Appeals update: Peter Greensill Family Co Pty Ltd (taxpayers’ High Court special leave refused)

Tax Month - February 2022

The High Court has refused the taxpayers’ applications for special leave to appeal against the decision of the Full Federal Court in Peter Greensill Family Co Pty Ltd (Trustee) v FCT [2021] FCAFC 99. The Full Federal Court decision, which now stands, had dismissed the taxpayers’ appeals against 2 separate decisions that trustees of resident…

Facebook Inc v Australian Information Commissioner – Facebook carried on business in Australia by installing cookies on local computers and providing Australian ‘app’ developers and interface

Tax Month - February 2022

On 7 February 2022, the Full Federal Court unanimously agreed with the first instance judge that Facebook was carrying on a business in Australia for the purposes of the Privacy Act, when it installed and deployed cookies on users’ computers in Australia as well as providing an interface to Australian app developers, despite Facebook getting…