The head of the Australian Tax Office has admitted that the agency’s systems for “identifying fraud at that scale was not fit for purpose”.
WA has a gold-plated begging bowl being filled with taxes from all Australians. This dog of a policy cannot be allowed to happen.
The Tax Office has revealed some of its staff have lost their jobs or face criminal action over their suspected role in a GST scam that spread across TikTok.
Saffioti delivered the warning amid warnings of more cost blowouts to the deal,and state opposition claims that the Albanese government might renege on it.
State treasurers are threatening to raise new taxes and blame the Commonwealth unless Chalmers meets their demands for billions in extra cash.
WA Premier Roger Cook doesn’t care if other states are sick of his constant rhetoric around the 2018 GST deal. And he’s happy to let them know it.
Experts are in furious agreement:Australia needs tax reform. So why aren’t the major political parties talking about it?
The OECD has used its first review of Australian policy settings in two years to urge governments to consider more tax on super,an expanding GST and looser zoning laws.
As the battle to retain WA’s share of the GST continues amid a pending review,it’s been revealed the state has employed eight dedicated ‘GST fairness fighters’. Most other jurisdictions have none.
West Australian Premier Mark McGowan is quitting politics because he says he’s exhausted. But exhausted from what,exactly?
WA Premier Mark McGowan has revealed three new Treasury staff will join a team of bureaucrats focused on protecting WA’s GST share ahead of two federal reviews.