Australian Government Announced Changes to the Petroleum Resource Rent Tax Regime

On 2 November 2018, the Treasurer the Hon Josh Frydenberg MP released the Government’s final response to the Callaghan review on the Petroleum Resource Rent… Read More ›

OECD Release – Revenue Statistics in Africa 2018

Africa has sustained gains in domestic resource mobilisation made since 2000, as tax revenues remained stable in 2016, according to Revenue Statistics in Africa 2018.… Read More ›

New TTPI Working Paper on Chevron Transfer Pricing Case

TTPI Working Paper 17/2018: The Chevron Australian Holdings Case and the reach of the arm’s length principle Author: Jim Killaly, Former ATO Deputy Commissioner (Large… Read More ›

ACOSS Rises to the Challenge with 2018 National Conference

The 2018 National Conference of the Australian Council of Social Service (ACOSS), ‘Rise to the Challenge’ took place in Sydney on 29-30 October. The program… Read More ›

Good Shepherd: Welfare to Work Increases Financial Insecurity for Single Mothers

Good Shepherd Australia New Zealand has published the report, “Outside systems control my life”: The experience of single mothers on Welfare to Work, exploring the… Read More ›

UK Budget 2018: Focus on Tax Cuts, Jobs and Digital Tax Ahead of Brexit

The Chancellor of the Exchequer, Philip Hammond, presented his Budget to the UK Parliament on Monday 29 October 2018. HM Treasury – Budget 2018 Based… Read More ›

ANU Seminar: A New Look at the Distribution and Determinants of Income in Australia: Evidence from Linked Tax, Social Security and Census Data

Recently, the Australian Bureau of Statistics has been leading the Multi-Agency Data Integration Project (MADIP). This project involves linking of data from the Census to… Read More ›

Latest Australian Government Tax and Transfer Consultations and Submissions

Treasury Targeted amendments to Division 7A The purpose of this paper is to seek stakeholder views on the Government’s proposed implementation of the amendments to… Read More ›

Inspector-General of Taxation Delivers Report into the ATO’s Fraud Control Management

The Inspector-General of Taxation has published the report ‘Review into the ATO’s Fraud Control Management’. The review was commenced at the request of the Senate… Read More ›

Whole-of-Government Approach is Needed to Fight Tax Evasion and Corruption: OECD/World Bank

Countries must step up work to ensure that tax authorities and anti-corruption authorities can effectively co-operate in the fight against tax evasion, bribery, and other… Read More ›