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  It was undoubtedly a pleasant surprise to see the government has more money in its coffers than anticipated – almost $7 billion more.  More people are employed, consumers are spending their hard earned money and companies are being run effectively. Undoubtedly the headline item from the budget is tax relief for individuals by lifting

• 9 May, 2018

  Women & Leadership Australia (WLA) is administering a national initiative to support the development of female leaders across Australia’s finance sector. The initiative is providing women with grants of between $3,000 and $8,000 to enable participation in a range of leadership development programs. The scholarship funding is provided with the specific intent of providing

• 2 May, 2018

  A question was asked of the ATO recently, via its “ATO Community” webpage (find out more about that here) that centred on the viability of deeming bitcoin (or any cryptocurrency) as a personal use asset. The follow-up portions of the question of bitcoin as a personal use asset were as follows: Does a taxpayer

• 2 May, 2018

• 9 April, 2018

Multinational tax avoidance is proving to be a sore point for Australians. You’ve heard about the big players – Facebook, Google, Apple – and there is speculation they might be engaging in dodgy transfer pricing practices. The problem is, while everyone’s steeped in a debate about fiscal-moral-legalism, nobody’s explaining the practical implications of a mispricing

• 7 December, 2017