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View the latest Tax Rulings, Determinations, Interpretative Decisions and Taxpayer Alerts.

The latest publication releases from the ATO.

The Chair of the Tax Practitioners Board (the Board), Mr Dale Boucher, has recently addressed registered tax and BAS agents about the current focus and future priorities of the Board.

In a recent tax practitioner broadcast sent to tax agents, the Tax Office has indicated that the Tax Agent Portal pre-filling and Year to date (YTD) interest summary reports now display Tax Office interest amounts.

The Tax Office has recently sent letters to more than 19,500 tax agents about their clients (other than large businesses and superannuation funds) who have overdue lodgement obligations.

In late 2009, the Full Federal Court confirmed in FC of T v Anstis (2009) FCAFC154, the deductibility of costs incurred by a student in connection with university study to achieve a teaching degree. The deductions were allowed against income received by the student as a recipient of the Federal government's Youth Allowance payments...

View the latest Tax Rulings, Determinations, Interpretative Decisions and Taxpayer Alerts.

A new draft information sheet was released by the Tax Practitioners Board (the Board) to assist software developers to understand the operation of the new Tax Agent Services regime.

On 20 August 2010, the Tax Office released their most recent tax return progress report. This follows their previous report issued on 13 August 2010.