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In the 2024-25 Federal Budget, the Government announced the discontinuation of previously announced rules to deny, from 1July 2023, tax deductions for payments made by Significant Global Entity’s (SGEs) relating to intangible assets connected with low corporate tax jurisdictions.

The high level of ATO activity in the multinational space is undoubtedly underpinned by the significantly increased funding it has received from the Australian Government since 2016. What can we expect in the May 2024 Federal Budget?

On 21 March 2024, the Federal Treasury released a package of Exposure Draft bills and Explanatory Memoranda in respect of the OECD Pillar Two global/domestic alternative minimum tax rules.

On 22 June 2023, the Federal Government introduced the Treasury Laws Amendment (Making Multinationals Pay Their Fair Share – Integrity and Transparency) Bill 2023 into the House of Representatives. This Bill has been referred to the Senate Economics Legislation Committee with its Report due 31 August 2023.

Improvements are needed for Government changes to Thin Capitalisation regime’s Exposure Draft (ED) legislation which will apply mainly to multinationals with high interest deductions for income years commencing on or after 1 July 2023. Grant Thornton have identified a number of areas of interest in submissions to Government which reflect our analysis and include the views of our affected clients and their bankers and lawyers.

The Government has released anti-avoidance measures, which from 1 July 2023 will deny tax deductions to Australian Significant Global Entities (SGEs) in respect of payments for intangible assets to related party offshore group entities in low tax jurisdictions.

On 16 March 2023 the Federal Government released its Exposure Draft (ED) legislation, which was first announced as part of its October 2022 Federal Budget Thin Capitalisation measures.

On 16 March 2023 the Federal Government released its Exposure Draft (ED) legislation giving effect to its October 2022 Federal Budget thin capitalisation measures, which will apply mainly to multinationals with high interest deductions for income years commencing on or after 1 July 2023.

The imposition of a 15 per cent global minimum tax for multinational corporate groups appears imminent but there is still a lot of work to do to finalise details. Here’s what we know so far and how it may impact multinational businesses including pillar 2, GloBe and Safe harbour considerations.

Federal budget 2022-23 tax implications for business and individuals.

The OECD has been gathering momentum towards addressing perceived tax avoidance amongst multinational enterprises (MNEs), ensuring a fairer distribution of tax for all taxpayers. The Government’s proposed multinational tax integrity to rewrite certain tax laws as they apply to MNEs is consistent with that shift. They were first announced with the intent of addressing the “loopholes” available to MNEs in the Australian taxation system.

The Labor Government has followed through on its election commitment of a multinational tax integrity package to target the tax loopholes used by multinational enterprises (MNEs) and to improve tax transparency, with the release of Treasury’s Discussion Paper on 5 August 2022.