OurÌýcommunity education,ÌýresearchÌýand advocacyÌýfocussesÌýon improvingÌýoutcomes for financially vulnerable individuals and their families while beingÌýcognisantÌýof political, socio-economic, legal design and administrative issues.
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- Submission to Australian Securities and Investments Commission’s consultation on Access to information on the companies register (CP 391). 14 October 2026
- Submission to the Joint Committee of Public Accounts and Audit Inquiry into the Australian Taxation Office’s management of small business collectable debt. 14 October 2026
- Submission to the review of the ATO's administration of Director Penalty Notices,Ìý29 September 2026
- Submission to the consultation paper Evidence to action: informing direction for the Second Action Plan Consultation Paper in support of the National Plan to End Violence against Women and Children, 31 July 2026
- Submission in response to the Productivity Commission’s inquiry into Reducing barriers to business dynamism in Australia, 3 July 2026
- Submission in response to The Treasury’s consultation on Preventing perpetrators from accessing victims’ super death benefits, 15 April 2026
- Submission in response to The Treasury’s consultation on Registry stabilisation and uplift design, 10 February 2026
- Submission in response to the Standing Committee on Social Policy and Legal Affairs Inquiry into the relationship between domestic, family and sexual violence and suicide, 30 January 2026
- Submission to The Treasury’s Consultation Paper on Combatting financial abuse perpetrated through coerced directorships, 23 December 2025
- Joint Submission of the National Tax Clinic Program on The Treasury’s Consultation Paper on Combatting financial abuse perpetrated through coerced directorships, 23 December 2025
- Joint follow up Submission with the Economic Abuse Reference Group, and Johnson Winter Slattery on ATO’s approach to taxpayer relief provisions. 26ÌýNovember 2025
- Submission of feedback to the Office of the Inspector-General of Taxation and Tax Ombudsman’s Consultation on Systemic reviews: refresh of our FY26 work plan, 31 October 2025
- Submission to the Office of the Inspector-General of Taxation and Tax Ombudsman Review of ATO’s Remission of General Interest Charge, 14 August 2025
- Submission in response to the ATO Consultation Paper on the draft Vulnerability Framework, 18 July 2025
- Joint Submission with the Economic Abuse Reference Group providing feedback on draft work plan for systemic reviews 2025/26, 16 May 2025
- Joint Submission with the Economic Abuse Reference on Treasury’s Review of Tax Regulator Secrecy Exceptions Consultation Paper,Ìý28 February 2025
- Submission to the Inspector-General of Taxation and Taxation Ombudsman’s IGOT Investigation on Identification and management of financial abuse within the tax system, 10 December 2024
- Submission to the Senate Economics References Committee Inquiry into Australia’s Taxation System, 18 October 2024
- Submission to the Inspector-General of Taxation and Taxation Ombudsman’s IGOT Workplan for systemic reviews 2024/25, 4 October 2024
- Responses to Questions on Notice from Inquiry into the financial services regulatory framework in relation to financial abuse in Australia, 5 September 2024
- Leading the National Tax Clinic Program’s Submission to the Parliamentary Joint Committee’s Inquiry into the financial services regulatory framework in relation to financial abuse in Australia, 21 June 2024
- Submission to the Parliamentary Joint Committee’s Inquiry into the financial services regulatory framework in relation to financial abuse in Australia, 28 May 2024
- Submission to the ATO's National Tax Clinic Program Consultation Paper, 9 February 2024
- Submission to the Senate Select Committee on the Cost of Living Inquiry, 14 March 2023
- Submission on Strengthening the ABN System, 28 November 2022
- Submission to the Australian Curriculum Review Consultation, 7 July 2021
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- 14 April 2026
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- Standing Committee on Tax and Revenue,Ìý, 31 July 2020Ìý
- 26 June 2020
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- Kayis-Kumar,A., et al. Operationalising the ATO’s vulnerability framework. April 2026
- Kayis-Kumar,A., et al. Addressing the weaponisation of the tax profession by perpetrators of intimate partner financial abuse. December 2025
- Kayis-Kumar, A., et al. Closing policy gaps: Tax laws responses to lessen intimate partner financial abuse, August 2025
- Kayis-Kumar, A., et al. Closing policy gaps: Tax administration responses to lessen intimate partner financial abuse. October 2024Ìý
- Kayis-Kumar, A., et al. Preventing the weaponisation of the tax system by perpetrators of economic abuse. June 2024
- Kayis-Kumar, A., et al. Mapping the abuse of Australia’s tax and transfer system. April 2024Ìý
- Kayis-Kumar, A., et al. Closing policy gaps: Preventing the weaponisation of the tax system by perpetrators of economic abuse. April 2024
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- O’Rourke, K.; Kayis-Kumar, A. & Walpole, M. (2025) Redefining ATO powers at the intersection of debt and financial vulnerability. Australian Tax Review. Vol 54, Issue 2, p. 94.
