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Industry asks for long-term, comprehensive approach to Age Pension

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 2 MAY 2014
... increased life expectancy of Australians is the driver for Age Pension and superannuation policy, so future generations of taxpayers are not burdened with the cost of our retirement." The FSC recommended the government to consider leveraging the life ...

Australia signs FATCA agreement with US

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 29 APR 2014
... reporting certain financial account information required by FATCA. FATCA was enacted by the US Congress to detect US taxpayers who use accounts with offshore financial institutions to conceal income from the US Internal Revenue Service (IRS). Under the ...

Prescriptions galore

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 3 APR 2014

ATO issues warning ahead of tax haven crackdown

STAFF WRITER  |  FRIDAY, 28 MAR 2014
The Australian Taxation Office (ATO) is urging all taxpayers with offshore assets to declare their interests, ahead of a global crackdown on international tax havens. The ATO's offshore voluntary disclosure initiative, 'Project DO IT: disclose offshore ...

PC calls for overhaul of public infrastructure

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 14 MAR 2014
... from inadequate project selection," the PC said. "Without reform, more spending will simply increase the cost to users, taxpayers, the community generally, and the provision of wasteful infrastructure." It went on: "It is essential to reform governance ...

Super subsidies cost $32bn: Treasury

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 31 JAN 2014
... residential property, housing tax concessions costings would leapfrog superannuation into first place with a total bill to taxpayers of $45 billion. GST exemptions on food, education, health and financial services were estimated to cost the Budget another ...

ATO considering tax haven reprieve

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 20 JAN 2014

Think Holden, think not

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 12 DEC 2013
... of its manufacturing operations by 2016 - before it, Holden's had been kept alive through the kindness of Australian taxpayers. And for our largesse, what do we, Australian taxpayers, get for our buck? Holden cars...cars that are dearer to buy than "Made ...

Governor Carney is no monkey

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 29 NOV 2013

Cap scrap leaves tax abuses unanswered

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 7 NOV 2013
... services industry has welcomed the removal of the self-education expense deductions, but the measure leaves concerns about taxpayers' abuse of the system unanswered. The Labor government introduced a cap of $2,000 on tax deductibility for self-education ...