Newsletter
December 2016 Newsletter
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Contrived trust arrangements in ATO sights
The ATO has cautioned taxpayers against arrangements that seek to minimise tax by creating artificial differences between the taxable net income...
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GST and countertrade transactions
The ATO has issued a Practical Compliance Guideline which sets out the Tax Commissioner’s compliance approach, in the context of GST, to entities...
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Companies held to be resident and liable to tax in Australia
In a long-running saga, the High Court has unanimously dismissed the appeals of four corporate taxpayers. The Court confirmed the...
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Payment was assessable as ''deferred compensation''
The High Court has unanimously dismissed a taxpayer’s appeal and held that payments of US$160 million made to him pursuant to an incentive...
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ATO data-matching programs continue
The ATO has advised that it will continue with the following data-matching programs...
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Tax debt release applications refused
The Administrative Appeals Tribunal (AAT) has recently refused the applications of two individuals who sought to be released from...
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