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Federal Court dismisses appeal in tax dispute over settlement payment

The court has upheld an earlier AAT decision, ruling that a $1 million settlement payment made by an insurer to a...

24 September 2024 • By Miranda Brownlee

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Banned tax agent to spend 5 years behind bars

A former tax agent has been sentenced to five years in jail for obtaining financial advantage by deception and dealing...

20 September 2024 • By Imogen Wilson

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CPA welcomes push to make instant asset write-off permanent

The Coalition has circulated amendments in the Senate to make the instant asset write-off permanent.

20 September 2024 • By Miranda Brownlee

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ATO cautions business owners on ‘misconception with PSI’

Splitting or diverting personal services income to gain a tax advantage is likely to be considered tax avoidance, the...

19 September 2024 • By Miranda Brownlee

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Tax laws trap domestic abuse survivors in debt cycles, expert warns

A UNSW professor has called for reform after 80 per cent of female clients at the campus tax clinic reported abuse.

16 September 2024 • By Christine Chen

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Accounting bodies must continue ‘loud approach’ to policy development: Julie...

Former minister Julie Bishop said tax reform will only be improved at the government level when there is greater...

16 September 2024 • By Imogen Wilson

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Prohibition on fettering of trustee decision making not absolute

In holistic estate planning, the greatest strength of a discretionary trust (being the near absolute flexibility for...

13 September 2024 • By Matthew Burgess, View Legal

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Lessons from the Oliver Hume decision for landlords

The recent decision, Oliver Hume Property Funds Diamond Creek Pty Ltd v Commissioner of State Revenue, has...

13 September 2024 • By Jeremy Makowski, Coghlan Duffy Lawyers