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‘Not fair and reasonable’: ATO questioned over how it treats those who owe tax

Noting that debt collection is one of the top priorities for the ATO, the Tax Ombudsman said the way it treats...

04 November 2026 • By Malavika Santhebennur

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‘Moving feast’ of CGT reform riddled with uncertainty

The ATO has an uphill battle administering the new CGT legislation as it has started releasing guidance on “the...

29 October 2026 • By Malavika Santhebennur

Business

Businesses face ‘death by a thousand cuts’ amid tax reforms

The trust tax reform proposals are stacked on surging costs of doing business, restructuring, productivity challenges,...

27 October 2026 • By Malavika Santhebennur

Business

Good tax reforms shouldn’t drown businesses in complexity

A tax accountant has argued that discretionary trusts serve multiple purposes besides tax planning, while an executive...

26 October 2026 • By Malavika Santhebennur

Business

Accountants are drowning in tax reform, the profession is not winning

More work from all the tax reform this year is not better, despite some calling it a win for accountants, with the...

23 October 2026 • By Carlos Tse

Business

Election results threaten Labor’s CGT, negative gearing changes

Labor’s tossed 50 per cent CGT discount and negative gearing benefits could be ditched if One Nation takes over.

22 October 2026 • By Gemma Crotty

Business

Tax reform ‘more like a political talking point’

Accountants remain irked by the proposed tax reforms on multiple fronts after they were introduced in Parliament.

16 October 2026 • By Malavika Santhebennur

Business

Tax accountant the ‘great winner’: Government introduces next tranche of trust...

The Labor government has introduced its legislation for a minimum 30 per cent tax on discretionary trusts to...

15 October 2026 • By Malavika Santhebennur

Business

Tax reform uncertainty causing decision ‘paralysis’

A tax specialist has urged the government to provide certainty over its proposed tax reforms as the industry awaits...

14 October 2026 • By Malavika Santhebennur

Business

‘Higher tax on entrepreneurship’: CGT reforms ‘meaningless’ for new businesses

The controversial CGT changes punish entrepreneurs who take a calculated risk to grow businesses and investments,...

13 October 2026 • By Malavika Santhebennur

Business

CGT reform for innovative start-ups risks limiting effectiveness

Several aspects of the proposed innovative business CGT concession could risk limiting its effectiveness in supporting...

13 October 2026 • By Malavika Santhebennur

Business

Minimum tax on discretionary trusts: the draft law lands, and the concerns...

Four bills, 16 days of consultation, and legislation expected just days away. What practitioners need to know now.

09 October 2026 • By Robyn Jacobson, National Tax & Accountants' Association

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Tax reform measures risk adding to red tape burden: CPA Australia

As the release of the Red Tape Reduction Review is awaited, the accounting body said it is hard to reconcile adding...

09 October 2026 • By Malavika Santhebennur

Business

‘ALP has never liked trusts’: Government denounced for rushing trust tax reform

The government has failed to “dot their i’s and cross their t’s” in their discretionary trust tax proposals and...

08 October 2026 • By Malavika Santhebennur

Business

‘We don’t have crystal balls’: Trust tax rigidity causing angst

The lack of flexibility in the trust tax legislation is a major concern for accountants and is going to require some...

06 October 2026 • By Malavika Santhebennur

Business

Accountants must move past spreadsheets amid budget changes

The significant measures outlined in the budget highlight the need for accountants to ditch the spreadsheet and...

01 October 2026 • By Malavika Santhebennur

Business

Compliance burden to add to small business costs

Small businesses already bearing the brunt of brutal economic conditions could now face burgeoning costs of obtaining...

30 September 2026 • By Malavika Santhebennur

Business

‘Very poorly thought out’: Minimum trust tax to sting low- to middle-income...

A tax agent has argued that the proposed trust tax legislation will “almost exclusively” hurt low- to middle-income...

29 September 2026 • By Malavika Santhebennur