Business

Internal CGT education first step for accountants, tax specialist says

Accounting firm principals need to educate themselves and their team on the complex CGT changes before helping...

18 September 2026 • By Malavika Santhebennur

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Business

Property owner denied permission to appeal tax deduction challenge

A company that owns a commercial building in Western Australia has had its request to appeal an interlocutory ruling...

09 September 2026 • By Malavika Santhebennur

Business

Trust tax overhaul doesn’t solve stamp duty issue

CPA Australia has argued the latest draft legislation on the discretionary trust tax may have addressed one stamp duty...

07 September 2026 • By Malavika Santhebennur

Tax

Government offers alternative to restructuring in trust tax legislation

Taxpayers will have the option of making fixed distributions to pre-nominated beneficiaries as an alternative to...

03 September 2026 • By Miranda Brownlee

Business

Judge takes ‘draconian step’ of quashing Obeid farm tax appeal

Eleven relatives of former Labor powerbroker Eddie Obeid have had their long-running appeal over a multimillion-dollar...

26 August 2026 • By Malavika Santhebennur

Technology

Commissioner of Taxation on ATO’s digital future

Working hard to make a digital ATO landscape a reality, the Commissioner of Taxation has spoken about the future of...

24 August 2026 • By Carlos Tse

Business

The Tax Institute joins the IPA Group

EXCLUSIVE: The Tax Institute has signed a formal agreement to join the professional body, pushing its membership up to...

20 August 2026 • By Carlos Tse

Business

Fraudsters sentenced over $10.7m tax fraud and money laundering scheme

Four people have been sentenced following an investigation into a two-year ‘sophisticated money laundering and tax...

19 August 2026 • By Carlos Tse

Business

Labor to expedite legislative fix for widow’s tax to secure NDIS reforms

Treasurer Jim Chalmers has agreed to speed up legislation to address the ‘widow’s tax’ arising from its recent CGT and...

19 August 2026 • By Miranda Brownlee

Business

Taxpayer's $650k claim falls short

A taxpayer has failed in his bid to force the Commissioner of Taxation to pay him $650,000 in compensation.

14 August 2026 • By Carlos Tse

Tax

Accountants slam government’s rationale for trust tax

An accounting firm has urged the government to defer its minimum tax on trusts and to resume the rewrite of the trust...

12 August 2026 • By Carlos Tse

Business

Tax expert finds ‘unfinished business’ in tranche 2 legislation

A tax expert has said the second tranche of CGT and negative gearing changes “bear the marks of the same haste” as the...

12 August 2026 • By Carlos Tse

Tax

Submission calls for balanced, transparent TPB suspension framework

The federal government is being urged to strengthen safeguards around proposed powers that would allow the TPB to...

11 August 2026 • By Matthew Taylor

Tax

‘Adds complexity to an already broken system’: CA ANZ doubles down on tax...

CA ANZ has offered support for the government’s proposed reforms but has raised concerns about the complexity of...

11 August 2026 • By Matthew Taylor

Companies

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07 August 2026 • By [email protected]

Tax

GIC non-deductibility ‘affecting viability of small businesses’, warns tax...

A tax partner has stressed that the government’s tough position on the rate, interest, and non-deductibility of the...

07 August 2026 • By Carlos Tse

Tax

Government's tax overhaul leaving small businesses in limbo, says CPA

CPA Australia has warned that the gradual rollout of details from the major tax reforms is causing significant...

07 August 2026 • By Matthew Taylor

Tax

Minimum tax on discretionary trusts: what it will really cost your clients

The 30 per cent floor lands hardest on the beneficiaries least able to bear it.

06 August 2026 • By Robyn Jacobson, NTAA