The Winter Sitting of Federal Parliament ended last week and despite the winter chill in Canberra, the debate about the repeal of the Minerals Resource Rent Tax (MRRT) was red hot. Caught up in this...

Start planning for your CPD requirements early We host a number of flagship events throughout the year to help our members stay up-to-date on industry news and to help them earn their CPD...

The Tax Office’s handling of dispute resolution is receiving significant focus at present. Both the House of Representatives Tax and Revenue Committee and the Inspector-General of Taxation are...

Here’s a selection of presentations from our leading events series from June.

I would like to remind members of the ATO’s offshore income voluntary disclosure initiative, Project DO IT, which the Commissioner of Taxation Chris Jordan, AO launched at our national convention...

Announcing our new course: Tax for Financial Advising

As I mentioned in last week's TaxVine, the Government has released draft regulations outlining the proposed registration requirements under the Tax Agent Services regime for financial advisers giving...

As the winds of change continue to blow through the ATO, the Institute is closely monitoring two new ATO initiatives. The two initiatives are its technology transformation project discussed at the...

As members are all too aware, tax is an inherently complex discipline. As High Court Justice Patrick Keane (as Chief Justice of the Federal Court at the time) described it: ‘opening the Tax Act is...