Testamentary Trust and Taxes (March 2019)

At The Tax Institute’s March 2019 National Convention, in Hobart, Ms Dung Lam, CTA of Argyle Lawyers Pty Ltd, presented his paper, entitled: Testamentary Trust and Taxes.   EXTRACT 1 Introduction The title of this paper is ‘Testamentary Trusts and Taxes’ and one may presume that the speaker is motivated to spruik testamentary trusts because of…

What’s Hot in State Taxes (March 2019)

In March 2019, at the The Tax Institute’s National Convention, in Hobart Ms Leah Ranie presented a paper, which she co-authored with Stuart Courtney, Ari Rosenbaum and Greg Protector, all of King & Wood Mallesons, Lawyers. The paper was entitled: What’s Hot in State Taxes.   EXTRACT 1 Introduction The 2018 – 2019 year to date…

Taking the CGT path less travelled – SME Stream

At The Tax Institute’s March 2019 National Convention, in Hobart, Ms Linda Tapiolas; Partner, Cooper Grace Ward Lawyers presented her paper, entitled: Taking the CGT path less travelled.   EXTRACT 1 Introduction There are a number of CGT events which are sometimes overlooked or restructures which are undertaken which may have a significant impact when determining…

When does ‘tax advice’ become ‘legal advice’ and thus ‘unqualified legal practice’?

Key Points: Mr John Morgan, of the Victorian Bar, delivered a paper, at the Tax Institute’s 2019 National Convention, in Hobart in March. It was titled: “When does ‘tax advice’ become ‘legal advice’ and thus ‘unqualified legal practice’? ” He concluded that, subject to the Tax Agents Services Act 2009 (Cwth) (TASA 2009) being constitutionally valid,…