Government consultations on regulation of AI

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Practical Law has published new resources to help you keep track of the multiple government consultations being undertaken to assess whether regulatory responses are necessary for the safe adoption of AI across Australia.

Date & Time

Thu, 07/06/2023 - 14:09

New Company Law content: sustainability and ESG resources

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Sustainability encompasses how a company conducts its businesses, now and in the future, including commitments to environmental, social and governance (ESG) areas such as the environment, supply chain human rights and social responsibility. A sustainability committee can help to...

Date & Time

Thu, 07/06/2023 - 13:38

Professional Development and staff training presentations in Practical Law

Read more about Professional Development and staff training presentations in Practical Law

The Register of Foreign Ownership of Australian Assets commenced on 1 July 2023: are you across your new reporting obligations?

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The Register of Foreign Ownership of Australian Assets records certain actions relating to interests in land, water, entities, businesses and other assets in Australia from 1 July 2023. Practical Law has published a new checklist to ensure that foreign investors are across their...

Date & Time

Mon, 07/03/2023 - 14:38

Checkpoint (Australia) - XYZ Model Financial Accounts Made Easy

Mon 18 Sep 2023, 12:00pm

AEST

30 minutes

By Allison Patrick

Learn to navigate Checkpoint and the XYZ products with ease, ensuring you locate information important to you. Master how to take advantage of different features, including quick links, adding notes and highlights and exporting information. More course dates

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Artificial intelligence (AI)

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Practical Law Commercial have released a brand new resource, Practical note, Artificial intelligence and copyright. AI has become an increasingly widespread and indispensable technology used in businesses, industry and homes.

Date & Time

Fri, 06/30/2023 - 13:37

Updates to The Laws of Australia

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The following Subtitles are now updated and available on Westlaw:

Civil Procedure 5.3 “Discovery and Interrogatories”; Civil Procedure 5.8 “Equity Proceedings”; Criminal Law Principles 9.4 “Extradition and Mutual Assistance in Criminal Matters”; Criminal Procedure 11.3 “Bail”...

Date & Time

Fri, 06/30/2023 - 08:49

How do I recover lost or forgotten client record passwords?

If you have lost or forgotten a client record password, please contact support for assistance.

How do I lodge the Work-Related Expenses Schedule?

To lodge the Work Related Expenses Schedule (D1 to D5), click on the ‘Other’ tab and then mark the 'Lodge Work-Related Expenses Schedule' checkbox.

Please note, the ATO has restricted the maximum character length of the schedule to 30 characters, starting from 2019 tax return.

How do I create a BAS/IAS form for other periods/ annual GST/ monthly period?

After a certain period, you will not be able to lodge BAS forms for a previous year using that year’s module (i.e. GA, GB, GI and GR forms). To lodge a previous year’s BAS form, create the form in a year that has PLS Activity Statement menu.

Change the year period in the top right-hand corner of Assistant. Starting from 2014 and onwards will have the PLS Activity Statement.
Select the client.
Click on the down arrow next to the 'New' button and select 'PLS Activity Statement' and then the Activity Statement form required.
Enter the reporting period (located on the top right-hand corner of the form).
Enter the ABN branch number, if required
Go to 'Tools > Load values from PLS'. This will force the software to prefill the form for the reporting period.

Please note, the ATO has removed 1H from the electronic BAS form. They have advised tax agents will need to lodge the form on the tax agent portal to report for the GST instalments

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