Tax award to UWA associate professor

A LIFE Membership Award for services to the Taxation Institute of Australia has been awarded to the University of Western Australia’s associate professor Glen Barton. Professor Barton was presented with the award at the TIA’s recent national convention in recognition of his significant impact on the professional taxation body. A former chair of the state council of the TIA, professor Barton has been an advocate of the institute to professionals working in the taxation area and students entering it. He has also worked on the TIA’s submission on tax reform following the Ralph Report and contributed to the institute’s technical journal.