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Navigating the New ATO Draft Ruling on Rights to Occupy in Wills and Estates
The ATO has released a draft ruling (TD 2026/D1) that creates a real and immediate tax risk for many wills and estate plans that include a “right to occupy” or “right to reside” in the family home. ...
PV Legal is delighted to welcome Josh Tews to the team. Josh is passionate about helping small business owners grow with confidence, protect what they’ve built, and plan for long-term ...
Understanding “tax benefit” for Part IVA avoidance Tax laws often contain provisions designed to prevent avoidance and ensure fairness. One such provision in Australian tax law is Part IVA, which ...
De facto Relationships – What you need to know! The case of Chin v Boa [2025] FedCFamCIA 9, delivered on February 4, 2025, by the Federal Circuit and Family Court of ...
Protection of Family Assets & Trusts – Changes You Need to Know About Recently, in Caldwell & Caldwell [2025] FedCFamC1F 506, the Federal Circuit and Family Court were asked to ...
Payday Super: New Era for Employers and Employees From 1 July 2026, a significant change in the Australian superannuation landscape will come into effect, fundamentally altering how employers manage their ...
Claiming GST Input Tax Credits: NDIS & Residential Property Investment Investing in National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) properties can provide both financial returns and contributing to the community. An important ...
The Power of Giving: Charitable Trusts In a world where kindness and generosity can often seem in short supply, charitable trusts stand out as beacons of hope and compassion. You ...
With a hot property market, whether you are looking to buy your dream home, sell a property, or invest in real estate for financial growth, it is crucial to navigate ...
Working overseas – make sure your Super Fund is an Australian Resident Fund With travel restrictions lifted, Tim’s boss requires him to relocate overseas to London to head up their ...
If you know the game show ‘Family Feud’ there are winners and losers. Similarly, when it comes to family feuds over family wealth there will be winners and losers but ...
Family Trust Distribution Tax – A sting in the tail for corporate beneficiaries You have a family trust to protect and manage your wealth. Income in the amount of $100,000 ...
Directors, non-executive directors and officeholders including public officers of companies take on many responsibilities and have various duties and obligations owed to the company and their shareholders. With great responsibility ...
The recently released ATO draft taxation ruling TR 2024/D1 has significant impact on taxpayers once finalised. If you have a software arrangement with an overseas provider, and: 1. distribute or ...
Valentine’s Day brings romance, roses, chocolates and champagne. For an estate planning lawyer, Valentine’s Day means reviewing clients that have “I Love You” Wills. It is used by many married ...
Jokes aside, death is no laughing matter, particularly, if you don’t have a will. Dying without a will can be disruptive and have serious consequences including: Having a will prepared ...
Wishing you a Happy Chinese New Year filled with joy and celebration Each New Year, we celebrate with friends and family with prayer, food, remembrance and wishing all the best ...
Less than 27 days remain for SMSF trustees to lodge their SMSF annual return (SAR) by 28 February 2024, regardless of whether the fund has received contributions, made income payments ...
With life expectancy increasing leading to older Australians seeking to rely on the aged pension and opting to live with their family, the use of granny flats (where permitted under ...
Clients with intangible assets (such as intellectual properties (IP), software, licences, systems) relating to Australian development, enhancement, maintenance, protection, and exploitation (DEMPE) activities such as R&D held offshore, will need ...
From 9 November 2023, Treasury Laws Amendment (More Competition, Better Prices) Act 2022 (Act), made Unfair Contract Terms (UCTs) illegal, attracting substantial penalties under the Competition and Consumer Act 2010 (Cth) and the ASIC Act ...
For property lawyers or conveyancers assisting clients sell their property, the Mid-Year Economic and Fiscal Outlook 2023–24 to change the foreign resident capital gains withholding tax (FRCGW) regime threshold will ...
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