Shadow Economy Advisory Forum

What the Shadow Economy Advisory Forum does, contact details, members and key messages from meetings.

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Key messages

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

Group membership details
Organisation	Members
ATO	Will Day (Co-chair), Small Business
ATO	Belinda Darling, Small Business
Australian Border Force	Kimberlee Stamatis
Australian Hairdressing Council	Sandy Chong
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	Peter Strong
CPA Australia	Gavan Ord
Independent	Michael Schaper (Co-chair)
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	Laura Berger-Thomson
Treasury	Paul Fischer

Key messages

Key messages from meetings held in the last 3 years are available below.

For prior key messages, email the secretariat and specify what you require.

Last modified: 14 Aug 2023QC 66799