Australian Treasury Consultation: Improving the Integrity of Off-Market Share Buy-Backs

Closing date: 9 December 2022 As part of the 2022-23 Budget, an integrity measure was announced to align the tax treatment of off-market share buy-backs… Read More ›

TTPI Working Paper: Improving the Utilisation of the Fringe Benefits Tax Concession by Public Benevolent Institutions

Improving the utilisation of the fringe benefits tax concession by Public Benevolent Institutions Authors: Joe Zabar and Benjamin Jefferson Public Benevolent Institutions (PBIs) are a… Read More ›

Report: COVID-19 Hit African Tax Revenues Hard

After a decade of solid progress in domestic revenue mobilisation, tax revenues in Africa declined between 2019 and 2020 as a result of COVID-19, according… Read More ›

Interim Report: ATO’s Administration and Management of Objections

The Inspector-General of Taxation and Taxation Ombudsman (IGTO) has recently released a report comprising an initial review of the Australian Tax Office’s (ATO) handling of… Read More ›

Global Forum Reports Significant Progress on Global Transparency and Exchange of Tax Information

Significant global progress on transparency and exchange of tax information is reported by the Global Forum. Jurisdictions are not only automatically exchanging information on 111… Read More ›

TTPI Director Robert Breunig Elected to the Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia

Australian National University Professor and Director of the Tax and Transfer Policy Institute Robert Breunig has been elected as a Fellow of the Academy of… Read More ›

Australian Treasury Consultation: Public Beneficial Ownership Register

Closing date: 16 December 2022 The Australian Treasury is seeking comments on the design features for the first phase of a publicly available beneficial ownership… Read More ›

OECD Report: More Emissions Covered by Carbon Prices

As part of their efforts to cut greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, countries have increased their use of carbon pricing through taxes or emissions trading systems,… Read More ›

ATO Releases Corporate Tax Transparency Report for 2020-21

The Australian Taxation Office (ATO) has released its eighth annual report on corporate tax transparency, which reveals tax information of more than 2,000 large corporates… Read More ›

Australian Treasury Consultation: Strengthening the Australian Business Number System

Closing Date: 29 November 2022 In the 2019-20 Budget, the former Government announced an intention to make ongoing Australian Business Number (ABN) registration contingent on… Read More ›