- Australia has entered a Tax Information Exchange Agreement (TIEA) with the British Virgin Islands allowing the exchange of previously confidential information to permit each country to leverage its taxes against its taxable residents.
- To help small businesses weather the global financial crisis, the Government recently announced a 20% reduction to the quarterly pay as you go (PAYG) instalment due for the December 2008 quarter.
- The ATO has announced that acquisitions of any plant and equipment exceeding $10,000 in cost will be available to be depreciated at increased rates (10% increase for acquisitions before 30 June 2009).
- The ATO has announced that with the falling fuel prices, the diesel fuel rebate is to be reduced effective for fuel acquired by Heavy Vehciles using Public Roads from 1 January, 2009 – the rate reduces from 18.51 to 17.143 cents a litre.



