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Subpoenas need only seek relevant, not case-advancing, info: appeals court
Tax 2023-06-30 4:07 pm By Sam Matthews

A self-represented litigant locked in a legal battle with the ATO and Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions has won an appeal of a decision that […]

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Hannover Life scores partial win against tax office over GST credits
Tax 2023-06-27 5:18 pm By Gareth Baker

Hannover Life Re should be allowed tax credits for GST paid on a share of its overheads, including rent and power, a judge has found […]

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Nine can rely on reputation evidence in Euro Pacific CEO’s case
Defamation 2023-06-27 4:35 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Nine has partially won its bid to include evidence about the reputation of Euro Pacific CEO Peter Schiff in an attempt to minimise the damages […]

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Human rights lawyers can intervene in ATO whistleblower case
Employment 2023-06-22 4:27 pm By Gareth Baker

The Human Rights Law Centre has been given the go ahead to intervene as amicus curiae in the case of ATO whistleblower Richard Boyle, after […]

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Chobani loses test case over GST on Flip yoghurt range
Tax 2023-06-20 3:46 pm By Gareth Baker

Chobani has lost a dispute over the tax office’s decision to apply GST to the US yoghurt maker’s Flip range because the product contains confectionery. […]

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Council’s GST payments not unconstitutional tax, High Court says
Tax 2023-06-14 11:09 pm By Christine Caulfield

Notional GST payments by local councils under an intergovernmental agreement with the Commonwealth are a voluntary act, not an impermissible tax in breach of the […]

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ATO prevails against Binetter company as new evidence reveals ‘extraordinary deceit’
Tax 2023-06-09 11:26 pm By Christine Caulfield

The Australian Taxation Office has won a long-running case over an international tax evasion scheme by a company linked to the Binetter family after uncovering […]

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JWS nabs BHP vice president for Melbourne tax practice
Johnson Winter Slattery 2023-06-08 2:16 pm By Gareth Baker

Johnson Winter Slattery has appointed senior tax specialist Don Spirason, former Vice President of Tax at BHP, as a special counsel based in Melbourne. Spirason […]

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ATO denies telling tax board to wind back PwC leak inquiry
Tax 2023-06-07 11:30 pm By Cindy Cameronne

A report alleging that the ATO asked the Tax Practitioner Board to curtail its investigation of a PwC tax leaks scandal was “fundamentally misleading”, a […]

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KPMG admits ‘painful’ mistakes, condemns PwC scandal
Accounting 2023-06-07 11:06 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Executives from KPMG have condemned the PwC tax breach scandal as ‘disturbing’ and admitted past mistakes after the firm was rocked by an exam cheating […]

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