Backbenchers push government to take on tax reform
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Backbenchers push government to take on tax reform

Liberal backbenchers are calling for wide-ranging tax reform,including capital gains taxes on high-value homes and income tax cuts.

  • byJennifer Duke

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‘Australia has become a go-to destination for dirty money’:Leaks reveal nation’s tax weaknesses

The Pandora Papers again highlight how Australia has fallen behind other countries in stamping out tax avoidance and money laundering.

  • bySarah Danckert andCharlotte Grieve
The Pandora Papers:what’s in the box?

The Pandora Papers:what’s in the box?

Today on Please Explain,business investigative reporter Sarah Danckert joins Jess Irvine to discuss the biggest data leak of offshore tax details in history.

  • byJessica Irvine
‘Not avoiding tax’:Westpac director digs in after Pandora Papers expose

‘Not avoiding tax’:Westpac director digs in after Pandora Papers expose

Westpac director Steven Harker says he used a Samoan superannuation fund set up by one of the firms at the centre of an investigative journalism sting to avoid paying more tax than necessary.

  • bySarah Danckert
Secrets of the rich and famous:ATO to review Pandora Papers leak

Secrets of the rich and famous:ATO to review Pandora Papers leak

The ATO says it will analyse a trove of secret documents that allegedly shows the secret tax affairs of the super wealthy and famous to see if it can identify any possible Australian links.

  • bySarah Danckert
Pandora Papers leak expose offshore financial systems used by the rich and famous

Pandora Papers leak expose offshore financial systems used by the rich and famous

A massive trove of private financial records exposes secretive offshore systems used to hide billions of dollars from tax authorities,creditors and criminal investigators.

  • byGreg Miller,Debbie Cenziper andPeter Whoriskey
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The nets are starting to close on the $2.6 trillion crypto industry

The nets are starting to close on the $2.6 trillion crypto industry

The biggest threat to crypto assets,their appeal and their value is a loss of anonymity. The push to regulate and tax crypto assets by governments could achieve just that.

  • byStephen Bartholomeusz
Dividend-tax trades were criminal and ‘blatant’ money grab,German court says

Dividend-tax trades were criminal and ‘blatant’ money grab,German court says

Cum-Ex trading,which involved dozen of global banks including Macquarie Bank,was illegal and can be punished as crimes,Germany’s top criminal court ruled.

  • byJosefine Fokuhl,Karin Matussek,Miriam Steffens andClancy Yeates
Meat industry labour king pursued to High Court over multimillion-dollar tax debt

Meat industry labour king pursued to High Court over multimillion-dollar tax debt

Chinese labour hire operator Scott Shi is battling to keep a document confidential as the Australian Tax Office alleges he owes up to $163 million in unpaid taxes.

  • byRichard Baker
Landmark G7 tax deal targets Google,Amazon,Facebook

Landmark G7 tax deal targets Google,Amazon,Facebook

G7 leaders have reached a landmark deal to close tax loopholes used by some of the world’s biggest companies.

  • byJennifer Duke,David Milliken andKate Holton
Tax office warns small businesses:expect scrutiny on your tax returns

Tax office warns small businesses:expect scrutiny on your tax returns

The Australian Taxation Office is warning the nation’s 4.2 million small businesses to expect more policing of tax returns this year following a reprieve at the height of the coronavirus pandemic.

  • byJennifer Duke