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ATO cryptocurrency data crackdown

The tax office is set to unleash its data-matching capabilities to crackdown on cryptocurrency traders avoiding tax. The Australian Taxation Office revealed on Tuesday that it will be requiring...

UN ranks Aust second for eGovt

Posted on   |  by James Riley
Anyone who has watched the series of technology failures across the Commonwealth in the past couple of years – from the Census fail, to ATO outages, to Centrelink’s harmful...

Angel tax data revealed by ATO

Posted on   |  by James Riley
More than 300 early-stage startups shared in about $300 million in investments from angel investors in what the government says underscores the effectiveness of its angel investor tax incentives....

ATO crack down on cryptocurrency

Posted on   |  by James Riley
The ATO is investigating measures to ensure that cryptocurrency investors and traders are paying the right amount of tax on their investments. The agency has confirmed that it is...

National digital ID to go public

Posted on   |  by James Riley
The Turnbull government has edged closer to its desire for a national opt-in digital identity regime as it closes off the discussion period for its trusted framework rules that...

No end for ATO tech nightmare

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
Yet another IT failure at the Australian Taxation Office has given the Opposition more ammunition to attack the government’s much-maligned history of digital transformation. During peak tax return time,...

R&D tax is an uncertain mess

Posted on   |  by James Riley
A weird silence has descended on discussions about the future of the R&D Tax Incentive. Uncertainty about how the scheme will be applied to software is already having an...

Robo-debt is not a friendly robot

Posted on   |  by James Riley
The Department of Human Services is an “agency in crisis” and its highly controversial robo-debt collection system has created a “climate of fear” in Australia, a Senate inquiry has...

ATO R&D advice is a bombshell

Posted on   |  by James Riley
The Australian Taxation Office’s just-published alert aimed at companies seeking R&D tax benefits for software development activity has landed among high-growth startups like a bombshell. The advice is confusing...

Labor readies new Centrelink probe

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
The Federal Opposition has called for a Senate inquest into the Centrelink debacle with Shadow Minister for Human Services Linda Burney saying the government had its “head in the...