McGrathNicol – Implications of ownership structures on tax paid by regulated entities – 26 June 2018

The AER released an initial report on its review of the approach to estimating tax for regulated energy networks on 28 June 2018. The initial report summarises and responds to stakeholder submissions to the issues paper released in May 2018. It highlights the lack of publicly available information to inform the review and lays the case for the AER to use its information gathering powers to request this information from the network service providers..

The AER commissioned two expert reports that were released with the initial report.