Seminar materials

Seminar and Convention papers from all Taxation Institute events are available online to be downloaded in PDF format.

Seminar papers and presentations

The Tax Institute runs over 300 CPD seminars a year and the majority of our speakers dedicate considerable time and effort in preparing and writing papers and presentations. All papers and powerpoint presentations provided by the speakers from our seminars are available through the website individually or through a Tax Knowledge eXchange subscription.

Finding a paper or presentation 

To find a paper you can either scroll through the list at the bottom of this page or use the right hand side Paper Search to refine your search criteria. Enter Keyword, State of Event and Date Range. For a more detailed search use our Advanced Search facility.

• VIC Tax Forum

  26 May 2022 | Crown Conference Centre & Online | National

  The Tax Institute have once again gathered some of the greatest minds in the industry and with the help of the organising committee, have put together another fantastic forum tackling issues that are front of mind such as:

  • Justin Dearness, Australian Taxation Office; Paul Sokolowski, CTA, Arnold Bloch Leibler and Yina Tang, CTA, Pitcher Partners discussing their views on the recently published s100A and Div 7A ATO guidance materials with some insight into how this affects taxpayers and what practitioners should be aware of
  • Cryptocurrency and digital assets as a whole is already a major investment type and strategy. Yet when it comes to understanding the tax consequences of such investments, most would say it is still largely ‘untested’. Join us for a two session breakdown of Blockchain, Cryptocurrency and NFTs
  • Build to rent – a fast growing investment choice of developers but what does it really mean and what are the tax issues that developers should be aware of? Matt Ervin, KPMG and Rebecca Lawrence, CTA, KPMG who specialise in this space will share some of their insights
  • Additionally, we are pleased to include an array of exceptional keynote speakers including: Bernard Salt AM, The Demographics Group; Kirsten Fish, CTA, Second Commissioner for Law Design and Practice, Australian Taxation Office and Karen Payne, CTA, Inspector-General of Taxation and Taxation Ombudsman.

• National Infrastructure Conference

  28 Apr 2022 | Crown Sydney & Online | National

  Investment in infrastructure is critical for creating the conditions in which our economy can continue to grow in the post COVID recovery period. Governments in Australia are increasingly looking to the private sector to develop and maintain roads, ports, pipelines, renewable energy and other essential infrastructure assets. There are record levels of M&A transactions involving infrastructure and energy transactions.

  Our conference program provided an outstanding array of speakers and topics. Nancy Tchou from Morgan Stanley, Jeremy Thorpe from PwC and James Beeston together with Ryan Kinsella from the ATO delivered keynote addresses. We were also delighted to have The Hon. Justice Logan address us on expert evidence, as well as a broad range of Australian Taxation Office, corporate and advisory speakers.

• Emerging Leaders Program – Key Revenue vs Capital Principles (Sydney)

  13 Apr 2022 | Online | NSW

  This practical and interactive session sought to extract and explore the key principles of revenue vs capital for both income and deductions.

• Superannuation Intensive

  30 Mar 2022 | Online | National

  Bringing together expert speakers from across the country, delegates walked away with an up-to-date and enhanced understanding of a range of topical subject areas including pensions, contributions, SMSF audit and tax as well as SMSF residency and foreign transfers. Delegates were given a status update of relevant legislation over the past 12 months and hear from the regulator on their key areas of focus. As an added bonus, the final session brought together a panel of our speakers to discuss the practical issues during the lifecycle of an SMSF and answer questions from delegates.

• Tax Disputes Masterclass

  16 Mar 2022 | Establishment Hotel Sydney & Online | National

  This event provided both technical insights and practical tips for resolving tax disputes. The different perspectives of our wide variety of presenters, from senior ATO officers to members of the tax bar and experienced Tax Controversy professionals, brought fresh thinking to the nuanced challenge of seeking to resolve a tax dispute.

• Local Tax Club Series - Taxing the family home part 1 (Sydney)

  15 Mar 2022 | Cliftons & Online | NSW

  With a local and topical line-up of sessions and presenters, the Local Tax Club Series will deliver quintessential and hot topics which affect you and your clients. This event provided insights into the tax policy and administration matters and a tax update.

• Financial Services Taxation Conference

  10 Mar 2022 | Crown Sydney & Online | National

  The Tax Institute’s Financial Services Taxation Conference has long been the leading conference for financial services taxation professionals in Australia.

  The conference had many highlights including the OECD update presented by Pascal Saint-Amans, Part IVA perspectives from Peter Walmsley, Kristen Deards SC and The Hon. Tony Pagone QC, capital management and M&A insights from Barrenjoey, Citi, Greenwoods & Herbert Smith Freehills and EY, as well as several technical, reform and tax governance topics. We also heard from senior ATO officers about the areas of key focus for financial services.

• Local Tax Club Series - In Our Sights (Sydney)

  15 Feb 2022 | Cliftons, Sydney | NSW

  With a local and topical line-up of sessions and presenters, the Local Tax Club Series will deliver quintessential and hot topics which affect you and your clients. This event provided insights into the tax policy and administration matters and a tax update.

• 2021 National GST Conference

  02 Dec 2021 | Sofitel Sydney Darling Harbour | National

  The Tax Institute’s National GST Conference – Australia’s pre-eminent event for GST practitioners and corporate advisory specialists returned to Sydney in 2021. The program was delivered over two days by some of Australia’s leading GST experts from the tax profession, industry and government. Many of the conference sessions had an in depth look through topical issues providing practical takeaways and applications for GST specialists.

• 2021 Local Tax Club – Individual residency issues (Melbourne)

  18 Nov 2021 | Online | VIC

  With travel restrictions and the displacement caused by COVID-19 together with the 2021 Budget announcement residency is a hot topic. This session covered:

  • Why is residency important
  • The individual residency tests
  • COVID-19 administrative practices
  • Reform, the budget announcement and Board of Taxation paper
  • Practical considerations.