Chevron's multimillion-dollar tax bill appeal kicks off

An appeal against a multimillion dollar tax bill owed by multinational oil giant Chevron is taking place, and will have global implications for the way tax paid by large companies is assessed.

'Snails eat our mail': The best excuses the ATO hears

Top excuses for why people did not lodge a tax return on time included: "My client can't lodge because she is currently at the North Pole".

The $63b question: What Trump's tax plan means for Apple

• ANALYSIS

Apple was slugged with an $18b fine by the EU last year but the company will be smiling if Donald Trump's US tax plan gets off the ground.

Guard dogs, Xbox consoles: hot tax breaks claimed by small business

Guard dogs and x-box consoles are among the items that over 154,000 small businesses have claimed as tax breaks for equipment used in the workplace.

Wrongly accused of fraud and evasion by the ATO? IGT wants to know

The Tax Office's processes for forming decisions about whether taxpayers are guilty of fraud or evasion are "not sufficiently robust and may lead to unfair outcomes", according to concerns raised with the Inspector-General of Taxation Ali Noroozi.

Bye bye bean counters, hello business consultant

Small shopfront accountants nationwide are worried about the end of the traditional tax return.

One in six Aussies have an Airbnb account, 2.4m with Uber app

• EXCLUSIVE

Regulators are struggling to keep up with the rapid growth of Australia's 'sharing economy'.

How your nest egg drops by thousands due to unpaid super

Australians who have been underpaid their super entitlements have balances that are almost $20,000 or about 50 per cent lower, new research Industry Super Australia shows.

World's former 'No.1 tax haven' joins fight against multinationals

Bermuda has joined the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development's fight against multinational profit shifting.