Pakistan's Finance Minister, Mohammad Ishaq Dar, has directed the Federal Board of Revenue to approach the tax authorities of nine territories about information in the Panama and Bahamas leaks.

Revenue Jersey has sought to reassure taxpayers over fears that they will be charged the default effective rate of tax from next January.

On April 15, 2020, the United States Internal Revenue Service unveiled the "Get My Payment" online tool that will allow taxpayers to receive economic impact payments under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act.

This paper reviews and evaluates the efficacy of simplified tax registration and collection mechanisms for securing compliance of taxpayers over which the jurisdiction with taxing rights has limited or no authority to effectively enforce a tax collection or other compliance obligation.

These suggestions are not recommendations but are intended to assist administrations globally in their consideration of appropriate measures in their own national contexts to help taxpayers during this difficult period.

In the light of the worsening global impacts of Covid-19 on individual taxpayers, businesses and the wider economy, the OECD Forum on Tax Administration (FTA) has today published a global reference document setting out actions that FTA tax administrations are currently taking to support taxpayers.

Contracts show $1,094,250.39 was spent on cars, $30,073.58 was spent on installing phone lines and $30,073.58 was paid to SLC Turnberry Limited, which is part of The Trump Organization.

ALISON BOSHOFF: With Prince Charles not asking for help from the Government's coronavirus furlough scheme - but Victoria Beckham among those taking it - it's sparking furious debate.

Class sizes and costs for local councils would soar of thousands if extra students has to be absorbed by the state system, the Independent Schools Council (ISC) warned.

Even with pre-clinical and early stage clinical trials underway, we still may not see a Zika vaccine licensed and approved for use in humans for years.

The Foreign Office has been condemned by senior MPs and human rights groups for continuing to use aid money intended to alleviate poverty to help some of the world's most brutal regimes.

ALISON BOSHOFF: With Prince Charles not asking for help from the Government's coronavirus furlough scheme - but Victoria Beckham among those taking it - it's sparking furious debate.

Taxpayers in 2017 stumped up $45,000 and $120,000 for two separate Australian Sports Commission dinners in Melbourne and Sydney hosted by cabinet minister Greg Hunt.

The couple took the eye-watering sum from the Sovereign Grant in April last year to fund the massive renovations at their home on the Windsor estate in Berkshire (pictured).

The Sydney backbench MP and former tennis star charged taxpayers $91 so he could stay at his luxury retreat at Kangaroo Valley on the NSW South Coast. That was before $266 in car travel costs.

Swindon Borough Council has come under fire after it took to social media to reveal that its Highways Team had painted a 'thank you' message to NHS staff amid the coronavirus pandemic.

Classrooms in 800 Pakistani schools, paid for with British aid, have closed as they are not fit for use. An estimated 115,000 children are left taking classes outside or in overcrowded rooms.

RUTH SUNDERLAND COLUMN: If ministers let Richard Branson's Virgin Atlantic crash into the ground, we will all be the poorer for it.

EXCLUSIVE: The Prime Minister landed in St Lucia on Thursday morning after a long-haul British Airways flight from London. It has now emerged he and Carrie Symonds were seated in economy.

Some of the richest people in the world are asking the hardworking mums and dads of Australia to pay for the failure of their airline.

The NSW government said the Streets as Shared Spaces program would help councils provide more space for people to walk, cycle and exercise safely. 

The drug and alcohol treatment and research service helps people affected by substance abuse and is partly financed by Australian state and federal governments.

Move comes after a group of IRS created panic and tax policy uncertainty