Full Federal Court rejects ATO’s anti-avoidance ruling
In a landmark taxpayer win, the Full Federal Court unanimously held that schemes targeted by the ATO did not trigger the Part IVA anti-avoidance rules.
TAX • Wed, 13 Mar 2024
ATO’s adviser strategy zeroes in on late-paying partners
Private, wealthy professional advisers are less compliant than the ATO had expected and are therefore being targeted by the avoidance taskforce.
BUSINESS • Mon, 11 Mar 2024
Don’t get distracted by PwC’s reforms, senator warns
PwC’s recent governance restructuring announcement should not detract from their ‘ongoing obfuscation’, Senator O’Neill has said.
REGULATION • Sun, 10 Mar 2024
Labor pledges to pay super on parental leave
After years of lobbying and broken promises, Labor has announced plans to pay super on paid parental leave entitlements by mid-2025.
BUSINESS • Thu, 07 Mar 2024
Unregulated, aggressively profit-driven: Senator speaks on the big 4
In an exclusive interview, Senator Barbara Pocock shares insights from the inquiries into the big four consulting firms.
CA ANZ refutes TPB's claims on Collins correspondence
CA ANZ has refuted claims made by the TPB to a Parliamentary joint committee on Thursday that the latter had informed CA ANZ of sanctions laid against former PwC partner, ...
BUSINESS • Sun, 03 Mar 2024
Professional bodies ‘need a rocket under them,’ senator says
The TPB was grilled over its information sharing processes with professional authorities, following CA ANZ’s wrongful acceptance of a PwC partner’s resignation.
REGULATION • Thu, 29 Feb 2024
H&R Block outlines strategies ahead of 1 July tax cuts
Defer income until the new financial year, but don't fall foul of anti-avoidance rules, says a tax expert.
TAX • Wed, 28 Feb 2024
WGEA reveals pay gap data across major accounting firms, bodies
While women earn less overall than men at the largest accounting firms, the size of pay gaps varied across the biggest four firms.
BUSINESS • Tue, 27 Feb 2024