When the ATO’s Top 1,000 Tax Performance Program (under which Streamlined Assurance Reviews (SARs) are conducted) comes to an end in December, the Top 1,000 Combined Assurance Review (CAR program) will begin – combining both income tax and GST reviews for the Top 1,000 taxpayers.
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How Powerful are ASIC and AFCA? Federal Court Sheds Light
Each time a challenger takes ASIC or AFCA to court, it is always telling to see how it plays out. Essentially, we get to learn more about the reach of their powers.
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FinCEN leaks highlight need for “radical” approach to tackling financial crime
Governments need to consider taking more “radical” measures to tackle financial crime threats in the wake of the FinCEN Files, even if there is a risk of “intelligence leakage”, an industry poll has found.
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Regulation of Auditing: Senate Committee report tabled
The Parliamentary Joint Committee on Corporations and Financial Services has tabled its final report into the Regulation of Auditing in Australia.
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Tranche too hard: Australia edges forward with glacial AML/CTF law reform agenda
Australia has revived its sclerotic anti-money laundering (AML) law reform program with the long-awaited “Phase 1.5” legislation moving through the federal Lower House.
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Corporate tax compliance expectations post-COVID: ATO speech
The ATO has reminded company executives to consider the potential reputational impact from their tax decisions in a post-COVID world.
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Australia’s AML law reforms have been “mogged” in political reshuffle
Australia’s long-awaited Tranche 2 anti-money laundering (AML) laws have become the victim of a departmental reshuffle, a process known in political circles as being “mogged”, according to a senior bureaucrat.
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Cost of Compliance Report 2020: COVID-19 Update
Thomson Reuters has released its Cost of Compliance 2020: COVID-19 Update, in addition to its unparalleled 11th Regulatory Intelligence Cost of Compliance Report.
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EU mandatory disclosure rules for transactions with certain tax consequences
In the European Union (EU), mandatory disclosure requirements (the DAC6 rules) now apply to certain types of cross-border transaction that have taxation consequences.
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IMPACT ANALYSIS: Final stage of roadmap for enhancing cross-border payments, challenges addressed
The Financial Stability Board (FSB) has published the third and final stage of the roadmap designed to enhance cross-border payments and reverse the decline in correspondent banking.
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