- Kayis-Kumar, A.; Speidel, C. & Book, L. (2024) Squeezing blood from stones? A comparative analysis of tax relief for victim-survivors in Australian and The United States. Australian Tax Forum. Vol 39, Issue 2, p. 191-220.
- Kayis-Kumar, A.; Lim, Y.; Noone, J.; Walpole, M. & Breckenridge, J. (2023) Identifying and supporting financially vulnerable women experiencing economic abuse: a grounded theory approach. eJournal of Tax Research. Vol 21, No 2, p. 173-202.
- Morgan, A.; Freudenberg, B.; Kayis-Kumar, A.; Le, V.; Whait, R.; Cull, M.; Castelyn, D. & Vitale, C. (2023) Pro bono tax clinics: Aiding Australia’s tax administration and developing students’ self- efficacy. Journal of Australian Taxation. Vol 24, Issue 1, p. 76-111.
- Cull, M.; McLaren, J.; Freudenberg, B.; Vitale, C.; Castelyn, D.; Whait, R.; Kayis-Kumar, A.; Le, V. & Morgan, A. (2022) Work Integrated Learning for international students: Developing self-efficacy through the Australian National Tax Clinic Program. Journal of the Australasian Tax Teachers Association. Vol 17, No 1, p. 22-56.
- Kayis-Kumar, A.; Noone, J.; Walpole, M. & Mackenzie. (2022) Tax accounting for financial wellbeing: Quantifying the unmet need for pro bono tax advice. Australian Tax Review. Vol 51, Issue 3, p. 228.
- O’Rouke, K.; Kayis-Kumar, A. & Walpole, M. (2021) Serious hardship relief: In need of a serious rethink? Sydney Law Review. Vol 43, No 1, p.1-42.
- Kayis-Kumar, A.; Mackenzie, G. & Walpole, M. (2020) Interprofessional collaborative practice in pro bono tax clinics: A case study approach. Journal of Australian Taxation. Vol 22, Issue 2, p. 49-63.
- Kayis-Kumar, A.; Noone, J.; Martin, F. & Walpole, M. (2020) Pro bono tax clinics: An international comparison and framework for evidence-based evaluation. Australian Tax Review. Vol 49, No 2, p. 110-132.
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- The Project, channel 10, , 20 February 2024Ìý
- ABC Radio Nation, , 31 July 2025
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- ABC Radio National, , 27 March 2024
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- Public Accountant, , 18 July 2025
- SBS News, , 5 July 2025
- Sydney Morning Herald, , 3 April 2025
- The Age, , 3 April 2025
- Brisbane Times, , 3 April 2025
- Sydney Morning Herald, , 27 March 2025
- The Tax Institute, , 6 March 2025
- Accountants Daily, , 6 March 2025
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- Charted Accountants, Australia and New Zealand, , 23 September 2024Ìý
- Accountants Daily, , 16 September 2024
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- ABC News, , 16 July 2024
- 91É«ÇéƬ Newsroom, Australia’s tax system is being weaponised against victims of domestic abuse. Here’s how, 20 June 2024Ìý
- The Conversation, , 19 June 2024
- ABC News, , 19 June 2024Ìý
- SBS News, , 12 June 2024
- 91É«ÇéƬ Newsroom, Beware of ‘tax hacks’ to maximise your return this year.Ìý The tax office is taking a close look at incorrect claims, 12 June 2024Ìý
- The Conversation, , 11 June 2024ÌýÌý
- The Guardian, , 29 March 2024Ìý
- ABC News, , 14 March 2024Ìý
- 91É«ÇéƬ Newsroom, 'Robotax' is a symptom of a gap in Australia's tax laws. Here's how to fix it, 23 February 2024
- The Conversation, , 23 February 2024Ìý
- 91É«ÇéƬ Newsroom, How to identify and support women facing economic abuse, 8 February 2024ÌýÌý
- Charted Accountants, Australia and New Zealand, , 23 September 2024Ìý
- Accountants Daily, , 16 September 2024
- Accounting Times, , 23 February 2024
- 91É«ÇéƬ Newsroom, Why do I suddenly owe tax this year? It could be because the LMITO is gone, forever, 03 October 2023
- The Conversation, ,Ìý2 October 2023
- 91É«ÇéƬ Newsroom, Why your tax refund this year may have shrunk, 24 August 2023
