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The time is ripe for holistic tax reform

As the macroeconomic landscape changes, Australian tax reform needs to be holistic and the reform discussion should...

01 March 2019 • By Neil Billyard, BDO

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Documentation key in ATO audits

Business clients and taxpayers have been urged to maintain contemporaneous documentation in light of increasing ATO...

28 February 2019 • By Reporter

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Hope for SG amnesty falters as time runs out

With the election drawing nearer and the SG amnesty bill absent from the parliamentary program, the government has...

28 February 2019 • By Miranda Brownlee

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‘Biggest thing since GST’: Accountants urged to contact clients on STP

Accountants and bookkeepers have been urged to start educating their small business clients on their obligations once...

28 February 2019 • By Jotham Lian

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Full Federal Court overturns tax residency decision

Australian expatriates have been offered some comfort after a Full Federal Court decision against the ATO in a tax...

27 February 2019 • By Jotham Lian

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Tax agent, taxpayers guilty of tax crimes in second half of 2018

The Tax Office’s investigations around serious tax crimes in the second half of last year found 17 individuals guilty...

26 February 2019 • By Jotham Lian

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ATO slapped with 37 recommendations from parliamentary committee

A long-awaited parliamentary inquiry has laid out 37 recommendations to the Tax Office, including the establishment of...

26 February 2019 • By Jotham Lian

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Tax credit draft ruling will encourage ‘aggressive claims’: Tax Institute

The ATO has been urged to reconsider its approach on the time limits for claiming an input tax or fuel tax credit,...

25 February 2019 • By Jotham Lian