In this month’s column, the Institute’s new president, Michael Flynn, looks ahead at some of the key objectives for 2014, as well as likely developments in tax following the determination of the future of a multitude of unenacted tax measures in late 2013.
I am excited to be writing my first president’s column and looking forward to the year ahead.
On behalf of all our members, I congratulate Steve Westaway for his hard work and leadership during 2013. Steve was totally committed to the Institute during his year as president, and I was particularly impressed with the time and energy he contributed to assisting the Tax Policy team in preparing submissions and consulting with the ATO and government. Steve steps down from National Council, where his experience and wisdom will be sorely missed, but has told me he is happy to be called upon if we need his help.
Your National Councillors for 2014 are:
Four key objectives for National Council this year will be:
Find out more next week in part 2 of my president’s column.
Michael Flynn CTA is President of the National Council at The Tax Institute.
The Tax Institute is Australia's leading professional association in tax. Its 13,000 members include tax agents, accountants and lawyers as well as tax practitioners in corporations, government and academia.