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Legislation

Commonwealth Legislation is available via the Federal Register of Legislation. This is the site for authorised versions of legislation.

Legislation from databases:

  • CCH Intellliconnect

    Contains federal tax Bills and legislation and some state legislation.

  • Checkpoint

    Contains federal tax Bills and explanatory memoranda and legislation.

  • LawNow on Lexis+ Australia.

    Covers all Australian jurisdictions.


Useful resources

 

Cases, Tax rulings and legislation

 

The following links will be helpful in locating cases, tax rulings and legislation.

 

Databases

 
  • AGIS Plus Text

    Covers Australian law journals.

  • Westlaw Australia

    Includes cases, legislation, commentary, journals and news.

  • CCH iKnowConnect

    Select the Tax Library for legislation, rulings, Australian Tax Cases, the Master Tax Guide, Australian Federal Income Tax Reporter and other materials.

  • Informit - Business Collection

    Covers accounting, commerce, finance, business (general), economics and taxation.

Newspapers

 
  • Factiva

    An international news database sourced from over 200 countries. It includes national, international and regional newspapers (including the Australian Financial Review), magazines, newswires, podcasts and company reports

  • Newsbank Access Australia

    Full text of local, regional and national Australian newspapers (excluding the Australian Financial Review). Selected international coverage.

Australian tax journals

Federal Budget

Keeping up to date (Tax blogs)

 
  • Austaxpolicy (blog of the Tax & Transfer Policy Institute, Crawford School of Public Policy, ANU)

    Informs and promotes public and policy debate on taxes and transfers informed by the latest academic research. Covers all types of tax and transfers, budget policy, inter-governmental financial relations and public finance.

  • Tax Institute blog

    The Tax Institute is a member association of tax professionals in Australia.

  • Tax Chat Blog (Walters Kluwer)

  • Banter Blog (TaxBanter)

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