Our community education, research and advocacy focusses on improving outcomes for financially vulnerable individuals and their families while being cognisant of political, socio-economic, legal design and administrative issues.
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- 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. 26 November 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
- Joint Submission with the Economic Abuse Reference on Treasury’s Review of Tax Regulator Secrecy Exceptions Consultation Paper, 28 February 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
- 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
- Submission to the Inquiry into family, domestic and sexual violence, 20 July 2020
- Submission to the Inquiry into the Commissioner of Taxation Annual Report 2018-19, 26 May 2020
- Submission on Insolvency Practices Inquiry Discussion Paper, 24 January 2020
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- Provided expert evidence at the Parliamentary Joint Committee’s Inquiry into the financial services regulatory framework in relation to financial abuse in Australia. Submission 9. 9 August 2024
- Standing Committee on Tax and Revenue, Commissioner of Taxation Annual Report 2018-19, 26 June 2020
- Standing Committee on Tax and Revenue, Commissioner of Taxation Annual Report 2018-19, 31 July 2020
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- 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 2024
- Kayis-Kumar, A., et al. Preventing the weaponisation of the tax system by perpetrator of economic abuse. June 2024
- Kayis-Kumar, A., et al. Mapping the abuse of Australia’s tax and transfer system. April 2024
- 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’Rouke, 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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- Television
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- ABC News, ATO chases $56 billion in tax debt, 4 August 2025
- 7News Melbourne, Using AI for tax returns, 1 July 2025
- ABC News, ATO criticised for action against businesses it says owe billions in tax and super, 16/07/2024
- ABC News, 2023-2024 tax returns: Things to watch out for in the Australian tax season, 30 June 2024
- ABC News, Why a large tax refund is not necessarily a good thing, 30 June 2024
- ABC News, ’Whiff of Robodebt’: ATO revives old tax debts totalling billions, 14 March 2024
- The Project, channel 10, ATO To Ramp Up ‘Robotax’ to retrieve $15 billion in historical tax debt, 20 February 2024
- ABC Radio Nation, Financial abuse victims caught in ATO crackdown, 31 July 2025
- ABC Radio, Abusers ‘weaponising’ tax system, 2 February 2025
- ABC Radio National, The ATO is purchasing old debts that are worth billions. What impact is that having on the people affected?, 27 March 2024
- ABC Radio, Clinic helping vulnerable people with tax, 8 July 2024
- ABC Radio, Calls for ATO to crackdown on financial abuse, 19 June 2024
- ABC Radio, ATO resurrects billions of dollars’ worth of old tax debts, 14 March 2024
- ABC News, Tax debts drive record levels of calls to financial helplines, as ATO denies “heavy-handed’ methods, 2 Augus t2025
- ABC News, Victims of fraud and financial abuse caught in ATO's pursuit of $56b in tax debt, 31 July 2025
- Public Accountant, How to identify and tackle financial abuse in business, 18 July 2025
- SBS News, Not just millionaires: Australia’s worst tax dodgers could surprise you, 5 July 2025
- Sydney Morning Herald, ‘I did it to put you in jail’: Tax system is weaponised to harm partners, ombudsman find, 3 April 2025
- The Age, ‘I did it to put you in jail’. Tax system is ‘weaponised’ to harm partners, ombudsman finds, 3 April 2025
- Brisbane Times, ‘I did it to put you in jail’. Tax system is ‘weaponised’ to harm partners, ombudsman finds, 3 April 2025
- Sydney Morning Herald, Julie discovered an abuse victim’s ex left the woman saddled with $12m in debt, 27 March 2025
- The Tax Institute, Director Penalty Notices (DPNs) and intimate partner financial abuse, 6 March 2025
- Accountants Daily, Action needed on financial abuse, 6 March 2025
- ABC News, ‘Revenge debt’ is being used as a weapon – it’s a growing problem Millie learned the hard way, 2 February 2025
- Charted Accountants, Australia and New Zealand, Financial abuse in the tax system and how to recognise the signs, 23 September 2024
- Accountants Daily, Tax laws trap domestic abuse survivors in debt cycles, expert warns, 16 September 2024
- Accountants Daily, Tax laws trap domestic abuse survivors in debt cycles, expert warns, 16 September 2024
- ABC News, As tax and superannuation debts grow, ATO issues tens of thousands of director penalty notices that could send more people bankrupt, 16 July 2024
- UNSW Newsroom, Australia’s tax system is being weaponised against victims of domestic abuse. Here’s how, 20 June 2024
- The Conversation, Australia’s tax system is being weaponised against victims of domestic abuse. Here’s how, 19 June 2024
- ABC News, Australia’s tax system is an unwitting ‘weapon’ family violence offenders use against their victims. These people want to stop it, 19 June 2024
- SBS News, Hoping to maximise your tax return this year? Here are the ‘hacks’ to watch out for, 12 June 2024
- UNSW Newsroom, Beware of ‘tax hacks’ to maximise your return this year. The tax office is taking a close look at incorrect claims, 12 June 2024
- The Conversation, Beware of ‘tax hacks’ to maximise your return this year. The tax office is taking a close look at incorrect claims, 11 June 2024
