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NFP Update: Budget 2015

Mark Fowler & Rachel Sloper (13 May 2015) What’s in the Budget for charities and not-for-profits? Significant new power for Commissioner of Taxation The item which immediately caught our attention is in Budget Paper No 2, Revenue Measures, for the Treasury portfolio. The Government is proposing to give the Commissioner of Taxation a ‘remedial power’ […]

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Update: Report of the Commonwealth Senate Committee Inquiry into Affordable Housing in Australia Released

Mark Fowler (11 May 2015) Last Friday, 08 May 2015, the Senate Committee conducting an inquiry into affordable housing in Australian released its report. This update is divided into the following headings: Means to Address Lack of Affordability; Public Stock Transfers; White Papers on Federation and on Tax; Extension of the National Rental Affordability Scheme;

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NFP & Property Update: NDIS Seminar, ‘National Centre for Excellence’ Final Report, 2014 NFP Legal Almanac

Mark Fowler & Rachel Sloper (4 May 2015) In this Update: Seminar on The National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS); Final Report for the ‘National Centre for Excellence’ consultation released; and The Australian Nonprofit Sector Legal Almanac 2014. The National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) The NDIS The National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) is radically reshaping how

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NRAS Update: Lodging further market valuations or an amended Statement of Compliance

Mark Fowler (28 April 2015) Dear Approved Participants, It has come to our attention that some Approved Participants may be labouring under a misconstruction of the requirements of the National Rental Affordability Scheme Regulations 2008 (Cth) (NRAS Regulations) concerning the ability to lodge further market rent valuations or an amended Statement of Compliance for the

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