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Microsoft is a member of the US National Foreign Trade Council.

ATO in stand-off with US tech giants over software tax grab

The Tax Office is caught up in a battle with the US government and tech giants like Microsoft over plans to tax billions of dollars’ worth of software transactions for the first time.

  • Colin Kruger

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Arnold Schwarzenegger was stopped for hours by customs at Munich Airport after entering Germany with a luxury watch that was potentially to be auctioned at a charity event.

Arnold Schwarzenegger detained at Munich airport over luxury watch

The Schwarzenegger Climate Initiative said the actor “co-operated at every step even though it was an incompetent shakedown”.

Colombian performer Shakira leaves court in Barcelona, Spain, Monday, Nov. 20, 2023. Global pop star Shakira is summoned on Monday to a Barcelona courthouse for the opening day of her trial for allegedly defrauding Spanish tax officials of millions of euros. Shakira faces six counts of failing to pay the Spanish government 14.5 million euros (now $15.8 million) in taxes between 2012 and 2014. (AP Photo/Joan Mateu Parra)

Shakira reaches deal to avoid $24 million tax fraud trial in Spain

The singer, who also has a second tax fraud investigation pending with Spanish authorities, had previously vowed to fight what she called false accusations.

  • Joan Faus and Horaci Garcia
“Ultimately just kicking the can down the road”: Mathew Simpson and Dr Tonya Coren at their clinic in Byron Bay.

Doctors warn GP tax pause only ‘kicks can’ of clinic closures, fee hikes along the road

The NSW government has backflipped on a decision to collect payroll tax for independent GPs, but only for 12 months.

  • Laura Banks
Tony Perich, right, and son Mark, at Oran Park - the town they have built on their massive landholdings on Sydney’s outskirts.

Billionaire Perich family wins again as judge cancels $27 million stamp duty bill

The dairy farming family that scored a $30 million windfall from the sale of the so-called Leppington Triangle secured a big victory against Revenue NSW in the Supreme Court.

  • Michael Koziol
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Doctors warn bulk-billing ‘a thing of the past’ without tax exemptions

Private practices assumed payroll did not apply to GPs, but the State Revenue Office has sought to recoup unpaid taxes from “several” clinics in Victoria.

  • Rachel Eddie
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Donald Trump’s Trump Organisation has applied to have tax fraud charges dropped.

Court clears handover of Trump tax returns to Congress

Trump refused to release his tax returns before and during his presidency, citing what he said was an ongoing audit by the Internal Revenue Service.

  • Mark Sherman
Shakira denies she committed tax fraud.

Pop singer Shakira to face trial over tax fraud in Spain

Shakira, 45, has repeatedly denied any wrongdoing and rejected a deal with authorities to avoid going to trial.

Rio Tinto, the largest Australian producer of iron ore, operates mines in the Pilbara region of WA.

Rio Tinto pays nearly $1 billion in tax avoidance settlement

Australia’s biggest iron ore miner, Rio Tinto, has agreed to one of the largest tax settlements in the country’s history.

  • Nick Toscano
Bernie Ecclestone, the former boss of Formula One.

Former Formula One supremo Bernie Ecclestone charged with UK tax fraud

The 91-year-old former racing boss has been charged with fraud over a failure to declare more than $700 million of overseas assets to the British tax authority.

  • Alan Baldwin

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