The ATO’s “Simplified Transfer Pricing Record-Keeping” options allow qualifying entities to opt out of Australia’s full transfer pricing requirements.
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Credit Suisse board knew about cumulative risk weaknesses
The multibillion dollar losses suffered by Credit Suisse following the collapse of Greensill Capital and Archegos Capital may well rank among the most significant risk and compliance failures of the past decade.
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Moving away from spreadsheets: 3 ways to automate your tax process
Keep using spreadsheets? Sure, they have their place, but it’s more for certain types of tasks, not necessarily for everything that you’re trying to do.
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Speed, volume of regulatory change continue to challenge firms in Asia – poll
The pace and volume of regulatory change will be the single greatest challenges for compliance officers across the Asia-Pacific region in 2021.
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Inside AML: How Australia’s banks joined forces to break open a “cuckoo smurfing” syndicate
Australia’s world-leading Fintel Alliance has secured a major win in the fight against organised financial crime, after teaming up with state police for a “week of action” on cuckoo smurfing.
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Horror in Honduras: The Apocalyptic Alliance — a hidden world of money laundering
In this series of articles, international financial crime expert Robert Mazur explores the risks to financial institutions — and the United States as a whole — presented by the current administration in Honduras.
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Ethics and risk management in the time of COVID
Ahead of the Governance Institute’s Leadership Trust Foresight conference on 7-8 December 2020, Dr Klaus Moosmayer, Member Executive Committee & Chief Ethics, Risk and Compliance Officer, Novartis AG (Switzerland) speaks with Virginia Ginnane, Marketing Content Specialist, Thomson Reuters about steering an ethical business in this challenging time.
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Cash Converters in AUSTRAC’s gunsights, as regulator sizes up next enforcement targets
Pawnbrokers, payday lenders and other non-bank reporting entities have been urged to review their financial crime controls, as the Australian Transaction Reports and Analysis Centre (AUSTRAC) broadens its supervision and enforcement crackdown.
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WHITEPAPER: Starting a CAR: Preparing for the ATO’s multi-pronged assurance reviews
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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Transfer pricing considerations in an economic downturn
Now is the time for multinational enterprises to consider changes to transfer pricing policies.
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