The Australian Taxation Office (ATO) has issued a new taxpayer alert (TA2024/2) on 12 December 2024 targeting arrangements designed to bypass Division 7A requirements. The arrangements involve a profitable private company guaranteeing a loan made

Australia’s Queensland government has proposed the Revenue Legislation Amendment Bill 2024 to Parliament, which proposes full transfer duty relief for first-home buyers. The bill amends the Duties Act 2001 to offer full duty relief for

The Australian Taxation Office (ATO) has initiated a public consultation on the updated draft taxation ruling, TR 2004/18DC, which addresses the application of "capital gains tax (CGT) event K6". This revision clarifies and refines the ATO's

The Australian Taxation Office (ATO) has revised its guidance on the public country-by-country (CbC) reporting regime focusing on public CbC parent registration requirements on 11 December 2024. Australia’s public CbC reporting is a reporting

The Australian Taxation Office (ATO) has issued a new taxpayer alert regarding arrangements involving circular financing linked to early-stage investor tax offsets. This taxpayer alert (TA 2024/1) was issued in response to a new tax avoidance

Australia’s laws related to the Pillar Two minimum tax, Country-by-Country (CbC) reporting requirements, and capital gains withholding received Royal Assent on 10 December 2024. Pillar Two global minimum tax law The Pillar Two global minimum