Australia’s laws don’t deal with all the ways local profits are shifted offshore. The ATO aims to close that gap.
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More than 1.8 million Australians earn money from trusts, which can be legally used to reduce people’s tax bills. There may be changes coming in Tuesday’s budget.
Would the policy be family-friendly, or discourage women from the paid workforce?
It might sound like a good idea: making tax-deductible donations to potential Olympians and Paralympians. But there are a few potential downsides.
Penalties of 25% to 75% of the tax owed may apply for falsely claiming deductions. The more dishonest the claim, the higher the fine.
When it comes to large companies’ tax disclosure, the influence of the CEO is critical.
A new report reveals which companies are paying tax and which aren’t. But it lacks other important detail on the tax practices of Australia’s largest corporations
Has anyone tried to hack into your account, or have you received fake myGov messages? It’s that time of year.
The Tax Office should prepare a test case to establish the limits of negative gearing. It might be more limited than has been widely assumed.
Purporting to distribute money to children to take advantage of their tax-free thresholds sends
a message about how important it is to be truthful when complying with the tax law.
The reform will benefit the retirement incomes of millions of Australians, according to Treasurer Jim Chalmers and Assistant Treasurer Stephen Jones
Australian landlords pay $1 billion less tax per year than the Tax Office believes they should, with almost all of the ‘errors’ in their favour.
New tax office figures show only 2% of Australians earn more than $211,000 a year.
Some tax deductions for the cost of managing tax affairs exceed $1 million, but high wealth individual\s can write off the expense in other ways.
We are failing to collect and giving away in tax concessions hundreds of billions.
Mandatory tax return disclosures for large companies were designed to increase public awareness of tax avoidance - but a new study reveals they may not work.
Overwhelmingly, trusts are used to minimise tax, avoid paying creditors and to avoid the fair division of property after a relationship breakdown.
The Australian government is using spyware. Is that legal?
The corporate veil, traditionally friend of directors and foe of outsiders, may have turned double agent.
New modelling shows governments need to ensure that corporations benefiting from the use of Australia’s resources, are contributing the same as they do in other jurisdictions.
Top contributors
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Professor of Taxation, QUT Business School, and ARC Future Fellow, Queensland University of Technology
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Associate Professor of Taxation Law, UNSW
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Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
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Associate Professor, Accounting, University of Technology Sydney
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PhD Candidate, casual academic, University of Technology Sydney
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Lecturer, Accounting Discipline Group, University of Technology Sydney
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Senior Lecturer in Taxation Law, Adelaide University
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Adjunct Professor, Curtin Law School and Curtin Business School, Curtin University
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Senior Industry Fellow - Taxation and Director of the UTAS Tax Clinic, University of Tasmania
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Senior lecturer tax and accounting, Western Sydney University
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Senior Lecturer, Charles Darwin University
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Associate Professor, University of Sydney
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Adjunct Research Fellow, University of the Sunshine Coast
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Lecturer/Accounting, UNSW
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Senior lecturer, Deakin University