ATO responsible for 7% of company liquidations

THE tax office is winding up and bankrupting thousands of self-employed workers and small businesses instead of restructuring their tax debts.

The Australian Taxation Office admitted it was responsible for 2 per cent of bankruptcies and 7 per cent of all company wind-ups in the last financial year. Continue reading

New ASIC insolvency portal

ASIC has just launched a new online insolvency portal specifically designed to meet the needs of stakeholders likely to be impacted by corporate insolvency. The portal is part of ASIC’s response to the increasing number of companies experiencing financial difficulty, or becoming insolvent, in the current economic environment. Continue reading