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These Consumer Price Index (CPI) rates have been updated to include the December 2011 quarter figure.

This document makes available for comment draft effective lives for assets used in the manufacture of certain frozen pre-prepared foods including frozen appetisers, frozen pizzas, frozen potato products (french fries etc) and frozen pre-prepared meals. Comments should be made by 2 March 2012.

Minutes of the NTLG Fringe Benefits Tax Sub-committee meeting held 10 November 2011.

Bulletin to inform tax professionals of the most recent updates to ato.gov.au including lead article titled 'Default assessments to issue soon'. Issued 25 January 2012.

Details about the tax practitioner research we will conduct in the first half of 2012.

If you are a tax agent or other tax professional, you should use this form to apply for your own private ruling or a private ruling on behalf of a client.

If you are not a tax agent or other tax professional, you may use this form to apply for a private ruling on your own behalf or on behalf of another individual or entity.

Speech by Taxation Commissioner Michael D'Ascenzo to the CPA Sydney Professional Accountants Group Annual Dinner on 2 February 2012.

Feb 2012. We have issued an addendum to our guide Tax basics for non-profit organisations (NAT 7966) with changes that have occurred since the guide was released in June 2011.

The Risk Differentiation Framework (RDF) approach helps us to assess your tax risk and determine the intensity of our response in a coherent, consistent and considered way.

List of daily, monthly and annual foreign exchange rates. Updated to include daily and monthly rates for January 2012.

This fact sheet details how we assess your tax compliance risk and determine how we engage with you.

From November 2011 to March 2012, the Commissioner is progressively writing to large businesses about their risk categorisations under the RDF for each of income tax, GST and excise.

We take all forms of tax evasion and intentional non-compliance seriously. See these statistics on serious fraud offences and summary offences under the Tax Administration Act.

An overview of Project Wickenby cross-agency task force, who could be investigated, who is prosecuted and the results the project is getting.

We're now on Twitter, Facebook and YouTube. Providing you with the latest updates on new measures, changes to legislation and reminders of upcoming due dates.

Worker entitlement funds are funds established to preserve the benefits and entitlements of employees engaged in particular industries. If you are a member of a worker entitlement fund, you need to be aware of how payments from the fund are treated for tax purposes.

On 25 November 2011, the government announced it would defer the start date of the savings discount measure to 2013-14 income year.

Draft minutes of Personal Tax Advisory Group meeting held on 3 November 2011.

A tax-exempt body entertainment fringe benefit may arise if an employer is wholly or partially exempt from income tax and provides an employee with entertainment by way of food, drink or recreation - including associated accommodation or travel provided.