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10 March 2010 | The ATO has released a new webpage providing answers to frequently asked questions about tax concession charities.
11 February 2010 | The ATO updates the Private Ancillary Fund (PAF) model trust deed
08 February 2010 | A new Tax Office initiative to help the Not for Profit sector
12 October 2009 | The Australia Institute has proposed the establishment of a Universal Default Superannuation Fund which would raise retirement incomes for many of workers on low income, including Not for Profit employees, who are not actively engaged in decisions about their superannuation it its submission to the Cooper review of the superannuation system.
12 October 2009 | The Federal Government's proposed reforms to GST laws includes an amendment to ensure that Not for Profit sub-entities are able to access the same GST concessions as their parent entity.
31 August 2009 | The Australian Tax Office will target the deliberate misuse of tax concessions in the Not for Profit sector as part of its 2009-10 compliance program
17 August 2009 | The Federal Government has released a consultation paper on proposed reforms to the tax treatment of special disability trusts to ease the financial burden on people with disabilities as well as their carers and families.
06 July 2009 | The latest Australian Tax office figures for 2006-07 indicate an astounding increase in gift deductions according to Professor Myles McGregor-Lowndes, Director of the Australian Centre for Philanthropy and Nonprofit Studies at Queensland University of Technology.
06 July 2009 | The Australian Tax Office has mailed out the 2008-09 refund of franking credits application package to Not for Profit organisations that received a refund of franking credits in the prior year.
27 April 2009 | The Australian Tax Office (ATO) has announced a new education tax refund for approved care organisations (ACOs). The new tax offset means ACOs can claim for eligible education expenses they incur for each child in their residential care who is in primary or secondary school.
02 March 2009 | The Australian Taxation Office (ATO) has announced GST concessions for disaster relief for certain charitable fund-raising events in the wake of the recent Victorian bushfires and Queensland floods.
16 February 2009 | The Australian Tax Office (ATO) has issued a Fact Sheet that explains PAYG withholding if a Not for Profit organisation does not provide its ABN or TFN to its investment body.
19 January 2009 | The Australia's Future Tax System Review Panel (known as the Henry Review) has released its consultation paper which considers the main tax concessions available to Not for Profit organisations.
06 October 2008 | The Australian Tax Office (ATO) has released a new version of its Guide to Fundraising for Not for Profit organisations. The new version replaces the one issued in March 2005.
22 September 2008 | The Australian Tax Office has released a new guide to provide Not for Profit organisations, charities and gift-deductible entities with information to help them meet their GST obligations.
11 September 2008 | The Australian Tax Office is investigating the compliance practices of Australia's growing number of private foundations known as Prescribed Private Funds or PPFs after it was found that in 2007 up to $9.2 million was distributed to ineligible organisations or persons.
08 September 2008 | The Australian Tax Office is investigating the compliance practices of Australia's growing number of private foundations known as Prescribed Private Funds or PPFs after it was found that in 2007 up to $9.2 million was distributed to ineligible organisations or persons.
11 August 2008 | Aid advocacy organisation AID/WATCH has regained its charity status after the Administrative Appeals Tribunal (AAT) overturned a decision made by the Tax Office that the organisation was too political to be considered a charity.
11 August 2008 | Fuel tax credits are expanding, which means more Not for Profit organisations will be able to reduce their organisation's fuel costs according to the Australian Tax Office.
19 June 2008 | The Australian Tax Office has been granted special leave to appeal to the High Court over a Federal Court decision made last November that a charity could raise money through business without paying company tax.
University of Melbourne
Family Planning Queensland
Suicide Prevention Australia
Australian Youth Affairs Coalition (AYAC)
