Inquiry into Tax Office chaos
THE federal government has ordered the Inspector-General of Taxation to inquire into the "confusion, frustration and anger" surrounding the new Tax Office computer system.
View ArticleWatchdog wants to hear about delays
IF YOU have had a problem getting your tax return, the man charged with inquiring into the "confusion, frustration and anger" surrounding the new Tax Office computer system wants to hear from you.
View ArticleTax Office rolls back new technology to stem mistakes
THE TAX Office has scaled back its new $820 million computer system after a bumpy start that delayed 1 million tax returns, sent out return letters without cheques and failed to communicate with other...
View ArticleSwan opts to fight states, not the miners
Labor is pleading with the mining states to cap future royalties, writes Clancy Yeates.
View ArticleRattle them bones
The curators of Jurassic Lounge, a mix of live music and art, invite people to get down among the dinosaurs, writes Lenny Ann Low.
View ArticleAffordable rent scheme cut to pay for disaster relief
A PLAN by the federal government to cut back a popular scheme that provides affordable housing to pay for the Queensland disaster clean-up is short-sighted and will worsen the housing crisis in Sydney,...
View ArticleComputer switch leads to $42m Tax Office payout
A RECORD $42 million in interest was paid last year to about 500,000 taxpayers who received late tax refund cheques.
View ArticleUS faces budget showdowns from Wisconsin to Washington
WASHINGTON: Wisconsin's bitter public scrap over a proposed clamp on the salaries and collective bargaining rights of state employees brought 70,000 people on to the streets of the capital, Madison,...
View ArticleA study in recovery
The strategy To claim my self-education expenses if I received Youth Allowance while I was studying.
View ArticleSandstone and silence
Far from the day-trippers, Elisabeth Sexton is dwarfed by the escarpment in Kakadu's Koolpin Gorge.
View ArticleGovernment ignored advice on concessions to miners
THE federal government ignored high-level advice that it ensure concessions made to mining companies were temporary as it was thrashing out a compromise on the resource "super profits" tax.
View ArticleAdvisers said Forrest deal bad precedent
GOVERNMENT advisers on the mining tax expressed concerns two days before the former prime minister Kevin Rudd was dumped that a compromise deal apparently struck between him and the founder of...
View ArticleMining tax advice ignored
THE government ignored high-level advice that it ensure concessions to mining companies were temporary as it was thrashing out a compromise on the resources "super profits" tax, new documents show.
View ArticleRudd's compromise mines tax was distorting, advisers warned
GOVERNMENT advisers on the mining tax expressed concerns two days before former prime minister Kevin Rudd was dumped that a compromise deal apparently struck between him and Fortescue Metals Group...
View ArticleGillard, states in mining tax showdown
THE federal government faces a fresh battle with the states after accepting a recommendation that it reimburse mining companies for all the state royalties they pay.
View ArticleNAB wins tax refund
NATIONAL Australia Bank has clawed back $142 million from the Australian Tax Office as part of a long-running dispute over the treatment of interest on hybrid shares.
View ArticleNAB will get back $142m in tax dispute
The settlement "removes the need for potentially long and costly legal proceedings". Mark Joiner, NAB
View ArticleFunding threat to states if they lift mining royalties
THE government will strip revenue from any state that increases its mining royalties after the federal mining tax is implemented.
View ArticleRoyalties cap betrays spirit of constitution: Greens
THE Greens have vowed to thwart the Gillard government's threat to dock revenue from any state that increases its mining royalties after the new federal mining tax comes into effect, in a bid to...
View ArticleGreens sink their teeth into great big new tax cuts
THE Gillard government's mining tax has been thrown into doubt with the Greens resolving to oppose the billions of dollars in company tax cuts the minerals impost was to fund.
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