Australia Tax News

Australian Treasurers Agree to Expand the Scope of GST to Cover All Online Sales from Foreign Suppliers

24 August 2015

Australian Senate Issues Interim Report on Tax Avoidance and Recommended Actions

20 August 2015

Australia Issues Draft Legislation for Tougher Anti-Avoidance Penalties and New TP Documentation Requirements including CbC Reports

7 August 2015

Australia Publishes Updated Tax Risk Management Guide

30 July 2015

Australia Updates APA Overview and Replaces APA Practice Statement

27 July 2015

Australia Sets 2015 Benchmark Interest Rate for Private Company Loans to Shareholders

17 July 2015

Australia Issues Draft Legislation for Foreign Resident Capital Gains Withholding Tax

14 July 2015

Australia Developing Marketing Hub Transfer Pricing Guide

13 July 2015

Australia Passes Tax and Superannuation Laws Amendment (2015 Measures No. 1) Bill 2015

25 June 2015

Australian Parliament Passes Tax Measures Supporting Small Businesses

22 June 2015

Tax Treaty between Australia and Slovenia to be Negotiated

22 June 2015

New Tax Treaty between Australia and Germany to be Negotiated

18 June 2015

OECD Agreement on Automatic Exchange of Financial Information Signed by Australia, Canada, Chile, Costa Rica, India, Indonesia and New Zealand

5 June 2015

OECD Announces that Work on the BEPS Multilateral Instrument is Underway

2 June 2015

Australia's 2015 Budget Delivered

13 May 2015

Australia Publishes Draft Tax Consolidation Measures for Public Comment

29 April 2015

Australia Intends to Negotiate Tax Treaty with Israel

24 April 2015

Australia to Work with the UK on a Diverted Profits Tax

21 April 2015

New Zealand Announces Tax Treaty and Protocol Negotiation Plans

9 April 2015

Australia Releases Report Including Proposed Amendments to the Rules for Aggregating Related Financing Schemes for Tax Purposes

7 April 2015

Australia Issues Tax Discussion Paper for Reform

31 March 2015

Australian Mining Exploration Development Incentive Approved

30 March 2015

Australia and Switzerland Sign Joint Declaration on Automatic Exchange of Information

4 March 2015

Australian Tax Office Issues Practice Statement on Dispute Settlements

20 January 2015

Australia Publishes Eligibility Guidance for Simplified Transfer Pricing Documentation Options

5 January 2015

Australia Considers Lowering Foreign E-Commerce GST Exemption Threshold

2 January 2015

Protocol to the Tax Treaty between Australia and Belgium has Entered into Force

29 December 2014

TIEA between Australia and Uruguay has Entered into Force

9 December 2014

Australian Mining Exploration Development Incentive Introduced

8 December 2014

SSA between Australia and India Signed

20 November 2014