Dec 2, 2010 | GENERAL NEWS, IN THE NEWS, PAST CAMPAIGNS
Article originally appeared in The Australian By Rowan Callick LOBBY groups that campaign against government policy will be entitled to claim charity status after a court ruling yesterday. The court swept aside Australian Taxation Office restrictions on...
Dec 1, 2010 | GENERAL NEWS, IN THE NEWS
The court swept aside Australian Taxation Office restrictions on charities’ advocacy work, pronouncing that such campaigning could itself be a charitable activity entitling tax deductibility — as long as it was intended for public benefit. This opens the...
Dec 1, 2010 | GENERAL NEWS, IN THE NEWS, PAST CAMPAIGNS
Wednesday’s decision overturns a lower court ruling in favour of the Australian Taxation Office.The ATO had argued successfully that Aid/Watch’s lobbying activities meant its main purpose was political and that it could not be categorised as a charitable...
Dec 1, 2010 | GENERAL NEWS, IN THE NEWS, PAST CAMPAIGNS
The fight broke out four years ago, when the Commissioner of Taxation ruled that Aid/Watch wasn’t entitled to the tax exempt status enjoyed by charities because it engaged in political activity. Since then a series of courts have considered the matter,...
Nov 30, 2010 | GENERAL NEWS, IN THE NEWS, PAST CAMPAIGNS
Aid/Watch and Maurice Blackburn lawyers say the decision (Aid/Watch incorporate v Commissioner of Taxation 2010), has enormous implications not just for Aid/Watch but for any charity that seeks to influence government policy in the public interest.The four-year legal...
Nov 22, 2010 | GENERAL NEWS, IN THE NEWS, SUPPORT
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