Newsletter
December 2016 Newsletter
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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