OurÌýcommunity education,ÌýresearchÌýand advocacyÌýfocussesÌýon improvingÌýoutcomes for financially vulnerable individuals and their families while beingÌýcognisantÌýof political, socio-economic, legal design and administrative issues.
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- Submission to Office of the Inspector-General of Tax and Tax Ombudsman Review of ATO’s Remission of General Interest Charge, 14 August 2025
- Submission in response to the Consultation Paper on the draft ATO Vulnerability Framework, 18 July 2025
- Joint Submission by the Economic Abuse Reference Group and the ºÚÁÏÍø´óÊÂ¼Ç Tax and business Advisory Clinic on Feedback on draft work plan for systemic reviews 2025/26, 16 May 2025
- Submission to the Inspector-General of Taxation and Taxation Ombudsman’s IGOT Investigation on Identification and management of financial abuse within the tax system, 10 December 2024
- Submission to the Senate Economics References Committee Inquiry into Australia’s Taxation System, 18 October 2024
- Submission to the Inspector-General of Taxation and Taxation Ombudsman’s IGOT Workplan for systemic reviews 2024/25, 4 October 2024
- Responses to Questions on Notice from Inquiry into the financial services regulatory framework in relation to financial abuse in Australia, 5 September 2024
- Leading the National Tax Clinic Program’s Submission to the Parliamentary Joint Committee’s Inquiry into the financial services regulatory framework in relation to financial abuse in Australia, 21 June 2024
- Submission to the Parliamentary Joint Committee’s Inquiry into the financial services regulatory framework in relation to financial abuse in Australia, 28 May 2024
- Submission to the ATO's National Tax Clinic Program Consultation Paper, 9 February 2024
- Submission to the Senate Select Committee on the Cost of Living Inquiry, 14 March 2023
- Submission on Strengthening the ABN System, 28 November 2022
- Submission to the Australian Curriculum Review Consultation, 7 July 2021
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- Standing Committee on Tax and Revenue,ÌýCommissioner of Taxation Annual Report 2018-19, 26 June 2020Ìý
- Standing Committee on Tax and Revenue,Ìý, 31 July 2020Ìý
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- Ann Kayis-Kumar, Jack Noone, FionaÌýMartinÌýand Michael Walpole,Ìý‘Pro Bono Tax Clinics: An international comparison and framework for evidence-based evaluation’ in Australian Tax ReviewÌý(2020) 49(2) 110–132Ìý
- This article explores and extends the international literature on pro bono tax clinics by: (1) conducting an international comparative analysis of the pro bono tax clinic experiences of Australia, United States, United Kingdom and Canada; and (2) developing an evidence-based evaluation framework (the Tax Clinics Program Logic) for a nation-wide university-based pro bono tax clinic program. As illustrated in the Tax Clinics Program Logic, the ultimate benefit of tax clinics is in creating a more socially just tax system.Ìý
- AnnÌýKayis-Kumar, GordonÌýMackenzieÌýand MichaelÌýWalpole,ÌýÌýin Journal of Australian TaxationÌý(2020)Ìý22(2)Ìý49–63.Ìý
- This article provides an outline of ºÚÁÏÍø´óÊÂ¼Ç Tax Clinic’s pilot year operations and highlights the importance of adopting an interprofessional collaborative approachÌýwhichÌýoffers vulnerable taxpayers – who meet criteria that are both transparent and nuanced – the ability to obtain free tax advice and support.Ìý
