INTHEBLACK September 2021 - Magazine - Page 32
F E AT U R E
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AT A G L A N C E
According to a national
survey of financial
counsellors, there are
between 60,000 and
80,000 financially
vulnerable people
whose tax issues are
unaddressed each year.
In 2018, Curtin
University ran a pilot
program for free tax
clinics following which,
in 2019, the Australian
Government
announced its free
National Tax Clinic
program.
The clinics run on
different delivery
models, but are
required to provide
four key services to
the “unrepresented
taxpayer”: advice,
representation,
education and
advocacy.