Australia now has a new payment times reporting (PTR) regime, beginning 1 January 2021.
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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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WEBINAR: Beyond the FinCEN files: Building a better framework for financial intelligence
Beyond the FinCEN files: Building a better framework for financial intelligence. Hear from global experts on the future agenda for AML/CTF compliance.
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FinCEN leaks mark inflection point for international AML regime, says former DEA agent
The leak of the FinCEN Files has highlighted the ineffectiveness of the international anti-money laundering (AML) regime in terms of securing law enforcement outcomes and should trigger a fundamental review, a former senior U.S. law enforcement supervisory special agent has said
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Automating Tax Provision: the power of technology
Let’s start with this question: “How much do we
owe?”. It may be a simple question, but the answer
is not. For corporate tax professionals, an extensive
amount of work is devoted to that one figure.
“Remarkable Adaptability” – How the World has Adjusted to Working from Home
“Working from home full-time is an entirely different experience, particularly working from home for an extended period of time, which can be fairly stressful,” said Kevin Luo, Assistant General Counsel; GM, Asia-Pacific R&D Group Legal at Microsoft.
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Westpac agrees to $1.3bn penalty for AML/CTF breaches
Westpac and AUSTRAC have agreed to a $1.3bn penalty for over 23 million alleged breaches of the Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorism Financing Act 2006 (AML/CTF Act). The proposed penalty and…
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