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2021 National GST Conference

Published on 02 Dec 2021 | Took place at Sofitel Sydney Darling Harbour, National

The Tax Institute’s National GST Conference – Australia’s pre-eminent event for GST practitioners and corporate advisory specialists returned to Sydney in 2021. The program was delivered over two days by some of Australia’s leading GST experts from the tax profession, industry and government. Many of the conference sessions had an in depth look through topical issues providing practical takeaways and applications for GST specialists.

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Individual sessions

Hot topics, issues and tips

Author(s):  Tanya O'Callaghan,  Sasha Smith

This presentation covers a look back at the key GST related developments that have arisen across cases, legislation rulings and other ATO public guidance released.

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Taxation of not-for-profits and charities

Author(s):  Geoff MANN,  Samantha Marsh,  Hayley Young,  Elizabeth John

This paper covers:

  • Overview of the history and nature of NFPs and Charities
  • Overview of tax treatment of NFPs and charities across both the federal and state/territory regimes
  • Issues in GST for NFPs and charities
  • Issues in State/territory taxation for NFPs and charities
  • The future?
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Travelex: Understanding the aftermath

Author(s):  Patrick Boyd,  Kevin O'ROURKE

This paper covers the legal and administrative consequences of the High Court’s decision, dealing with the implications for matters such as the status of revised BASs and the scope for withholding GST refunds following both this decision and the earlier decision of the Full Federal Court in Multiflex.

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Medicine, food and beverages: The crooked line in the sand between GST-Free and 10%

Author(s):  Ken FEHILY

This paper covers:

  • Health care vs sick care
  • Illness vs medical condition
  • What, how and where we eat and drink
  • Conditional unconditional classifications
  • Elections to increase GST
  • Double negative tests.
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Financial supplies update

Author(s):  Virginia Gogan,  Katrina PARKYN

This presentation covers:

  • GST Financial Services and Insurance Strategy: current areas of ATO focus
  • Evolution of GST apportionment issues (including reflections on recent public guidance)
  • Remediation: update and future direction
  • M&A activity: claiming ITCs
  • Preparing for reviews under the Justified Trust program: getting to high assurance.
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E-invoicing

Author(s):  Brady Dever,  Matthew Prouse,  Mark Stockwell

This presentation covers an overview of the Peppol e-invoicing protocol selected by the Australia and NZ Governments, the technology and system landscape to enable e-invoicing and the strategies being deployed to drive adoption in Australia. We will also compare and contrast Australia’s approach to e-invoicing with other OECD markets.

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Property – ‘Update on perennial issues’

Author(s):  Andrew Compton,  Rebecca Lawrence

This paper covers:

  • Commercial v residential premises: NDIS, co-living
  • Margin scheme and purchaser withholding
  • Tax law partnership transactions.
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VAT post Brexit

Author(s):  Roderick CORDARA

This presentation covers a look at what lessons can be learned from the UK and Europe post Brexit.

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ATO Deputy Commissioner address

Author(s):  Rebecca SAINT

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The Gold Case – where to from here

Author(s):  Chris SIEVERS

This paper covers The Gold Case – where to from here.

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Compulsory information requests in an era of mass data

Author(s):  Andrew SOMMER

This presentation covers a review these powers in the light of GST administration and the practical problems they currently raise and some concerns for the future.

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