05/05/2016

Australia sets diverted profits tax at 40%

Australia plans t to follow the UK with the introduction of a diverted profits tax the so-called Google tax - which will introduce a penalty rate of tax for multinational companies found to have moved profits offshore to improve corporate tax transparency

05/04/2016

Australia to target multinational tax avoiders

Treasurer Scott Morrison, delivering his first federal budget in Canberra on Tuesday, said the government intended to raise almost $3 billion over the next four years by targeting companies that funnel profits to tax havens such as Singapore.

04/28/2016

Asia export boom hinges on tax hurdle

As revealed by The Australian Financial Review on Wednesday, the government will support the new passport by promising two new collective investment vehicles in the budget.

04/14/2016

Global tax powers rake over 'Panama Papers'

The leak of 11.5 million confidential offshore financial documents from Panamanian law office Mossack Fonseca offered tax authorities an unprecedented trove of data to delve into alleged wrongdoing.