Critical Line Item with Tom Ravlic

Lisa Greig and Tom Ravlic received e-mails from the ATO this week and both of them were perplexed. Both of them were aware that the ATO does not normally send e-mails at a particular time and treated the e-mail sent with ATO livery as a scam. But was it? Listen up. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Mask wearing is now law in Victoria and is gradually being adopted by people in other areas as a measure to place an obstacle between infection. We have seen resistance to the wearing of masks by people in hardware stores and protests about the wearing of them on Facebook and Twitter. Psychologist James Collett form RMIT takes us through the issues and also how to think about mask wearing. he even...

Audit and compliance consultant Justin Reid has been ticking, flicking and providing consulting services to accounting firms and other clients needing assistance with complex compliance issues in the audit and financial reporting space for some years. Some changes in ethical standards have tightened rules that will cause some challenges for people involved in dealing with SMSF irrespective of thei...

Geoff Kitney has had 50 years in jouranlism but he probably didn't expect that a part of his time would be spent in Belgrade having to work out how to escape the capital of former Yugoslavia. He only got out once he secured a drive from organised crime king pin and Serbian war lord, Zeljko Raznatovic who was otherwise known as Arkan. Kitney has seen significant events in Austalian politics and he...

Lisa and Tom respond a query on issues related to Job Keeper. Why is Job Keeper taxed? And what do people on Job Seeker need to think about in terms of tax affairs going forward ... [And this is episode 50 so thank you for listening!] Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Twitter is renowned for being a platform on which personalities and politicians and journalists experience feedback that is particularly toxic. IPA director of policy, Gideon Rozner, and Tom Ravlic explore various issues that emanate from the use of social media as a platform for discussion but also one on which people dial up the aggro. They also discuss a recent incident that reflected the worst...

Lisa Greig and Tom Ravlic pull apart the Assistant Treasurer Michael Sukkar's media release on the billion dollar plus tax refunds paid out in the first fortnight of tax season. Is the media release irresponsile? Will it create greater pressures on tax agents? What are the risks people have in getting the returns in early .... Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

ASIC's Warren Day has seen the wreckage scammers can leave behind more often than most people have had hot breakfasts. The electronic age has ushered in new thugs that wear hoodies, let their fingers walk across a laptop keyboard in order to pilfer funds usually before people are aware. This is a timely warning for people to keep themselves safe online and as scam free as possible. Hosted on Acast...

Dr Scott Allisoin is the medical director with Workplace Medicine Australia. WMA has been engaging with companies to talk with them about how to handle health issues at their workplaces during the pandemic. He talks about the screening protocols and some technologies that might help employers deal with issues as they try to get people back to some kind of working normality. Hosted on Acast. See ac...

Financial journalist Alan Kohler has seen many things during his career but COVID-19 is his first pandemic. He has been looking at different ways of analysing the economy, the impacts of COVID and how people need to think about government performance as distinct from private sector companies. He reflects on his career in financial journalism and reflects on where the economy might head in the comi...

Tax expert Lisa Greig took some time out to watch Hamilton on Disney plus and it sent her down the rabbit hole of wondering about how wonderful it would be if the ATO actually had as smooth a service as a streaming site. Tom and Lisa explore the implications of lock down 2 for people in Victoria. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

COSBOA chief executive officer Peter Strong and Tom Ravlic talk about a range of issues impacting small business as a result of pandemic paralysis. Strong believes that there are some businesses that will be more resilient because of whether they are situated but others do have one foot in the grave as a result of the change in fortunes. He talks with Tom about advocacy and how to manage aspects o...

You need to choose a tax agent you can trust. Lisa Greig and Tom Ravlic are both accounting experts but only one of them can lodge a tax return. Why is this so? What are the steps you need to take to get a tax agent? Forget the snap, crackle, pop tax segments on brekkie television. This is the podcast you need to listen to in order to understand the things to look out for in order to get yourself...

In a career spanning almost more than three and a half decades Bill Woods has seen it all. He's reported on every imaginable sport and he explores the most challenging and contentious issues in sports today. How do you get a fair contest in sports? What matters in terms of getting to as pure an element on the pitch, or in the pool or on the track? Bill touches on issues related to sports and racis...

Harris Coffee chief David Ansell talks to Tom Ravlic about a newly released report that tells Aussies cafe owners are struggling with poor cash flow and a likelihood that some of them will go out of business without third party assistance. within six months of the economy reopening. The company is gearing up to offer assistance to a series of cafes across Australia to try to stop some of the folks...

The media sector has experienced a major upheaval over the past two decades with traditional business models going out the window due to the advent of social media and broader technological innovation. RMIT's Chris Berg has looked at the media landscape in depth over the past two decades and he believes that our environment is richer today than it has ever been. He does suggest different models th...

The Federal Government had people 's heads exploding on Twitter and elsewhere on issues related to changes in government funding for certain kinds of degrees at university. Lisa Greig and Tom Ravlic explore the issue of what happens if and when you are required to pay the amount back to the government. Lisa and Tom also cover the area of self-education and what may be deductible in the 2019-20 fin...

Australian Julian Assange is currently in the United Kingdom and is subject to extradition proceedings. The United States was gravely embarrassed by the revelations made through Wikileaks, the site founded by Assange. Greg Barns SC, a criminal barrister and a member of the Assange legal team, tells us with the overnight developments mean as well as what we need to be doing to buttress freedom of s...

Professor Sinclair Davidson has a real bugbear and that is how developments in company taxation are reported in the media and understood by the general populace. He offers some ways people can learn about the tax system. He also explains what he believes to be the impact of the government's tertiary education funding plan. What does he think? Listen. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more...

The September 11 attacks in 2001 ushered in a new era of ratcheting up of security laws across the globe. While increases in legal power may be understandable in the context of one specific area of activity, the addition of powers and their use may extend beyond serious criminal offences such as organised crime, acts of political violence or terrorism and child exploitation. Crikey's dogged politi...

Johh Bottomley and Brendan Byrne are the two authors of the recent research report released by the Finance Sector Union called 'Justice Tempered', which is an examination of the impact of a profit based culture on employees in the financial services sector. The approaches John and Brendan suggest in this podcast as a way of solving cultural issues in banks and one that will depend on the willingne...

How do political and media advisers set the agenda in Canberra when it comes to handling the media? The place is a black box but former media adviser to Julia Gillard, Darrin Barnett, unlocks some of the mysteries about the way things play out in the national capital. Are the media subject to some distractions along the way? This is an enlightening chat that is well worth your while. Hosted on Aca...

Tax expert Lisa Greig explains why some of the advertising surrounding the End of Financial Year sales need to be considered carefully. What are the risks when you buy a new car? What can you deduct? And how does the ATO track things you buy? You may be surprised to know that your social media accounts may also be tracked by the tax office to work out whether your deductions claimed are legitimate...

The Finance Sector Union's national secretary Julia Angrisano, speaks about the recent report released by the union looking at the impact of key performance indicators for staff on health and morale of employees. While the Hayne Royal Commission delivered some findings that sought to highlight greed there are problems that remains. The FSU welcomes recent moves at the NAB aimed at greater professi...

Companies can expect to be watched closely as they report the impact of coronavirus in their financial statements. Doug Niven is the Senior Executive Leader for Accounting and Audit at the Australian Securities and Investments Commission. He provides an overview of key concerns ASIC has and what it might do about anyone that forgets there is no exemption from the requirement to talk straight to st...