• Australia Proposes Tax Relief For Demergers

  Consolidated groups and multiple entry consolidated groups (MEC groups) should find demerging and restructuring easier under...

   

• Australian Farmers Will Benefit From Changes To Trust Laws

  In what will be very welcome news for approximately 23,000 farmers who have trusts, the Australian Government plans to introduce...

   

• Tax Laws Amendment Bill Introduced Into Australian Parliament

  The Tax Laws Amendment (2010 Measures no. 5) Bill 2010 has been introduced into the Australian parliament. It contains the...

   

• ATO Accepts Student Deduction Ruling

  Bill Shorten, Australian Assistant Treasurer, announced on December 17 that the government will not amend the tax law retrospectively...

   

• Australian Retailer Wants Level GST Playing Field

  The chief executive of Australia’s biggest department store has announced that the company is planning to offer GST-free...

   

• Australia To Overhaul Shipping Tax Regime

  On December 1 the Australian Minister for Infrastructure and Transport, Anthony Albanese, released a discussion paper outlining...

   

• ATO Highlights Difference Between Hobby And Business

  A recent court case in Australia has highlighted the difference between a hobby and business in the eyes of the Australian...

   

• Australia To Strengthen Tax Agent Regulation

  Financial planners in Australia who offer tax agent services may have to update their qualifications under a proposal just...

   

• Australian Retailers Urge Action On Under-Valued Imports

  Retailers in Australia are urging the Customs Service to take immediate compliance action to stem the surging importation...

   

• Stamp Duty Promises In Victorian Election Campaign

  

  The present Labor government in Victoria, Australia, and its opposition, the Coalition led by the Liberal party, have clashed...