- The Guardian, Financial abuse can follow victims long after relationships end. Australian experts are calling for reform, 29 March 2024
- ABC News, The ATO is reviving old tax debts totalling billions threating some taxpayers with bankruptcy, 14 March 2024
- UNSW Newsroom, 'Robotax' is a symptom of a gap in Australia's tax laws. Here's how to fix it, 23 February 2024
- The Conversation, 'Robotax' is a symptom of a gap in Australia's tax laws. Here's how to fix it, 23 February 2024
- UNSW Newsroom, How to identify and support women facing economic abuse, 8 February 2024
- Charted Accountants, Australia and New Zealand, Financial abuse in the tax system and how to recognise the signs, 23 September 2024
- Accountants Daily, Tax laws trap domestic abuse survivors in debt cycles, expert warns, 16 September 2024
- Accounting Times, ATO’s hand tied with scrapping on-hold debts, expert says, 23 February 2024
- UNSW Newsroom, Why do I suddenly owe tax this year? It could be because the LMITO is gone, forever, 03 October 2023
- The Conversation, Why do I suddenly owe tax this year? It could be because the Low and Middle Income Tax offset is gone, forever, 2 October 2023
- UNSW Newsroom, Why your tax refund this year may have shrunk, 24 August 2023
- UNSW Newsroom, Worried you’ll lodge a late tax return? At least 80,000 Australians can’t afford advice, 23 August 2023
- The Conversation, Worried you’ll lodge a late tax return? At least 80,000 Australian can’t afford tax advice, 22 August 2023
- UNSW Newsroom, Does paying for tax advice save money? Only if you’re wealthy, 14 June 2022
- The Conversation, Does paying for tax advice save money? Only if you’re wealthy, 10 June 2022
- UNSW Newsroom, Sometimes people can do with a break: 3 ways tax debt relief rules are too tough, 21 April 2021
- The Conversation, Sometimes people can do with a break: 3 ways tax debt relief rules are too tough, 20 April 2021
- UNSW Newsroom, The mental health costs of managing tax for small businesses, 6 August 2020
- The Conversation, Yes, some millionaires pay no tax, but crimping deductions mightn’t help, 13 July 2020
- UNSW Newsroom, Yes, there are millionaires who pay no tax, but crimping deductions mightn’t help, 13 July 2020
- The Conversation, Yes, some millionaires pay no tax, but crimping deductions mightn’t help, 13 July 2020
- UNSW Newsroom, Why Australia’s unfair tax system needs an overhaul, 26 June 2020
- Accountants Daily, Tax justice as social justice: Are financially vulnerable people and small businesses falling through the cracks?, 26 June 2020
- Accountants Daily, The tax advice gap for the most financially vulnerable, 19 June 2020
- Yahoo Finance, Tax time 2020: How do you know if you need a tax agent?, 18 June 2020
- UNSW 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, Performers and sole traders find it hard to get JobKeeper in part because they get behind on their paperwork., 25 May 2020
- UNSW Newsroom, Tips on how to get tax fit prior to filing your tax return, 29 April 2020
- Accountants Daily, Big four steps up with ‘largest pro bono’ tax offering amid COVID-19, 28 April 2020
- UNSW Newsroom, Tax help for businesses and individuals affected by COVIC-19, 27 April 2020
- UNSW Newsroom, Tax help for communities affected by bushfires, 16 January 2020
- UNSW Newsroom, UNSW launches Tax Clinic to help vulnerable taxpayers, 7 June 2019
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- Ann Kayis-Kumar, Michael Walpole and Gordon Mackenzie, ‘UNSW Tax Clinic - ATTA Poster’ presented at the 32nd Australasian Tax Teachers’ Association Conference, Hobart (22 January 2020).
- Ann Kayis-Kumar, Michael Walpole and Gordon Mackenzie, UNSW Tax Clinic featured at The Tax Institute’s inaugural Tax Summit, Sydney (11-13 March 2020)
- Ann Kayis-Kumar, ‘Tax Education Day, Tax Clinic Panel’, panelist at the Tax Research Network’s 29th Annual Conference, University of Cambridge (9 September 2020)
- Ann Kayis-Kumar, ‘Is there a tax advice gap in Australia?’, presented at the UNSW Social Policy Research Centre Seminar Series, virtually (13 October 2020).
- Ann Kayis-Kumar, Mark Deady, Jack Noone, Michael Walpole, Samuel Harvey, Gordon Mackenzie and Youngdeok Lim, ‘Can free tax clinics improve mental health in rural/regional NSW?’, presented at the 2020 Australian Rural & Remote Mental Health Symposium, virtually (26 October 2020)
- Ann Kayis-Kumar A, Jack Noone, Youngdeok Lim, Michael Walpole, Jan Breckenridge, ‘Let’s talk about tax – Identifying and supporting women experiencing economic abuse’, presented at The Critical Tax Symposium, Monash Law School, virtually (15 July 2021)
- Ann Kayis-Kumar A, Jack Noone, Youngdeok Lim, Michael Walpole, Jan Breckenridge, ‘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)
- Ann Kayis-Kumar A, Michael Walpole, Jack Noone, Youngdeok Lim, Gordon Mackenzie, ‘Up hardship creek without a paddle? Quantifying the nation-wide unmet need for tax advice’, presented at 14th International Tax Administration Conference, Sydney (23 November 2021)
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- The George Institute for Global Health - The Scan podcast on When Tax Becomes a Tool of Abuse – Unpacking the Economic Abuse and Financial Control. 16/06/2025
- The Money Puzzle with James Kirby - Tax – Are you being abused? 29/04/2025
- Charted Accountants Australia and New Zealand Small Firm Big Impact podcast – Financial abuse in the tax system and how to recognise the signs. 26/11/2024
- The Tax Institute - TaxVibe podcast interview on Financial Abuse - What's tax got to do with it? 26/09/2024
- Accountants Daily – The tax advice gap for the most financially vulnerable. 19/06/2020