2009 Budget
Attached are some of the initiatives announced in the Federal May 2009 Budget.

ATO Business Performance Benchmarks
The Tax Office has asked us to distribute this paper more broadly within our association to garner feedback, and thereby assist it in making these a robust feature of their compliance approach.

Seminar Calendar
To help you plan we have our seminars for the first 6 months of 2009 at a glance.

• 2009 Seminar Calendar

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