Case study: Rulings need a refit

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Published on 01 Oct 98 by "TAXATION IN AUSTRALIA" JOURNAL ARTICLE

Three recent decisions involving private rulings given to individual taxpayers in relation to relatively small amounts of income suggest that the rulings system is in need of significant repair.

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Prof Richard Vann CTA

Prof Richard Vann, CTA, is Challis Professor of Law at the University of Sydney and a Consultant at Greenwoods & Herbert Smith Freehills. He has also taught at NYU Law School, Harvard Law School and the University of London. He has held many government consultancies in Australia, including the Review of Business Taxation (1998•1999), the Review of International Taxation (2002•2003) and the Australian Taxation Office Public Rulings Panels on international and indirect taxation (1995•2007). Most recently, he has been involved in various Board of Taxation work on managed investment trusts and collective investment vehicles, the attribution of profits to permanent establishments and as a member of Treasury’s BEPS Advisory Group. Richard is the Editor-in-Chief of the IBFD Global Tax Treaties Commentaries now being progressively published online. - Current at 12 January 2017

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