- Kevin O’Rourke,ÌýAnn Kayis-KumarÌýand Michael Walpole,Ìý‘Serious Hardship Relief: In Need of a Serious Rethink?’ inÌýSydney Law ReviewÌý43(1) 1-42.Ìý
- These findings were presented at Federal Parliament to the Standing Committee on Tax and Revenue.ÌýThis article foundÌýthat of the 34 serious hardship cases in the past 50 years, all but four were decided in favour of the Commissioner. We proposed legislation be amended to allow serious hardship relief for other taxation liabilities (including GST) and for small businesses (whether operating as sole traders or through corporate or trust entities). This reform would modernise this element of the tax law to reflect the shifting parameters of the labour market (including the increasing use of Australian Business Numbers among taxpayers in precarious employment).Ìý
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- The Tax Institute, , 6 March 2025
- Accountants Daily, , 6 March 2025
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- Charted Accountants, Australia and New Zealand, , 23 September 2024Ìý
- Accountants Daily, , 16 September 2024
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- ABC News, , 16 July 2024
- ºÚÁÏÍø´óÊÂ¼Ç Newsroom, Australia’s tax system is being weaponised against victims of domestic abuse. Here’s how, 20 June 2024Ìý
- The Conversation, , 19 June 2024
- ABC News, , 19 June 2024Ìý
- SBS News, , 12 June 2024
- ºÚÁÏÍø´óÊÂ¼Ç Newsroom, Beware of ‘tax hacks’ to maximise your return this year.Ìý The tax office is taking a close look at incorrect claims, 12 June 2024Ìý
- The Conversation, , 11 June 2024ÌýÌý
- The Guardian, , 29 March 2024Ìý
- ABC News, , 14 March 2024Ìý
- ºÚÁÏÍø´óÊÂ¼Ç Newsroom, 'Robotax' is a symptom of a gap in Australia's tax laws. Here's how to fix it, 23 February 2024
- The Conversation, , 23 February 2024Ìý
- ºÚÁÏÍø´óÊÂ¼Ç Newsroom, How to identify and support women facing economic abuse, 8 February 2024ÌýÌý
- Charted Accountants, Australia and New Zealand, , 23 September 2024Ìý
- Accountants Daily, , 16 September 2024
- Accounting Times, , 23 February 2024
- ºÚÁÏÍø´óÊÂ¼Ç Newsroom, Why do I suddenly owe tax this year? It could be because the LMITO is gone, forever, 03 October 2023
- The Conversation, ,Ìý2 October 2023
- ºÚÁÏÍø´óÊÂ¼Ç Newsroom, Why your tax refund this year may have shrunk, 24 August 2023
- ºÚÁÏÍø´óÊÂ¼Ç Newsroom, Worried you’ll lodge a late tax return? At least 80,000 Australians can’t afford advice, 23 August 2023
- The Conversation, , 22 August 2023
- ºÚÁÏÍø´óÊÂ¼Ç Newsroom, Does paying for tax advice save money? Only if you’re wealthy, 14 June 2022
- The Conversation, , Ìý10 June 2022
- ºÚÁÏÍø´óÊÂ¼Ç Newsroom, Sometimes people can do with a break: 3 ways tax debt relief rules are too tough, 21 April 2021
- The Conversation, , 20 April 2021
- ºÚÁÏÍø´óÊÂ¼Ç Newsroom, The mental health costs of managing tax for small businesses, 6 August 2020
- The Conversation, , 13 July 2020
- ºÚÁÏÍø´óÊÂ¼Ç Newsroom, Yes, there are millionaires who pay no tax, but crimping deductions mightn’t help, 13 July 2020
- The Conversation, , 13 July 2020
- ºÚÁÏÍø´óÊÂ¼Ç Newsroom, Why Australia’s unfair tax system needs an overhaul, 26 June 2020
- Accountants Daily, , 26 June 2020
- Accountants Daily, , 19 June 2020
- Yahoo Finance, , 18 June 2020
