The ATO has cancelled the ABN, we still have to pay him for his services, but do we need to withold tax or what do we do as a business?
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Hello @SarahV2448,
It depends. The easiest way to deal with this is to contact the business in question. They may be in the middle of reinstating their ABN as their ABN cancellation may not have been of their choosing. Otherwise you would have to withhold as if they did not provide an ABN.
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Hello @SarahV2448,
It depends. The easiest way to deal with this is to contact the business in question. They may be in the middle of reinstating their ABN as their ABN cancellation may not have been of their choosing. Otherwise you would have to withhold as if they did not provide an ABN.
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