2025

National GST Conference

Source: New South Wales

Published Date: 16 Oct 2025

 

The Tax Institute’s National GST Conference for 2025 – Australia’s pre-eminent event for GST practitioners and advisory specialists. This year the conference was held at the Hilton Hotel Sydney from 16–17 October 2025. We’re excited about our program for the year, featuring a mix of technical and case law updates, practical panel sessions and deep dives into technical issues. 

This year, we were honoured to welcome Lachlan Wolfers, CTA, KPMG International as our keynote speaker to reflect on 25 years of GST in Australia, and what the future might hold. There was also be a particular focus on hot button issues – the first reports from taxpayers and advisors on how Supplementary Annual GST Returns are working in practice, and the impact of Division 93 of the GST Act on refund claims. The economic update also touched on the upheaval to global trade arising from renewed global tariffs.

Keynote address

Author(s): Lachlan R Wolfers CTA

Unpacking a new filing obligation – the Supplementary Annual GST Return

Author(s): Michelle Sams , Virginia Gogan , Jonathan Paul , Chris Plakias

Deep dive into GST technical issues

Author(s): John Ryan

Beyond Canberra – Unpacking the GST lessons from development leases in the ACT

Author(s): Julia Brosnan , Chris Tang

Case update - Rulings & Hot topics

Author(s): Steve Visser

Commercial and residential GST issues in Specialist Disability Accommodation

Author(s): Jessica Pengelly

General anti-avoidance provisions in GST administration

Author(s): Andrew Sommer CTA

GST issues in the power industry (incl renewables)

Author(s): Bastian Gasser ATI

Economic update on Supply chains, Tariffs, Customs and Global Trade

Author(s): Cherelle Murphy

GST Technical issues arising from justified trust reviews

Author(s): Shagun Thakur

Details

  • Published On:16 Oct 2025
  • Took place at:Hilton Sydney

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