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As a part of the Consumer Fraud Awareness week which ran from 1-7 March 2010, the Tax Office sent emails to relevant taxpayers to remind people about the potential online and email scams.

The Tax Office has recently released for comment draft lists of effective lives for assets used in iron smelting, steel manufacturing and automotive fuel retailing.

The latest publication releases from the ATO.

In a recent Tax Office update, the Second Commissioner confirmed that the Tax Office had processed around 1 million income tax returns using its new income tax processing system, including all stockpiled returns and returns received up until the end of February 2010.

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

The Tax Office has recently released for comment draft lists of effective lives for assets used in iron smelting, steel manufacturing and automotive fuel retailing.

Ministerial announcements: March 2010

Regulator roundup March 2010

The latest publication releases from the ATO.

In the recent address to a tax forum breakfast, the Assistant Treasurer announced that the Government will pass regulations to exclude ‘in-house' tax advisors from being required to register as tax agents.