The Tax Office denies it has become harder for taxpayers to have penalties waived and revealed that the agency approves requests for clemency “in part or in full more often than we do not”.
The denial follows comments by tax lawyer Tania Waterhouse that the waivers of tax penalties are more difficult to obtain than in the past and are now mainly granted in cases involving natural disaster or serious illness.
Majority of requests to waiver tax penalties are approved: ATO
‘Work until we die?’ Independent readers outraged over retirement age review The Independent
Western Sydney Airport official who sought $200k kickback narrowly avoids jail time
Davis Polk Axes Tax Associate Who Published Op-Eds Criticizing Trump: ‘Was He Heroic, Naive Or Full Of Himself?’
Trump administration ordered review of SpaceX government contracts following Trump-Musk fallout: Report The Economic Times
How Elon Musk Created a Nightmare for Donald Trump Gizmodo
Elon Musk moves xAI, Grok onto Palantir turf The Street
Trump EPA will propose repealing finding that climate change endangers public health The Hill
Trump’s AI Action Plan Includes ‘Zombie’ Moratorium on State Regulations Common Dreams
Five Interesting Things about the White House AI Action Plan Interconnected
Trump Launched Nearly as Many Airstrikes in Five Months as Biden Did in Four Years Antiwar
Does aging accelerate at age fifty?
Queen Anne statue still regulating betting in DC
What Dan read, NYT coverage here
Bunch of complicated prediction market results about central bank independence.