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All taxpayers should be treated equally – so, is the Commissioner up to the challenge?
The recent Full Federal Court decision in Commissioner of Taxation v Sharpcan Pty Ltd [2018] FCAFC 163, which considered the tax treatment of...
Land Tax – Overview of Victorian absentee owner land tax surcharge
With the commencement of the 2019 land tax year less than 3 months away, Victorian landowners should now be considering whether they will be...
Land Tax Alert – Change to Surcharge Exemption Guidelines: Can you obtain exemption from Victorian absentee owner land tax surcharge?
The Victorian Treasurer has issued revised guidelines for exemption of absentee corporations and absentee trusts from absentee owner land tax...
Redundancy payments and withholding – intricacies and complexities
Determining the Pay-As-You-Go Withholding (PAYGW) obligations for employers paying termination/redundancy packages to employees theoretically should...
Changes to the Victorian Long Service Leave regime: What you need to know
Effective from 1 November 2018, the current Victorian Long Service Act 1992 will be replaced by the Long Service Leave Act 2018 (2018 Act). While...
Moving Overseas and Have a Property in Australia? Say Goodbye to the Main Residence Exemption!
Following the announcement in the 2017-18 Budget in May 2017, the Government has now introduced a bill legislating their proposal to remove all...
Unpaid Superannuation Guarantee Payments – Is It Time to ‘Fess Up’?
Recently, there has been a spate of articles and discussion in the media regarding employers failing to pay employee superannuation guarantee (SG)...
Stamp Duty – transfer of partnership interest in relation to land
Recently, the Victorian Court of Appeal (Commissioner of State Revenue v Danvest Pty Ltd & Anor [291] VSCA 382) - “the Danvest Case”) considered...
Section 100A – the devil is in the detail
“Sometimes when I consider what tremendous consequences come from little things, I am tempted to think there are no little things.” Bruce Barton...
The new landscape for residential rental properties
The Treasury has released draft law for the two measures announced in the Federal Budget in May this year in relation to denying tax deductions for...
