Welcome to the Arnold Bloch Leibler Tax Disputes Portal
- a resource for privately owned and wealthy groups
Over the coming months, we will be your go-to source for information related to the ATO’s rollout of its specific tax engagement programs, providing you with targeted and detailed information relevant to you and your clients’ circumstances.
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Use the arrows to find out more information on the Tax Avoidance Taskforce, the ATO's tax engagement programs, effective tax governance and other resources.
New ATO guidance on Division 7A and Section 100A
The ATO has issued a suite of draft guidance documents and a Taxpayer Alert on the topics of Section 100A and Division 7A of the Income Tax Assessment Act 1936. The documents focus on arrangements commonly seen in family and private groups.
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What is the Tax Avoidance Taskforce?
In the 2016–17 Budget, the ATO was provided with $679 million over four years from 1 July 2016 to enhance its compliance activities through the establishment and operation of the Tax Avoidance Taskforce.
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Tax Governance
Tax governance continues to attract the ATO’s attention. Privately-owned groups are significant contributors to the Australian economy and governance frameworks are regularly assessed to provide assurance that privately-owned groups are satisfying their tax obligations.
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Top 500
The Top 500 program is an extension of the ATO’s previous Top 320 program and involves tailored one-to-one engagements. It is likely most private groups that participated in the Top 320 program will be reviewed by the ATO under the Top 500 program.
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Next 5,000
The Next 5,000 program involves streamlined assurance reviews with the 'next' 5,000 top private groups in Australia. The review period will generally cover the two most recent income years.
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Medium & Emerging private groups
The Medium and Emerging private groups program supports medium and emerging private groups to meet their tax obligations. With this program, the ATO is improving its understanding of a private group’s business and the environment that the private group operates in.
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Other resources
We have collated a number of other resources on issues that you or your client may face. This includes information on RTP schedules, transfer pricing, Section 100A, Section 99B and other updates surrounding the ATO's tax engagement programs.
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