contraventions

Tribunal upholds penalties for an SMSF’s breach of the borrowing restrictions

Tribunal upholds penalties for an SMSF’s breach of the borrowing restrictions

In the recent decision of FYYB v FC of T 2021 ATC 10-592; [2021] AATA 3567, 5 October 2021, the Australian Administrative Tribunal (AAT) affirmed the Commissioner of Taxation’s (Commissioner) decision to disallow an objection by the taxpayer to an administrative penalty of $7,500 imposed on a self managed superannuation fund (Fund) under the Superannuation Industry (Supervision) Act 1993 (Cth) (SIS Act).

Sladen Snippet - ATO confirms that auditors must report COVID-19 contraventions

Sladen Snippet - ATO confirms that auditors must report COVID-19 contraventions

In June 2020, the ATO updated the independent auditor's report instructions (IAR) so that auditors would not need to modify their opinion in Part B of the IAR with respect to certain contraventions arising from the impacts of COVID-19 for the 2019-20 and 2020-2021 financial years.