Friday, May 10, 2019

Waterhouse Lawyers headhunts Aris Zafiriou


ATO set to launch tax

 record application system

Labor has revised its figures in its proposal to cap the cost of managing tax affairs, believing it will raise $1.6 billion over 10 years, as it reveals new figures to back its policy.

ATO Commissioner Chris Jordan had previously said that the figures used by Labor were probably down to general interest charges in large settlements.

“When people see a quick headline, ‘millionaires paying millions not to pay tax’, there might well be some other reason entirely, like GIC, and I think we’re trying to break that box down now,” Mr Jordan said.

Say goodbye to group certificates for good as tax turns digital

Former ATO debt director joins law firm

A boutique law firm has swooped up another former ATO officer as it looks to build on its industry knowledge and experience.



Tax man moves on

Former Australian Taxation Office deputy commissioner Michael Cranston has moved on since he was charged with misusing his position to help his son Adam as part of the $130 million fraud and money laundering operations now known as the Plutus scandal.
In February, he was found not guilty and joined tax specialist firm Waterhouse Lawyers.

And come today he’ll have a new colleague – Aris Zafiriou.
Awkwardly, Zaifiou was a key investigator of the Plutus fraud that entangled Cranston and his son.
That might make for some interesting boardroom discussions


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Listen Up: Social Media Is Not A Public Square (Though We Understand The Confusion)


Kara Swisher: “What’s obvious is that the rules are not clear in a world in which the idea of the public square has been turned on its head. It is a truly challenging problem for democracy in the United States and for its increasingly voluble citizens who are now experiencing limits to what they can say. – The New York Times






Sam Trendall, via Civil Service World
Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs has deleted the voiceprints of five million citizens from whom it failed to gain adequate consent.
Naomi Brooker, via SmartCompany
Here are a few tips, as well as a foolproof pitch structure, to get you started in convincing people to believe in (and ideally, invest in) your idea.