The Government recently announced a red tape reduction initiative for employers in the form of simplifying tax and superannuation reporting obligations through Single Touch Payroll. An ATO...

The role of graduates is changing. As low-level work is increasingly outsourced, firms are contemplating how to make accounting graduates effective in the early part of their career lifecycle. Are...

This week we finalised our submission to Treasury in relation to the draft legislation relating to look-through treatment of instalment warrants and receipts.

This is a positive initiative by the...

Free membership trial for your colleagues

Do you have friends or colleagues who would benefit from membership of The Tax Institute? If so, let them know about our free membership trial running during...

This week in Canberra I had the opportunity to represent members' views with regards to proposed changes to the law covering employee share schemes. I attended a roundtable meeting with the Small...

Damien is an Assistant Commissioner in the Review and Dispute Resolution line of the Australian Taxation Office. His responsibilities include ATO dispute resolution policy, practice and capability...

This year marks the 30th anniversary of the National Convention and it is set to be bigger and better than ever before.

Recognised as Australia’s premier taxation conference, the National Convention...

Uncertainty, instability and inaction: not the name of the latest trio to have taken the music scene by storm, but unfortunately these are becoming hallmarks of the current Federal Government.

All...

With the Federal Parliamentary year kicking-off in coming weeks, we will see attention once again directed towards taxation of multinationals.

The Senate Economics Committee Inquiry will soon...