On Friday 15 Nov 2019, The Tax Institute published an article, in its weekly ‘TaxVine’ news update (#44), by its Senior Tax Counsel: Bob Deutsch, entitled: The American political scene – Are wealth taxes coming? See below, for the article. FJM 17.11.19 [Tax Month – November 2019]
T a x T e c h n i c a l – M o n t h l y N e w s – November 2019 Edition – Tax developments for tax practitioners by a tax practitioner. Compiled by F John Morgan A member of the Victorian Bar (www.FJMtax.com) Table of Contents ______________________________________________________________________________ You…
On 30 October 2019, His Honour: Justice Logan, in the Federal Court, held that a UK backpacker did not have to pay the ‘backpackers tax’ on her Australian income – because the ‘anti-discrimination clause, in the relevant Double Tax Agreement, prevented it. See also related Tax Technical article. See below for a summary of the…
The Australian Tax Forum, published an article about the Full Federal Court decision about the Financial Synergy Holdings Pty Ltd v FCT case – entitled: “ Clash of the deeming provisions: pre‑CGT concessions, tax consolidation and policy in the Federal Court”. This was in Volume 31 (2106) and was written by: Carlos Barros, Eu‑Jin Teo and Sarah…
On 31 October 2019, the new Inspector-General of Taxation, commenced two new investigations: An investigation and exploration of undisputed tax debts in Australia; and Death and taxes: An investigation into ATO systems and processes for dealing with deceased estates See below for details. FJM 10.11.19 [Tax Month – October 2019]
On 30 October 2019, the Australian Financial Review published an article by Janna Mather and Liz Main, titled: Chinese developer’s assets frozen over $100m tax bill. See below for article. FJM 9.11.19 [Tax Month – October 2019]
On 23 October 2019, the Australian Financial Review published an article by Tim McIlroy, entitled: ATO boss Chris Jordan attacks whistleblowers. See below for the article. FJM 9.11.19 [Tax Month – October 2019]
On 30 October 2019, the Australian Financial Review published an article by Tom McIlroy, titled: ‘Discrimination based on nationality’: backpacker tax ruled invalid. This is about the effect of non-discrimination clauses in various key Double Tax Agreements (DTAs). See related Tax Technical article. See below for the article. FJM 5.12.19 [Tax Month – October 2019] …
On Tuesday 15 October 2019, the Australian Financial Review published an opinion piece, by contributor: Grant Wardell-Johnson, entitled: Global tech needs a global tax. There is a path now. This comments on the consultation document issued by secretariat of the OECD’s Task Force on the Digital Economy, for a Unified Approach in modifying the current international…
On Friday 11 October 2019, the Australian Financial Review published an article by Tom McIlroy, Global tax rewrite is good news for Australia. This is a really significant development. See below for this article. FJM 3.11.19 [Tax Month – October 2019]