The Australian Bar Association is monitoring COVID-19 developments and all efforts to contain the risk posed by the virus. To protect the health and safety of members of the association, we will continually update the following list of resources.
Through a communication to the Victorian Bar Association the Tax Department has confirmed that ‘for the purposes of the JobKeeper scheme…[members] … are able to calculate current and projected GST turnover on either an accruals or cash basis (as long as both current and projected GST turnover are calculated using the same method)’.
The Judical College of Victoria has some valuable resources including
Employers should provide information and brief all employees and contract staff, including domestic and cleaning staff where applicable, on relevant information and procedures to prevent the spread of coronavirus.