The Shadow Economy Advisory Forum will collaborate with key industry and business stakeholders to lead, share and advocate matters relating to the shadow economy including:
- advising on improvements to the provision and timeliness of education and advice to businesses
- providing industry insights into non-compliant practices and behaviours
- identifying practical options to reduce regulatory or other compliance burdens
- actively influencing and promoting positive changes in behaviour to support a level playing field
- championing the benefits of engaging with the Australian tax and regulatory system to the community.
Contact
The secretariat of the Shadow Economy Advisory Forum can be contacted by email at ShadowEconomyAdvisoryForum@ato.gov.au
Members
|
Organisation |
Members |
|---|---|
|
ATO |
Will Day (Co-chair), Small Business |
|
ATO |
Tony Goding, Small Business |
|
Australian Border Force |
Ben Biddington |
|
Australian Hairdressing Council |
Melissa Kalan |
|
Australian Retailers Association |
Jason Robertson |
|
Australian Small Business and Family Enterprise Ombudsman |
Bruce Billson |
|
Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand |
Susan Franks |
|
Council of Small Business Organisations Australia |
Adele Sutton |
|
CPA Australia |
Jenny Wong |
|
Independent |
Michael Schaper (Co-chair) |
| Independent |
Peter Strong |
|
Independent |
Simon Butt |
|
Recruitment, Consulting and Staffing Association of Australia and New Zealand |
Charles Cameron |
|
Restaurant and Catering Industry Association of Australia |
Suresh Manickam |
|
Treasury |
Richard Maher |
Key messages
Key messages from meetings held in the last 3 years are available below.
- 19 August 2024
- 28 May 2024
- 19 February 2024
- 8 November 2023
- 15 August 2023
- 22 May 2023
- 8 March 2023
- 17 November 2022
- 9 August 2022
- 10 May 2022
- 8 February 2022
- 10 November 2021
For prior key messages, email the secretariat and specify what you require.