A general medical practice needed us to review their contractual arrangements following a laborious payroll tax audit. Unfortunately, the NSW Office of State Revenue (OSR) had earlier determined that all doctors working on a service fee arrangement were employees for payroll tax purposes, including the owner of the business. The cost to the business of this audit was more than $100,000.
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