In Australia, intermediaries such as tax agents have a symbiotic relationship with the tax administration.Tax professionals play an essential role in maintaining the integrity and efficiency of the tax system, providing a key compliance leverage point to influence taxpayer behaviour.Tax agents...

Ensuring effective management of money invested in self-managed superannuation funds and safeguarding these assets for the future is a critical issue for the community.The Australian Taxation Office (ATO) has a role in ensuring Self Managed Superannuation Funds (SMSFs) comply with the...

Today I would like to talk about our approach to small business compliance and what we're doing to make it easier for business to comply with their taxation obligations. The Government has also provided us with extra funding, some of which will go towards reforms to assist small business.In...

Taxation is in the headlines.With Treasury's recent release of its architecture paper on taxation, the ATO's new Compliance Program released last week, and the US Senate's inquiries into tax havens, tax issues are in the spotlight

Australia is fortunate to have a tax compliance culture where the majority of taxpayers, many supported by tax professionals, voluntarily comply with their tax obligations.Given the vital role played by the tax profession in influencing levels of voluntary compliance and in facilitating...