Australia Tax News
Council of Australian Governments Withdraws Consideration of State Personal Income Tax
6 April 2016
Australia Issues Draft Legislation Allowing Taxpayers to Self-assess Effective Life of Certain Intangible Assets for Depreciation Purposes
5 April 2016
Australian Prime Minister Proposes State Personal Income Tax
1 April 2016
Australian Small Business Restructuring Roll-over Bill Receives Royal Assent
29 March 2016
Australia Enacts Legislation to Implement Common Reporting Standard for the Automatic Exchange of Financial Account Information
24 March 2016
Australian Taxation Office Reminds Taxpayers to Provide Notification if Arrangements within Scope of New Anti-Avoidance Law
18 March 2016
Increased Penalties Proposed in Australia for Failure to Submit CbC Reports
29 February 2016
Australian Parliament Passes Legislation on Capital Gains Tax Treatment of Earnout Rights and CGT Withholding Obligations
25 February 2016
Australian Treasurer Announces New Tax Compliance Requirements for Investments in Australia
24 February 2016
Australia Launches Public Consultation on Implementation of Transfer Pricing Guidelines under Actions 8-10 of the OECD BEPS Project
12 February 2016
Legislation on Australia's GST Treatment of Cross-Border Transactions Submitted to Parliament
11 February 2016
Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement Signed
11 February 2016
Australian Small Business Restructuring Roll-over Bill Introduced in House of Representatives
9 February 2016
Tax Treaty between Australia and Hong Kong to be Negotiated
3 February 2016
OECD Announces that 31 Countries have Signed Multilateral Agreement for the Exchange of CbC Reports
28 January 2016
SSA between Australia and India has Entered into Force
5 January 2016
Australia issues Guideline on New CbC Reporting and Transfer Pricing Documentation Requirements
22 December 2015
Australian Tax Laws Amendment (Combating Multinational Tax Avoidance) Bill 2015 Receives Royal Assent
16 December 2015
Australian Parliament Passes Tax Laws Amendment (Combating Multinational Tax Avoidance) Bill 2015 including CbC Reporting
8 December 2015
Australian Tax Board Issues Discussion Paper on Hybrid Mismatch Rules for Public Comment
25 November 2015
Tax Treaty between Australia and Germany Signed
17 November 2015
Australian Senate Committee Publishes Report on the Combating Multinational Tax Avoidance Bill including New Anti-Avoidance Rules and CbC Reporting
13 November 2015
OECD Holds Inaugural Meeting for the BEPS Multilateral Instrument
12 November 2015
Australia Launches Public Consultation on GST Treatment of Cross-Border Transactions
9 October 2015
OECD Publishes Final BEPS Package
6 October 2015
New MoU on Automatic Exchange of Information Signed between Australia and the Netherlands
1 October 2015
SSA between Australia and Estonia Signed
21 September 2015
Australia Publishes Draft Bill to Implement Common Reporting Standard for the Automatic Exchange of Financial Account Information
21 September 2015
Australia Introduces Combating Multinational Tax Avoidance Bill including New Anti-Avoidance Rules and CbC Reporting
17 September 2015
Australia Decides Not to Implement Bank Deposit Tax
3 September 2015