The Tax Institute's Senior Tax Counsel Bob Deutsch, CTA spoke to members in our TaxVine eNewsletter last week. He had this to say:
This week I return to one of my favourite topics –...
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Doctors, lawyers, teachers and other professionals never stop learning new techniques and strategies to hone their craft and remain on the cutting edge in their field – and so, too, do tax...
In April 2017 the Full Federal Court issued its judgment in the Chevron case. The matter was later resolved between the parties and Chevron abandoned its application for special leave to appeal to...
The recent decisions in AP Energy, Placer Dome and RCF IV have cast a fresh light on the care that needs to be taken when issuing instructions for expert evidence. These cases focused on valuation...
The framework which underpins the Commissioner’s powers has both legislative and common law aspects. In the past, there has been debate as to whether these powers are wide or more narrow in scope.
The future of tax – how different is the answer now to what it might have been 30, 20 or 10 years ago?
There is no question that most industries, in particular the accounting industry, is going...
It is well documented that Australia is facing a period of monumental inter-generational wealth transfer.
With an ageing population and increasing wealth held personally and via superannuation...
The global funds management industry is experiencing a period of significant transformation. The industry in Australia is no exception.
The Tax Institute’s Funds Management seminar in April 2018...
| Peter Slegers, CTA and Nicole Santinon |
Last year saw the biggest changes to the taxation of superannuation in almost a decade.
With subsequent legislative developments and ATO...
| Antony Barrier, FTI |
Trusts increasing present complex and varied issues for practitioners. In practice, these issues require an application of tax law and trust law, as well as an...
| Dr Baden U'Ren |
Disruptive innovation is attracting a great deal of attention across industries and around the world, creating entirely new markets and fundamentally changing the way the...
Tax law is a field with constantly changing laws, rules and regulations. Ongoing education is not just nice to have, it is essential.
Here we talk to two high-achievers who topped their...
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The following points highlight important federal tax developments that occurred during April 2018.
Each month, a selection of these developments are...
1 July 2017 saw the biggest changes to the taxation of superannuation in a decade come into effect. One area that continues to create headaches for advisers is the temporary transitional capital...
The recent reforms to the wine equalisation tax (WET) system, are ‘root and branch’ reforms that significantly impact most businesses in the wine industry, even going so far as to impact on the...
In the lead up to next week’s Federal Budget, here are the dates for each state and territory Budget, with links to the Budget papers or relevant websites.
Victoria: 1 May 2018 The Victorian...
This year’s NSW Annual Tax Forum takes place just two weeks after the Federal Budget is announced, giving us all some time to digest the Government’s announcements, and for questions on just how...
