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ATO resource targets illegal pension schemes

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 28 JUL 2016
... potential pitfalls of retirement planning schemes. Super Scheme Smart - which forms part of the ATO's broader focus on tax avoidance schemes - provides tailored information for financial planners, accountants and other advisers to help them identify ...

Ten-year enterprise tax plan to benefit SMEs

KERRIE SYDEE  |  TUESDAY, 3 MAY 2016
... billion over the next four years, a cost the government plans to offset through new measures to combat multinational tax avoidance.

Budget leak proposes super tax crackdown

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 APR 2016
... Chalmers, told Sydney radio yesterday that the government is "trying to pretend that they care about multinational tax avoidance and superannuation tax concessions when in reality, they've spent the last two-and-a-half years resisting our efforts to ...

Financial services among top taxpayers

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 18 DEC 2015
... matters. And, tax should matter to these companies," Jordan said. He added that no tax paid does not necessarily mean tax avoidance, and that any companies with unusual financial or taxation numbers are closely investigated by the ATO. The commissioner ...

Tax conversation in a bubble

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 8 OCT 2015
... Australians are now using superannuation as far more than just a way to save for their retirement. "It's become a de-facto tax avoidance scheme whereby huge sums are put into superannuation purely to save income tax, the result being that superannuation ...

Divestment could reach $50bn in five years

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 11 AUG 2015
... broader than just climate change and reducing carbon intensity as there is now heavy emphasis on addressing global tax avoidance and profit shifting by multinational companies. Reynolds also noted that while it's good that global summits discussing government ...

Market to open flat

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 2 JUL 2015
... Australian Mobile Telecommunications Association holds a briefing on impact of technology on the retail sector and the tax avoidance parliamentary inquiry hearings continue in Sydney. No major equities news is expected. In Australia, the market on Wednesday ...

Shareholder primacy a myth: Governance Institute

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 27 OCT 2014
... interests' conflict with broader stakeholder interests, such as mine development and hydraulic fracturing, corporation tax avoidance, poker machines and problem gambling, the impact of plastic beverage containers on the environment, and the link between ...

ATO issues warning ahead of tax haven crackdown

STAFF WRITER  |  FRIDAY, 28 MAR 2014
... offshore income to get their affairs in order and avoid steep penalties and the risk of criminal prosecution for tax avoidance," said commissioner of taxation Chris Jordan. "As governments around the world step up their data sharing and harness powerful ...

Insto investors urged to challenge private equity ethics

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 10 DEC 2013
... early 2000s and is still used widely today, has negative social impacts and is widely associated with practices like tax avoidance, retrenching workers, extracting high fees and destabilizing companies. But while superannuation funds and institutional ...