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COVID-19 | We Are Back

May 18, 2020

Appointment, Coronavirus, COVID-19, COVID19, Office

First and foremost, The Garis Group would like to thank everyone for being so understanding and co-operative during the past few months as we adapted to our new working conditions. No cases of COVID-19 have been detected at The Garis Group office but we are taking further precautions to respond to this unprecedented and evolving…

COVID-19 | Bridging Funding for JobKeeper

April 30, 2020

Emma Zajac

Coronavirus, COVID-19, COVID19, Jobkeeper, JobKeeper Payment, Small Business

Senator the Hon Michaelia Cash has released the following update to assist Small Businesses and Households impacted by COVID-19 Bridging Funding for JobKeeper Australian banks are playing a vitally important role in bridging the finance that businesses need to pay their staff ahead of receiving the first JobKeeper Payment in the first week of May.…

JobKeeper to address service entities: Josh Frydenberg

COVID-19 | Special Purpose Service Entities Now Included in JobKeeper Scheme

April 30, 2020

Emma Zajac

ATO, Coronavirus, COVID-19, COVID19, Jobkeeper, Service Entity, Small Business

Corporate groups that employ staff in a service entity will now be included in the JobKeeper scheme under a yet-to-be-announced alternate decline in turnover test. Revealed by Treasurer Josh Frydenberg on Friday night, the government will now provide an alternate decline in turnover test for the eligibility of special purpose service entities that provide employee…

COVID-19 | ATO Extends Initial JobKeeper Payment Deadline

April 29, 2020

Emma Zajac

ATO, Coronavirus, COVID-19, COVID19, employee, Employer, Jobkeeper, Small Business

Employers looking to enrol for the first two JobKeeper fortnights have now been granted a further extension of time to enrol and pay employees. The ATO has now announced an extension of time for employers who wish to enrol for the first two JobKeeper fortnights to 31 May, an extension from 30 April. Crucially, for…

ATO issues further guidance for sole traders, trusts, partnerships, companies

COVID-19 | Job Keeper Payment: Further Guidance for Sole Traders, Trusts, Partnerships & Companies

April 17, 2020

Emma Zajac

ATO, Business Owner, Company, Coronavirus, COVID-19, COVID19, Small Business, Sole Trader

Guidance around JobKeeper eligibility for sole traders and businesses that operate in the form of a company, trust or partnership has now been updated by the ATO. In an ATO update on Thursday, such entities will be eligible if they carried on a business in Australia on 1 March 2020; satisfied the fall in turnover…

Female Small Business Owner Applying for The Australian JobKeeper Payment for Her Employees

COVID-19 | The JobKeeper Payment

April 17, 2020

Emma Zajac

ATO, Coronavirus, COVID-19, COVID19, Government, Jobkeeper, Payment

On 9 April 2020, the Coronavirus Economic Response Package (Payments and Benefits) Act 2020 was enacted which gives effect to the Government’s $130 billion JobKeeper payment scheme. The scheme was announced on 30 March 2020 by the Prime Minister and the Treasurer in a joint media release and was both tabled and passed without amendment…

COVID-19 | NSW Announces $440 Million in Land Tax Relief for Commercial & Residential Landlords

April 15, 2020

Emma Zajac

Coronavirus, COVID-19, COVID19, Land Tax, property

New South Wales commercial and residential landlords will now receive up to $440 million in land tax relief that must be passed on to tenants who have been impacted by COVID-19. The $440 million land tax relief package is expected to be evenly divided between the commercial and retail sector, with landlords to be offered…

COVID-19 | Our Response

April 15, 2020

Emma Zajac

Coronavirus, COVID-19, COVID19, Response, TGG

First and foremost, our hearts go out to everyone at this incredibly difficult time. Our firm has always prided ourselves on our level of communication and now more than ever, communication will be vital in helping and informing our clients of resources, updates and support measures available to them. Our team is working tirelessly to…

Restrictions Relaxed for Food Trucks & Dark Kitchens during COVID-19

COVID-19: Planning Rules Relaxed for Food Trucks and ‘Dark Kitchens’

April 3, 2020

Emma Zajac

Coronavirus, COVID19, Hospitality, Small Business

Ministerial Media Release | Author: Rob Stokes, Minister for Planning and Public Spaces and Damien Tudehope, Minister for Finance and Small Business Food trucks and ‘dark kitchens’ are now easier to set up and operate, thanks to new planning rules in response to the COVID-19 crisis. Dark kitchens – also known as virtual kitchens, cloud kitchens,…

COVID-19: Construction Hours Extended to Support Industry

April 2, 2020

Emma Zajac

Construction, Coronavirus, COVID19, Small Business, Trade

Ministerial Media Release | Author: Rob Stokes, Minister for Planning and Public Spaces Construction sites can now operate on weekends and public holidays under new rules introduced today by the NSW Government to support the industry during the COVID-19 pandemic. Planning and Public Spaces Minister Rob Stokes said the move allows workers to abide by…

COVID-19 | We Are Back

COVID-19 | Bridging Funding for JobKeeper

COVID-19 | Special Purpose Service Entities Now Included in JobKeeper Scheme

COVID-19 | ATO Extends Initial JobKeeper Payment Deadline

COVID-19 | Job Keeper Payment: Further Guidance for Sole Traders, Trusts, Partnerships & Companies

COVID-19 | The JobKeeper Payment

COVID-19 | NSW Announces $440 Million in Land Tax Relief for Commercial & Residential Landlords

COVID-19 | Our Response

COVID-19: Planning Rules Relaxed for Food Trucks and ‘Dark Kitchens’

COVID-19: Construction Hours Extended to Support Industry

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