Regulation

‘The ATO does not exist’: Taxpayer fails to win dispute with pseudo-legal...

A taxpayer lost a recent dispute in the Administrative Review Tribunal after he argued the ATO did not exist, and...

19 September 2025 • By Emma Partis

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Tax

ATO interest charges: matters of interest

Matters of interest to consider following the recent law change to GIC.

04 September 2025 • By Robyn Jacobson, The Tax Institute

Regulation

‘Cooking the books’: Darwin hospo businesses under ATO, FWO microscope

Suspected shadow economy activity across Darwin restaurants has led to the ATO and Fair Work Ombudsman conducting...

01 September 2025 • By Imogen Wilson

Regulation

Hesta, ART to challenge ATO’s position on imputation credits in Federal Court

Industry fund Hesta has filed an appeal against an ATO decision on tax offsets from franking credits, with the...

01 September 2025 • By Miranda Brownlee

Business

ATO whistleblower Richard Boyle given 12-month good behaviour bond

On Thursday, ATO whistleblower Richard Boyle avoided convictions and a jail sentence, seven years after he first blew...

28 August 2025 • By Emma Partis

Super

‘Results in paying more tax’: ATO warns Australians against early super access

The Tax Office is warning Australians against accessing their superannuation early for expenses related to...

27 August 2025 • By Imogen Wilson

Tax

ATO finds misunderstandings across IPP agreements, retirement deeds

The Tax Office has issued a reminder for exiting individual professional services partners to be aware of their tax...

25 August 2025 • By Imogen Wilson

Business

ATO SmartDocs acquired by accounting software giant

The Access Group has recently acquired ATO SmartDocs to help further its mission to enhance Australian accounting...

21 August 2025 • By Imogen Wilson

Technology

ATO weighs up adopting AI to assist 800 core developers with programming

The Tax Office wants to free its developers from trivial tasks and allow them to focus on work that is “higher value”.

20 August 2025 • By Daniel Croft

Super

‘Not happy, disappointed’: Practitioner slams latest ATO SBSCH decision

Before the upcoming abolishment of the Small Business Superannuation Clearing House, the Tax Office will close it to...

15 August 2025 • By Imogen Wilson

Tax

CPA welcomes ATO’s commitment to service improvements

The Tax Office has pledged to commit to an improvement of its service operations for tax practitioners, a move that...

15 August 2025 • By Imogen Wilson

Regulation

ATO furthers fraudster crackdown with expanded data

The Tax Office will double down on its data-matching capabilities to protect taxpayers as reports of fraud have...

14 August 2025 • By Imogen Wilson

Tax

Fraud, tax debts, digitalisation top the ATO’s 2025–26 priority list

The ATO has released its corporate plan for the 2025–26 financial year, outlining its five top priorities for the...

11 August 2025 • By Emma Partis

Tax

‘Window of opportunity’: ATO makes change to tax debts on hold

The Tax Office is starting to include tax debts on hold in taxpayers’ account balances from this month.

11 August 2025 • By Emma Partis

Regulation

Alleged tax fraudster faces charges following search warrant: ATO

The Tax Office has conducted a search warrant at a Sydney residence of a former consultancy firm employee who is...

08 August 2025 • By Imogen Wilson

Tax

ATO vulnerability framework needs ‘training, transparency, support’: The Tax...

The Tax Institute has urged the Tax Office to commit to significant investment in the implementation phase of its...

05 August 2025 • By Imogen Wilson

Regulation

Alleged ‘money mule’ fraud syndicate busted in ATO-led investigation

An identity, tax and welfare fraud syndicate in Western Sydney has been exposed by the ATO, Australian Federal Police...

01 August 2025 • By Imogen Wilson

Regulation

ATO responds to $2bn GST fraud scandal

Following concerns raised in the ABC’s Four Corners GST investigation, the Tax Office has said it will aim to improve...

31 July 2025 • By Imogen Wilson