Thursday 22 May 2008
The Assistant Treasurer, Chris Bowen MP, on 29 May 2008 released for public comment a revised exposure draft package that outlines proposed reforms to the registration and
Thursday 22 May 2008
The Labor Government inherited an enviously healthy surplus ($20 billion) and no debt so the task of honouring its election promises was a relatively painless exercise.
Friday 9 May 2008
Courtesy of the 2020 Summit recently held in Canberra, tax reform is rightly back on the political agenda. The 2020 Summit proposed a substantial review of the tax system and the creation of a new Federation Commission.
Thursday 1 May 2008
Back on 24 September 2007, amendments to the Superannuation Industry (Supervision) Act relaxed the borrowing restrictions on trustees of super funds by allowing the use of instalment warrants to fund the purchase of a broad range of investments.
Monday 14 April 2008
Now that the dust has settled on the Simpler Super reforms which came into operation on 1 July 2007, it’s an opportune time to look at some of the glaring anomalies which still have not been addressed.
Monday 31 March 2008
Oops… have you ever gone into battle and achieved a victory, but for the wrong reasons? This is the situation in which the ATO finds itself in a recent case in the Federal Court.
Monday 17 March 2008
Oops… have you ever gone into battle and achieved a victory, but for the wrong reasons? This is the situation in which the ATO finds itself in a recent case in the Federal Court.
Thursday 28 February 2008
The Howard Government‘s policy of returning budget surpluses as tax cuts may be a thing of the past.
Monday 18 February 2008
Taxpayers Australia Inc has for some time been advocating the need for a comprehensive review of the FBT legislation.
Monday 4 February 2008
During the lead up to the election, we updated Taxpayers Australia Inc‘s Top Ten Tax Policy Objectives, which are included at page 216 in issue 14 of The Taxpayer.