Australian Treasury Consultation: Clarifying Crypto Not Taxed as Foreign Currency

Closing date: 30 September 2022 On 22 June 2022, the Government announced it would introduce legislation to exclude crypto assets such as Bitcoin from being… Read More ›

OECD Report: Building Trust Between Tax Administrations and Large Businesses

Effective taxation of large businesses would benefit from increased efforts to build trust and improve communication between tax administrations and Multinational Enterprises (MNEs), according to… Read More ›

Parliamentary Budget Office Releases Stage Three Tax Cuts Distributional Analysis

The Parliamentary Budget Office has published an advice provided to Melbourne MP Adam Bandt, Stage 3 tax cuts distributional analysis. The advice is available here:… Read More ›

Australian Treasury Consultations on Tax Deductions for Small Businesses

Skills and Training Boost Closing Date: 19 September 2022 The Government is consulting on exposure draft legislation to introduce a Skills and Training Boost to… Read More ›

Australian Government Establishes Robodebt Royal Commission

The Australian Government has established a royal commission into the former debt assessment and recovery scheme commonly known as Robodebt. The inquiry will examine, among other things: The establishment, design… Read More ›

Consultation: Tax Treatment of Digital Assets and Transactions in Australia

For the review of the tax treatment of digital assets and transactions in Australia, the Board of Taxation has recently published a consultation guide which… Read More ›

New Book on Tax Systems in Asia and the Pacific in the Era of Digital Economy

Taxation in the Digital Economy: New Models in Asia and the Pacific Editors: Nella Hendriyetty, Chris Evans, Chul Ju Kim & Farhad Taghizadeh-Hesary A robust… Read More ›

ANAO Performance Audit Report: ATO’s Engagement with Tax Practitioners

The Australian National Audit Office (ANAO) has recently released a performance audit report on the Australian Taxation Office’s (ATO’s) engagement with tax practitioners. Findings of… Read More ›

Australian Treasury Consultation: Proposed Exclusions from Shorter Period of Review for Small and Medium Entities

Consultation closing date: 13 September 2022 In the 2020‑21 Budget, the then Government announced it would increase the small business entity turnover threshold from $10… Read More ›

Seminar: Evidence from a Field Experiment in Indonesia on Increasing Tax Compliance and Payment of Small Businesses with Nudges

Increasing tax compliance and payment of small businesses with nudges: Evidence from a field experiment in Indonesia PhD Seminar (Econ), Crawford School of Public Policy,… Read More ›