High Court gives WA Commissioner of State Revenue leave to appeal Rojoda Pty Ltd case where partnership deeds were held non-dutiableMay 20, 2019
High Court refuses Fyna Projects Pty Ltd (and 10 other Appellants) leave to appeal joint and several payroll tax liabilities on group assessmentsMay 20, 2019
OECD deal on digital tax by 2020 and bank transaction taxes by in Q3 calendar 2019 – maybeMay 20, 2019
BHP Billiton Limited (now named BHP Group Limited) v Commissioner of Taxation – High Court grants BHP special leave to appeal the CFC case about the definition of ‘associates’ whilst ‘dual listed’May 18, 2019
Commissioner of Taxation v BHP Billiton Limited – BHP entities held to be ‘associates’ of Billiton (UK) entities, under their ‘dual-listed’ structure – for CFC purposesMay 17, 2019
University ‘Tax Clinics’ – Labor would fund Melbourne Uni’s clinic, allow them to register as tax agents and to get DGR statusMay 17, 2019
Glencore’s case in the High Court, seeking orders that the ATO return and not use ‘privileged’ documents stolen the Paradise Papers leak – decision reserved after hearingMay 17, 2019
Frugtneit v ASIC – AAT improperly considered ‘spent’ offences, when reviewing ASIC’s banning order (standing in ASIC’s shoes)May 16, 2019
Rudy Noel Frugtniet – Would-be lawyer, tax agent, and migration agent runs into trouble (”carries with him a massive bag of dishonest conduct”)May 16, 2019
Resource Capital Fund IV LP applied to High Court for leave to appeal against the Full Federal Court decision finding it liable for tax on profits made on shares in an Australian company with an Australian mine and processing plantMay 14, 2019
Chartered Accountants’ submission to the Independent Review of Tax Practitioners Board and TASA (includes TPB independence from ATO)May 14, 2019
Tax Institute’s submission to the Review of the TPB & TASA – suggesting matters to go into their ‘Discussion Paper’ (interface with legal regulation mentioned)May 14, 2019
MIT ‘cross-staple’ withholding, thin capitalisation ‘double gearing’, foreign super withholding exemption and sovereign immunity Acts passed 5 April 2019May 12, 2019
Hill v Tax Practitioners Board – tax agent deregistered without a client complaint and refused a stay of the order (read why)May 12, 2019
Law Council of Australia submits that the Tax Practioners Board ought be independent of the ATO – like the IGTMay 11, 2019
Seven Network (Operations) Limited v Screen Australia – Bride and Prejudice series not a ‘documentary’ – no Australian film production tax offsetMay 10, 2019
The ATO’s ‘Compensation for Detriment Caused by Defective Administration’ is the subject of review for the benefit of ‘small business’May 8, 2019
Rinehart & Anor v Hancock Prospecting Pty Ltd & Ors – High Court gives orders on mediation and parties to the mediation (not tax, but interesting)May 8, 2019
Independent Review into the regulation of tax agents – the effectiveness of the Tax Practitioners Board and the operation of the Tax Agent Services Act 2009May 7, 2019
Paule & Ors v CofT – taxpayers appeal decision that a capital gain on shares following roll-overs was not a discount capital gainMay 6, 2019
Ransley – withdrew her appeal against a decision that her profit was not taxed as a capital gainMay 6, 2019
ISA report calls the number of employees who are underpaid super, and the extent to which they fall behind, a ‘scandal’ that must be fixedMay 6, 2019
NZ Government responds to Tax Working Group report – no CGT, no wealth tax, no land tax, don’t reduce company tax rates, retain franking, GST low value imports & ‘black hole expenditure …May 6, 2019
OECD releases 10th edition of its publication: OECD Model Tax Convention on Income and on CapitalMay 6, 2019
AG won’t stop prosecution of Richard Boyle – the ATO ‘whistleblower’ who went public on Four Corners about garnishee abuses – after his failed attempt to make protected disclosure under the Public Interest Disclosure Act 2013May 5, 2019
Small Business Ombudsman reaches different conclusions to the IGT on ATO collection practices – following same Four Corners allegationsMay 5, 2019
ATO issues statement on the same day IGT reported that there was no evidence of ‘garnishee’ abuse in the ATOMay 4, 2019
IGT investigation into ATO’s use of garnishee notices for a ‘cash grab’ irrespective of taxpayer circumstances – no evidenceMay 4, 2019
