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Consumer Price Index (CPI) rates

November 12th, 2008 piotr zukowski

Consumer Price Index (CPI) rates updated to include September 2008 quarter figure.

Reporting mistakes on GST and property transactions

November 7th, 2008 piotr zukowski

If you are a property owner, developer or are registered for GST and you use your property differently from the way you planned to, you may have to report a GST adjustment. You can do this by completing a Voluntary Disclosure Statement.

The Topology of the Federal Funds Market.

November 7th, 2008 piotr zukowski

Morten L. Bech and Enghin Atalay. The Topology of the Federal Funds Market. Federal Reserve Bank of New York Staff Reports Staff Report Number 354, November 2008.

The Case for TIPS: An Examination

November 7th, 2008 piotr zukowski

Several studies have shown that, ex-post, the issuance of Treasury Inflation-Protected Securities (TIPS) has cost U.S. taxpayers money. We propose that evaluations of the TIPS program be more comprehensive and focus on the ex-ante costs of TIPS issuance versus nominal Treasury issuance and, especially when these costs are negligible, the more difficult-to-measure benefits of the program. Our study finds that the ex-ante costs of TIPS issuance versus nominal Treasury issuance are currently about equal and that TIPS provide meaningful benefits to investors and policymakers.

Schools - December monthly activity statement deferral

November 7th, 2008 piotr zukowski

Schools and associated bodies have been granted a deferral of lodgment of their December 2008, December 2009 and December 2010 monthly activity statements.

Superannuation and insolvency administrations

November 7th, 2008 piotr zukowski

The following information sets out how superannuation affects various Insolvency administrations. Updated to include the maximum superannuation guarantee charge amount afforded priority in bankruptcy situations, in respect of the year beginning 2008.

Schools - December monthly activity statement deferral

November 7th, 2008 piotr zukowski

Schools and associated bodies have been granted a deferral of lodgment of their December 2008, December 2009 and December 2010 monthly activity statements.

Peter Lenten v Commissioner of Taxation

November 7th, 2008 piotr zukowski

Outlines the Tax Office’s response to this case which concerned whether the costs incurred by an employee teacher in respect of overseas travel and the purchase of newspapers and magazines were deductible under section 8-1 of the Income Tax Assessment Act.

Demutualisation of health insurers

November 7th, 2008 piotr zukowski

This measure amends the income tax laws to provide capital gains tax (CGT) certainty to policy holders of health insurers who receive shares or cash as part of their health insurer’s demutualisation.

NTLG GST Sub-group minutes

October 28th, 2008 piotr zukowski

Current and previous minutes of the National Tax Liaison Group (NTLG) GST Sub-group meetings.