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TPB flags priority item for tax agents with ASIC

The Tax Practitioners Board (TPB) is seeking further clarification from ASIC about a section in the Corporations Act...

16 October 2017 • By Katarina Taurian

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TPB acts as suspect offshoring emails surface

The Tax Practitioners board has found offshore firms are actively engaging with Australian tax and BAS agents to...

13 October 2017 • By Katarina Taurian

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Major bank shakes up SME loans approach

One major bank says it is implementing a “complete overhaul” of its approach to business loan contracts, several...

10 October 2017 • By Katarina Taurian

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New Corps Act reform an industry, taxpayer win

Yesterday, the government announced a raft of proposed reforms to the Corporations Act to stop corporate avoidance of...

06 October 2017 • By Lara Bullock

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Government weighs in as tax agent jailed for R&D fraud

Yesterday, a registered tax agent was sentenced to 29 months' imprisonment for attempting to defraud the Commonwealth...

06 October 2017 • By Lara Bullock

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Proposed GST measure tipped to be ‘onerous’ for directors

The government’s proposal to make directors personally liable for GST debts of the companies they manage could help...

06 October 2017 • By Lara Bullock

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Government slammed for sidelining accountants in ‘cherry-picking’ tax reform

A mid-tier accounting firm has slammed the government for ‘cherry-picking’ tax reforms that they think voters will...

06 October 2017 • By Lara Bullock

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Tax return fraud exposed in joint police, ATO swoop

A man has been arrested after being linked to 63 fraudulent tax return lodgements, totalling over half a million...

05 October 2017 • By Lara Bullock