Tax
Trusts leave $3.5B tax black hole: Australia Institute
$3.5 billion is missing from tax revenue each year due to the use of trusts as a tax minimisation strategy......
Tax avoidance from multinational companies to be tackled
This week, Oxfam released a report about multinational companies using loopholes to avoid tax. The case study for this research......
Company tax the One Nation way
The Government squeaked through last week with an eleventh hour deal to get the first tranche of their company tax......
Backpacker tax down to the wire
With only one sitting week left of Parliament, the backpacker tax has come back into the spotlight. Today, the Coalition announced......
Calls for Cuts to Special Tax Breaks for Seniors
Australian seniors are receiving unfair tax breaks according to a report released today by the Grattan Institute. Seniors receive, on......
Is the resource industry paying their fair share? The Petroleum Resource Rent Tax (PRRT) explained
The Petroleum Resource Rent Tax (PRRT) is a profit-based tax which is levied on petroleum projects. It was introduced by......
The Great Multinational Tax Rort
For more than 25 years, multinational corporations have avoided trillions of dollars in tax, often using a method called ‘transfer......
Backpacker backdown sees Turnbull on the backfoot
Assistant Treasurer Kelly O’Dwyer has announced that the backpacker tax will be delayed for 6 months. The proposed tax would have......
The Panama Papers – now you can investigate them yourself
The Panama Papers saga continues. Despite a cease and desist order issued last week from Panama-based law firm Mossack Fonseca,......
Fast Rail: An Election Grab or Reality?
In the run-up to the May budget and a possible early election, Prime Minister, Malcolm Turnbull has put large-scale infrastructure at......