A key part of the Australian government’s multinational tax integrity package is reforms to all aspects of Australia’s thin capitalisation regime, including a movement to an earnings (rather than asset) based approach and changes to the alternatives test utilising arms length debt and worldwide gearing methodologies.
This practical session examines the proposed changes, their impact on different taxpayers (inbound, outbound) and industries (e.g. services, capital intensive (e.g. mining, infrastructure etc), private equity) and work through some easy to follow examples.