The Abbott government has dismissed claims it's going soft on multinational tax evasion.
Labor has criticised the government for rolling back transparency measures and proposing such a light touch on regulation that it will erode the tax take.
In government, Labor set about closing loopholes that allowed multinational companies to pay a lower rate of tax than Australian small businesses.
But much of that is now being reversed, the opposition says.
The government disagrees, insisting it's going ahead with most of the measures targeted at corporate profit shifting.
"We are also taking a leading role in global efforts to tackle tax evasion through our presidency of the G20," a government briefing note obtained by AAP says.
Labor claims a number of shelved measures amount to foregone revenue of more than $1 billion over a four-year period.
But the government says most were not implementable or weren't introduced by Labor.
It wants Opposition Leader Bill Shorten to release any advice he has about how the measures can be practically implemented without hurting businesses.
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