Most Frequently Used

Australian Tax Office (ATO) 

Family Assistance Office (FAO)

Centrelink 

Child Support Agency (CSA) 

Family & Community Services (FACS): 

Child Care FACS: 

Health Insurance Commission (HIC): 

Commonwealth Government Entry Point (FED): 

Online WilPaC^TM Legal Wills WilPaC^TM: 

Health Fund nib:

Australian Business Register  Search Business names, ABNs and register new businesses for ABN, PAYGw, GST etc

Australasian Legal Information Institute  Provides access to Australian Legislation and case law.

Federal Government Links

Australian Government  Access to Australian Government Information and Services.

Australian Taxation Office  An advanced search function that allows for retrieval by topic of rulings, determinations, media releases, liaison group minutes and more.

Parliament of Australia  For the latest bills, reports, hansard, and live broadcasts of parliament.

Commonwealth Treasury  Access to all Treasury press releases, information papers and other documents released by this Department.

Budget 2005-2006  All Budget papers available from Budget night.

Board of Taxation  The Board of Taxation is an independent, non-statutory body established to advise the Government on the development and implementation of taxation legislation and the ongoing operation of the tax system.

Business Entry Point  Current, accurate tax information and transactions specifically tailored to the needs of business. Apply for a Tax File Number, register for sales tax, group tax, and/or the Prescribed Payments System and register a company name with the Australian Securities and Investments Commission via this site. Also information on running a business.

GST Start-up Assistance Office  Provides information to help small and medium enterprises, charities and education bodies prepare for the introduction of the GST.

Australian Bureau of Statistics  For the latest the CPI figures or average weekly earnings.

Inspector-General of Taxation  The Inspector-General seeks to improve the administration of the tax laws for the benefit of all taxpayers.

State Government Links

NSW Office of State Revenue  Information on State Taxes - stamp duty, payroll tax and land tax. News and latest documents also available on these topics.

Queensland Office of State Revenue  Information on State Taxes - stamp duty, payroll tax and land tax. Revenue rulings, news and latest documents also available on these topics.

Parliament of NSW  For the latest bills, reports, and hansard from the NSW Parliament.

State Revenue Office of Victoria  Information on State Taxes - stamp duty, payroll tax and land tax. News, Supreme Court cases, full text of SRO rulings and latest documents also available.

RevenueSA  Information on South Australia's State Taxes - the latest circulars, forms, legislation and news.

ACT Revenue Office  Provides information on ACT taxation matters.

Department of Treasury and Finance - Tasmania  Information about Tasmania's State Taxes.

WA Office of State Revenue  Information about Western Australia's land tax, payroll tax, stamp duty, etc.

Northern Territory Revenue  Information about the Northern Territory's state taxes.

Legislation, Cases, Commentary and Forms

Administrative Appeals Tribunal  The Administrative Appeals Tribunal provides independent review of a wide range of administrative decisions made by the Australian government and some non-government bodies.

AustLii Homepage  Commonwealth Legislation, AAT, Federal Court and High Court cases searchable.

ComLaw  ComLaw is the legal information retrieval system owned by the Australian Attorney-General's Department. It contains Commonwealth primary legislation, as well as other ancillary documents and information, in electronic form, and the new Federal Register of Legislative Instruments which was established on 1 January 2005 under the Legislative Instruments Act 2003 as the authoritative source for legislative instruments and compilations of legislative instruments.

Oz Tax  Index/navigator site to all Australian tax sites.

Federal Legislation (BillsNet)  Federal Bills and Explanatory Memoranda.

High Court of Australia  For all the latest judgments, transcripts, court lists and practice directions.

Tax News and Education

2003 News Archive  An archive of links to media releases from the Treasury and Australian Taxation Office.

2002 News Archive  An archive of links to media releases from the Treasury and Australian Taxation Office.

KPMG Homepage  Daily tax news and legislation briefs.

Australian Tax Practice  Samples of products such as Latest Tax News and Weekly Tax Bulletin as well as online subscriptions to tax products.

CCH  Samples of tax information including GST, superannuation and finance and planning.

Ernst and Young  Tax Gallery and various taxation publications.

Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu  Weekly tax news and a great tax calculator screensaver.

PricewaterhouseCoopers  TaxTalk e-bulletin.

Television Education Network  Educational site providing information on taxation subscription services available on audio, video, CDROM and now via the Internet.

ATAX  The Australian Taxation Studies Program offered by the University of New South Wales. ATAX educates specialists for all sectors of the tax industry.

Accounting Organisations and Sites

Institute of Chartered Accountants  Press releases, links to other accounting and tax sites forms and other ICAA information.

CPA Australia  The website of CPA Australia, a professional body for accountants.

National Institute of Accountants  Provides details on career development and articles from the "National Accountant" magazine.

Australian Tax Research Foundation  The aim of the Australian Tax Research Foundation is to research taxation at all levels of government (Federal, State and Local) with a view to arriving at systems which are simple, fair and efficient.

Superannuation and Financial Management

Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia  Superannuation news and articles from the Superfunds journal, links to other superannuation sites and information on the WWW.

Financial Planning Association  Information on financial planning including how to choose a financial planner. Brochures also available for downloading.

Investment & Financial Services Association  Submissions, news, publications, information on upcoming events and the latest on investment management.