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“Reform the ATO”, says Senator. An important speech!
Monday, December 9, 2019
There has been a major development in the last days of Federal Parliament for this year. For the first time a parliamentarian has made a clear call for reform of the Australian Taxation Office. Last Wednesday, Senator Eric Abetz delivered a punchy speech in which he demonstrated why the ATO needs to be reformed. He also outlined a model for how that should be done.... MoreChristmas just around the corner—some quick updates
Wednesday, December 4, 2019
With Christmas looming, we thought it timely to provide a few updates, including details of three important initiatives from the Federal Government as well as our plans for our two major campaigns: Sustained reform of the ATO and Prompt Payment of small business invoices.... More Let’s stamp out reverse factoring—It’s big business at its worst
Thursday, November 28, 2019
Reverse factoring—the process whereby a large company arranges for its (small business) suppliers to take out loans from a third party so that delayed invoices can be paid "quickly"—is a disgrace. It's time it was called out and the practice ended. Here's our call to arms..... MoreA Victorian Act of Evil — Most likely unconstitutional! — Most likely to be passed in Parliament
Sunday, November 17, 2019
The Victorian government is pushing through Parliament a new Workplace Manslaughter Bill. It has passed the Lower House and is likely to pass the Upper House within two weeks. It is an Act of Evil. The Bill is evil because it holds that a collective of persons, a corporation, can be guilty of a criminal act. This defiles all notions of criminal justice in a civilised society.... MoreMore SEA News...
We’re in Washington DC researching good tax administration laws
During October 2019, SEA Executive Director Ken Phillips has been in Washington DC researching how USA law makers have sought to make the US tax administrator (IRS) efficient, fair and transparent.Here’s some short YouTube posts explaining what we’re doing (click on the image for the YouTube vid):
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Small Business Tax Tribunal
The government’s new Small Business Tax Tribunal is a big breakthrough for self-employed, small business people in dispute with the ATO. We were and are the key advocates for this. If you are in dispute with the ATO, we are the specialists who can assist. You need to be a member. Click here to become a Protected Member.
Defend the right to be self-employed
Public sector bureaucracies along with unions are wanting to close down the right to be self-employed. We have seen these attacks before such as:
- Contractors are ‘dependent’.
- Sham contracting is rife.
See our responses on these arguments in 2011. See our success at the International Labour Organisation in 2006.
And now the new attack is against the ‘gig economy’. We have new campaigns on our hands!
Is your contract fair?
SEA can rightly claim huge success in achieving Unfair Contract protections for small business people. New protective legislation came into effect in November 2016—a world's first for self-employed people. Resources for checking your own contract are here.Join Self Employed Australia
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