov.au///In-detail/Boosting-cash-flow-for-employers