Australia Tax News

Treaty between Australia and South Africa – new protocol signed

14 May 2008

Draft ruling of taxation of ship and aircraft leasing profits

14 May 2008

Treaty between Australia and US – No treaty relief for US tax paid

14 May 2008

Withholding tax on payments from managed funds to be halved

16 March 2008

Treaty between Australia and Japan – details

16 March 2008

CFC attribution based on de-facto control test clarified

16 March 2008

OECD released discussion draft on transactional profit methods

8 February 2008

High Court decision on Australia-New Zealand tax treaty

8 February 2008

ATO decides Dutch pension fund constituted as Stichting is trust

8 February 2008

Treasury invites comments on future tax treaties

8 February 2008

Treaty between Australia and United Kingdom – ATO interprets by reference to LOB provision in treaty between Australia and United States

8 February 2008

Treaty between New Zealand and Australia – negotiations

8 February 2008

Interaction between thin capitalization and transfer pricing rules

16 January 2008

Treaty between Norway and Australia – erratum

3 December 2007

Treaty between Australia and Finland enters into force

3 December 2007

Treaty between Australia and Finland ratified

4 November 2007

Consolidation rules to be amended to take rollovers into account

4 November 2007

ATO clarifies dealings with tax havens

4 November 2007

Treaty between Australia and Norway enters into force

4 November 2007

Treaty between Australia and France ratified

1 October 2007

Treaty between Australia and Norway ratified

1 October 2007

Thin capitalization rules to be amended to accommodate IFRS

1 October 2007

Treaty between Australia and US – ATO explains treaty shopping

1 October 2007

Bill delivers on earlier promises

2 September 2007

New treaty between Australia and Japan – agreement on general terms

2 September 2007

OECD releases revised draft of Part IV (Insurance) of the Report on Attribution of Profits to Permanent Establishments

2 September 2007

Anti-deferral rules clarified

2 September 2007

Assignments of copyright subject to withholding tax

29 July 2007

General anti-avoidance provision applies to wash sales

29 July 2007

Treaty between Australia and India – No PE in Australia for supply chain activities

29 July 2007