This Month
- Exclusive
- Tax avoidance
The football club boss, drug-dealing director and $100m scam
A liquidator claims crane company boss Damon Hanlin may have controlled a tax fraud scheme that involved shadow directors and dishonest dealings.
- David Marin-Guzman
November
Average tax refund revealed, and why you may receive ‘surprise’ bill
Bank depositors have had much to celebrate as rates have stayed higher for longer. But with more interest comes more tax. Here are some solutions.
- Lucy Dean
October
- Exclusive
- Tax avoidance
Virtical pub group’s alleged tax scam bill could top $50m
Leaked ATO audits reveal what could be one of the most brazen alleged tax scams in corporate history.
- David Marin-Guzman and Max Mason
Juror misconduct probe flagged for Plutus tax fraud trial
Sheriffs will be asked to probe possible juror misconduct in the Plutus tax fraud trial, which ran for nine months and led to five people being jailed.
- Miklos Bolza
September
- Exclusive
- GST
ATO found pub empire made ‘fictitious’ GST refund claims
Virtical Group made false claims for millions in GST refunds based on invoices for construction that did not happen on property it did not own, the tax office has found.
- David Marin-Guzman, Max Mason and Larry Schlesinger
Alex found guilty of $10m tax fraud conspiracy
Construction identity George Alex has been found guilty of conspiring to defraud the tax office through his labour hire firms as his marathon six-month trial came to an end.
- David Marin-Guzman
June
Why you could be caught by the ‘wealth tax’ this year
Fast-rising wages and asset prices will leave more Australians facing Division 293 tax on their income and deciding whether to pay it from their super.
- Tom Richardson
May
Husic calls for lower corporate taxes
Minister for Industry and Science Ed Husic says the Labor government would consider revising the company tax rate.
- Exclusive
- Tax avoidance
Tax office moves on administrators in ‘$180m tax fraud’
The administrators of a formwork company involved in what could be the country’s biggest tax fraud are facing court action for reducing an $11 million payroll tax debt to just $1.
- David Marin-Guzman
April
- Opinion
- Letters to the Editor
Matt Comyn’s tax reform ideas don’t warrant breathless praise
Readers’ letters on the CBA chief executive’s tax proposals, why banking regulation is still needed, the lack of research on solar equality, GST fumbles, and calls for more gas.
March
How I would fix Australia's productivity challenges: Comyn
CBA CEO Matt Comyn freestyles some ideas to change political terms and reform tax to turbocharge Australia's productivity.
- Opinion
- Tax reform
How Australia can get on with the job of tax reform
A real estate agent would describe our tax systems as ‘a renovator’s delight’.
- Paul Tilley
Experts concerned over ASIC’s lack of phoenixing prosecutions
Little has changed in illegal phoenixing since the $105 million Plutus tax fraud as the building industry is hit by a wave of tax-dodging schemes.
- David Marin-Guzman
- Exclusive
- Tax avoidance
Couple who enjoyed $14m Sydney mansion accused of tax-dodging scheme
A husband and wife associated with a formwork subcontractor, and who once owned a $14 million trophy home, are facing claims they scammed the ATO of millions.
- David Marin-Guzman
‘The cost of doing business’: A building sector at boiling point
After a series of alleged large-scale tax fraud in the construction sector, subcontractors in the building industry fear they can no longer compete as firms underquote.
- David Marin-Guzman
February
- Analysis
- Income tax
Britain, like Australia, has tough calls to make on tax
The Tories need tax cuts to revive their election prospects this year. But tax cuts might be unaffordable, and could keep interest rates higher for longer.
- Hans van Leeuwen
January
CEOs ‘back tax summit 100pc’ but Chalmers unmoved
Wesfarmers boss Rob Scott, retailer Gerry Harvey and Virgin chairman Graham Bradley have backed a national summit to jumpstart debate on tax reform.
- Samantha Hutchinson and Gus McCubbing
- Exclusive
- Tax reform
CEOs urge summit to break tax ‘malaise’
The country’s peak business group will attempt to jumpstart a moribund reform agenda with a national summit.
- Samantha Hutchinson
Tax scam proceeds used to back luxury club, car dealer, cannabis firm
Millions from an alleged $70 million fraud scheme were invested in a luxury club chain, a car dealership for the rich and a cannabis supplier, liquidators say.
- David Marin-Guzman
- Exclusive
- Tax avoidance
Sydney Olympic FC chief’s firm investigated over $70m ‘tax scam’
A construction industry firm owned and run by the president of the Sydney Olympic Football Club, Damon Hanlin, is being investigated over an elaborate scheme that allegedly defrauded the tax office of up to $70m.
- David Marin-Guzman
Women the winners from new tax cuts
Women will receive an average of $370 more in tax cuts under the new regime, but economists say more is needed to remove return-to-work disincentives.
- Lucy Dean
Stage 3 tax cut changes: what do they mean for you?
Economics editor John Kehoe explains the Albanese government's proposed changes to the stage three tax cuts and what they mean for you, come July 1.
At a glance: what the new tax cuts mean for you, based on salary
Workers slated to get nothing from the stage three tax cuts will now get $654. Higher earners will take a $4546 haircut. Here’s what you need to know.
- Lucy Dean
December 2023
Ex-Swiss banker admits helping wealthy US taxpayers hide assets
Rolf Schnellmann, one of six people charged with assisting an unidentified hedge fund manager and two other US taxpayers to shield some $88 million in assets.
- Chris Dolmetsch
