Daily Archives: May 20, 2019

High Court gives WA Commissioner of State Revenue leave to appeal Rojoda Pty Ltd case where partnership deeds were held non-dutiable

On 17 may 2019, the High Court granted the Commissioner of State Revenue special leave to appeal against the decision, of the WA Court of Appeal, in Rojoda Pty Ltd v Comr of State Revenue – against a decision that certain partnership deeds were not dutiable instruments. See below for further detail. FJM 20.5.19 [Tax…

High Court refuses Fyna Projects Pty Ltd (and 10 other Appellants) leave to appeal joint and several payroll tax liabilities on group assessments

On 15 May 2019, the High Court has dismissed a taxpayer’s application for special leave to appeal against a decision of the NSW Court of Appeal concerning joint and several liability for grouped payroll tax: Fyna Projects Pty Ltd & Ors v Chief Comr of State Revenue. See below for further details. FJM 20/5/19 [Tax…

OECD deal on digital tax by 2020 and bank transaction taxes by in Q3 calendar 2019 – maybe

On 17 May 2019, the German Finance Minister Olaf Scholz said that he expected the OECD will agree a minimum level of taxation for digital companies such as Amazon, Google and Facebook by mid-2020. He also said he expected progress by the third quarter of 2019 on introducing a financial transaction tax in at least…