Andrew Mills, CTA (Life), from the Australian Taxation Officewill be presenting Session 8 at the VIC 2nd Annual Tax Forum which will be held on 9-10 October at the...

Areas of specialty Corporate and international taxation, with a particular focus on audits and...

On 18 September Tax Institute President, Michael Flynn CTA, and Vice-President, Stephen Healey CTA, joined me at the ATO’s quarterly National Tax Liaison Group meeting.  The NTLG is the ATO’s peak...

We are excited to announce that The Tax Institute has been granted higher education provider status. This is a significant milestone for the tax profession and for your professional association. This...

Nominations are open for The Tax Institute’s 2015 Tax Adviser of the Year Awards.  Designed to recognise the profession’s highest achievers, the awards continue the Institute’s commitment to...

Financial planners giving tax advice The ongoing saga continues with respect to that portion of the financial planning community without appropriate qualifications being allowed to give wide-ranging...

Graduate Diploma of Applied Tax Accreditation Granted In August, the Institute was granted higher education provider status, and secured accreditation for the Graduate Diploma of Applied Tax Law....

Last week, Niv Tadmore (Co-chair of the Institute’s Dispute Resolution Committee), Thilini Wickramasuriya (one of the Institute’s tax counsel) and I appeared to give evidence before the House of...

Professional Practice Structures This week the ATO released draft guidelines on the tax risks flowing from the use of partnerships of discretionary trusts and similar structures. You may read more...

I am pleased to announce that nominations are now open for the 2nd Annual Tax Adviser of the Year Awards. These awards were launched last year to identify those individuals who are making their mark...