- 91É«ÇéƬ Newsroom, Worried you’ll lodge a late tax return? At least 80,000 Australians can’t afford advice, 23 August 2023
- The Conversation, , 22 August 2023
- 91É«ÇéƬ Newsroom, Does paying for tax advice save money? Only if you’re wealthy, 14 June 2022
- The Conversation, , Ìý10 June 2022
- 91É«ÇéƬ Newsroom, Sometimes people can do with a break: 3 ways tax debt relief rules are too tough, 21 April 2021
- The Conversation, , 20 April 2021
- 91É«ÇéƬ Newsroom, The mental health costs of managing tax for small businesses, 6 August 2020
- The Conversation, , 13 July 2020
- 91É«ÇéƬ Newsroom, Yes, there are millionaires who pay no tax, but crimping deductions mightn’t help, 13 July 2020
- The Conversation, , 13 July 2020
- 91É«ÇéƬ Newsroom, Why Australia’s unfair tax system needs an overhaul, 26 June 2020
- Accountants Daily, , 26 June 2020
- Accountants Daily, , 19 June 2020
- Yahoo Finance, , 18 June 2020
- 91É«ÇéƬ Newsroom, Performers and sole traders find it hard to get JobKeeper in part because they get behind on their paperwork, 26 May 2020
- The Conversation, , 25 May 2020
- 91É«ÇéƬ Newsroom, Tips on how to get tax fit prior to filing your tax return, 29 April 2020
- Accountants Daily, , 28 April 2020
- 91É«ÇéƬ Newsroom, Tax help for businesses and individuals affected by COVIC-19, 27 April 2020
- 91É«ÇéƬ Newsroom, Tax help for communities affected by bushfires, 16 January 2020
- 91É«ÇéƬ Newsroom, 91É«ÇéƬ launches Tax Clinic to help vulnerable taxpayers, 7 June 2019
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- AnnÌýKayis-Kumar, MichaelÌýWalpoleÌýand GordonÌýMackenzie,Ìý‘91É«ÇéƬ Tax Clinic - ATTA Poster’Ìýpresented atÌýtheÌý32ndÌýAustralasian Tax Teachers’ Association Conference,ÌýHobartÌý(22 January 2020).Ìý
- AnnÌýKayis-Kumar, MichaelÌýWalpoleÌýand GordonÌýMackenzie,Ìý91É«ÇéƬ Tax ClinicÌýfeaturedÌýatÌýThe Tax Institute’s inaugural Tax Summit, Sydney (11-13 March 2020)Ìý
- Ann Kayis-Kumar, ‘Tax Education Day, Tax Clinic Panel’, panelist at theÌýTax Research Network’s 29thÌýAnnual Conference,ÌýUniversity of CambridgeÌý(9 September 2020)Ìý
- Ann Kayis-Kumar,Ìý, presented at the 91É«ÇéƬÌýSocial Policy Research Centre Seminar Series, virtually (13 October 2020).Ìý
- AnnÌýKayis-Kumar,ÌýMarkÌýDeady,ÌýJackÌýNoone,ÌýMichaelÌýWalpole, SamuelÌýHarvey, GordonÌýMackenzieÌýand YoungdeokÌýLim, ‘Can free tax clinics improve mental health in rural/regional NSW?’, presented atÌýthe 2020ÌýAustralian Rural & Remote Mental Health Symposium,Ìývirtually (26 October 2020)Ìý
- AnnÌýKayis-Kumar A, JackÌýNoone, YoungdeokÌýLim,ÌýMichaelÌýWalpole,ÌýJanÌýBreckenridge,Ìý‘Let’s talk about tax – Identifying and supporting womenÌýexperiencing economic abuse’, presented at The Critical Tax Symposium, Monash Law School,Ìývirtually (15 July 2021)Ìý
- AnnÌýKayis-Kumar A, JackÌýNoone, YoungdeokÌýLim,ÌýMichaelÌýWalpole,ÌýJanÌýBreckenridge,Ìý‘Let’s talk about tax – Identifying and supporting women experiencing economic abuse’, presented at 112th Annual Conference of the Society of Legal Scholars Conference, Durham University, virtually (31 August 2021)Ìý
- AnnÌýKayis-Kumar A, MichaelÌýWalpole,ÌýJackÌýNoone, YoungdeokÌýLim,ÌýGordon Mackenzie, ‘Up hardship creek without a paddle? Quantifying the nation-wide unmet need for tax advice’, presented at 14th International Tax Administration Conference,ÌýSydneyÌý(23 November 2021)
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- The George Institute for Global Health - The Scan podcast on 16/06/2025
- The Money Puzzle with James Kirby - Ìý29/04/2025
- Charted Accountants Australia and New Zealand Small Firm Big Impact podcast – 26/11/2024
- The Tax Institute - TaxVibe podcast interview on 26/09/2024
- Accountants Daily – 19/06/2020