- ºÚÁÏÍø´óÊÂ¼Ç Newsroom, Performers and sole traders find it hard to get JobKeeper in part because they get behind on their paperwork, 26 May 2020
- The Conversation, , 25 May 2020
- ºÚÁÏÍø´óÊÂ¼Ç Newsroom, Tips on how to get tax fit prior to filing your tax return, 29 April 2020
- Accountants Daily, , 28 April 2020
- ºÚÁÏÍø´óÊÂ¼Ç Newsroom, Tax help for businesses and individuals affected by COVIC-19, 27 April 2020
- ºÚÁÏÍø´óÊÂ¼Ç Newsroom, Tax help for communities affected by bushfires, 16 January 2020
- ºÚÁÏÍø´óÊÂ¼Ç Newsroom, ºÚÁÏÍø´óÊÂ¼Ç launches Tax Clinic to help vulnerable taxpayers, 7 June 2019
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- AnnÌýKayis-Kumar, MichaelÌýWalpoleÌýand GordonÌýMackenzie,Ìý‘ºÚÁÏÍø´óÊÂ¼Ç Tax Clinic - ATTA Poster’Ìýpresented atÌýtheÌý32ndÌýAustralasian Tax Teachers’ Association Conference,ÌýHobartÌý(22 January 2020).Ìý
- AnnÌýKayis-Kumar, MichaelÌýWalpoleÌýand GordonÌýMackenzie,ÌýºÚÁÏÍø´óÊÂ¼Ç Tax ClinicÌýfeaturedÌýatÌýThe Tax Institute’s inaugural Tax Summit, Sydney (11-13 March 2020)Ìý
- Ann Kayis-Kumar, ‘Tax Education Day, Tax Clinic Panel’, panelist at theÌýTax Research Network’s 29thÌýAnnual Conference,ÌýUniversity of CambridgeÌý(9 September 2020)Ìý
- Ann Kayis-Kumar,Ìý, presented at the ºÚÁÏÍø´óʼÇÌýSocial Policy Research Centre Seminar Series, virtually (13 October 2020).Ìý
- AnnÌýKayis-Kumar,ÌýMarkÌýDeady,ÌýJackÌýNoone,ÌýMichaelÌýWalpole, SamuelÌýHarvey, GordonÌýMackenzieÌýand YoungdeokÌýLim, ‘Can free tax clinics improve mental health in rural/regional NSW?’, presented atÌýthe 2020ÌýAustralian Rural & Remote Mental Health Symposium,Ìývirtually (26 October 2020)Ìý
- AnnÌýKayis-Kumar A, JackÌýNoone, YoungdeokÌýLim,ÌýMichaelÌýWalpole,ÌýJanÌýBreckenridge,Ìý‘Let’s talk about tax – Identifying and supporting womenÌýexperiencing economic abuse’, presented at The Critical Tax Symposium, Monash Law School,Ìývirtually (15 July 2021)Ìý
- AnnÌýKayis-Kumar A, JackÌýNoone, YoungdeokÌýLim,ÌýMichaelÌýWalpole,ÌýJanÌýBreckenridge,Ìý‘Let’s talk about tax – Identifying and supporting women experiencing economic abuse’, presented at 112th Annual Conference of the Society of Legal Scholars Conference, Durham University, virtually (31 August 2021)Ìý
- AnnÌýKayis-Kumar A, MichaelÌýWalpole,ÌýJackÌýNoone, YoungdeokÌýLim,ÌýGordon Mackenzie, ‘Up hardship creek without a paddle? Quantifying the nation-wide unmet need for tax advice’, presented at 14th International Tax Administration Conference,ÌýSydneyÌý(23 November 2021)
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- Kayis-Kumar, A., et al. Closing policy gaps: Tax administration responses to lessen intimate partner financial abuse. October 2024Ìý
- Kayis-Kumar, A., et al. Preventing the weaponisation of the tax system by perpetrator of economic abuse. June 2024
- Kayis-Kumar, A., et al. Mapping the abuse of Australia’s tax and transfer system. April 2024Ìý
- Kayis-Kumar, A., et al. Closing policy gaps: Preventing the weaponisation of the tax system by perpetrators of economic abuse. April 2024
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- The George Institute for Global Health - The Scan podcast on 16/06/2025
- The Money Puzzle with James Kirby - Ìý29/04/2025
- Charted Accountants Australia and New Zealand Small Firm Big Impact podcast – 26/11/2024
- The Tax Institute - TaxVibe podcast interview on 26/09/2024
- Accountants Daily – 19/06/2020