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Jan 2017

Netflix Tax is coming… Are you ready?

By: Odyssey Legislation
Tags: GST, offshore, Outsourcing, Taxes

The new GST tax is coming. There’s been plenty of news about retailers being unable to compete with imports under $1,000 not having GST, but now the government is extending GST to digital products and other services imported by consumers. Introduced as the amazing Australia “Netflix tax” back in April 2015, and a move which would “level the playing field” it …

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Sep 2016

Why Australian Accountants need to be concerned about the ATO’s recent moves to tax Outsourcing companies

By: Odyssey Legislation
Tags: Diverted profits tax, Offshore entities, Offshoring, Outsourcing, Royalties

In the recent case of Tech Mahindra Limited v FCT, the Federal Court held that an Indian resident company which carried out IT services for Australian clients both from its Australian permanent establishment (PE) employees and by its Indian employees was liable to tax in Australia in respect of part of the income derived from the services provided from India. …

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Mar 2016

Do Labour Hire firms need to register with the TPB?

By: Odyssey Legislation
Tags: labour hire firms, offshore labour, Outsourcing

The TPB has released an information sheet on 8 January 2016 [TPB(I) 26/2016 Labour hire/on-hire firms] to assist labour hire/on-hire firms involved in the provision of tax related services to understand the operation of the tax agent services regime and whether or not they need to register with the TPB. If the labour hire/on-hire firm is involved in placing a …

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Feb 2016

Cloud computing and the Code of Professional Conduct. TPB Exposure draft

By: Odyssey Legislation
Tags: Cloud computing, Code of Professional conduct, Privacy Act, TPB

The Tax Practitioners Board (TPB) has released an exposure draft on Cloud Computing. Per the ED, a registered agent must know and understand the nature of any cloud computing arrangements they enter into, particularly in the context of how these arrangements impact upon the tax agent services being delivered to their client. Cloud services include information storage, lodgment of returns, …