The Infringement Notice Scheme (INS) allows the Australian Customs and Border Protection Service (ACBPS) to issue infringement notices for strict liability offences. ...
The Infringement Notice Scheme (INS) allows the Australian Customs and Border Protection Service (ACBPS) to issue infringement notices for strict liability offences.
The privacy legislation has been completely rewritten and new rules will apply from 12 March 2014.
There are several different types of Will challenges that can be made after a person dies. However, they all fall within two general categories: challenging the actual document itself or challenging the contents of the document.
A ‘Will’ is a document setting out your wishes as to how you would like your assets and belongings (called your ‘estate’) to be dealt with after you die.
In some cases, succession and superannuation laws provide quite differently for a person who is actually a spouse, as against someone who is not. It can be difficult to determine which side of the line a relationship falls, but it can be quite important.
The case of YPFD and Commissioner of Taxation [2014] AATA 9 provides some helpful insights for self-managed superannuation fund (SMSF) trustees on the circumstances when their residential properties may be considered ‘business real property’.
The Privacy Amendment (Enhancing Privacy Protection) Act 2012 (Cth), amends the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth) and comprehensively reforms the credit reporting system in Australia.
Gutteridge and Commissioner of Taxation [2013] AATA 947 provides some valuable insights into when a person may be deemed to ‘control’ an entity, even if the person is not a director or shareholder of the entity.
The Assistant Treasurer has announced that the current GST-free treatment of going concerns and farmland will be abolished ‘sometime in 2014’. In its place, a reverse charge mechanism will apply.
The Assistant Treasurer has announced that the current GST-free treatment of going concerns and farmland will be abolished ‘sometime in 2014’. In its place, a reverse charge mechanism will apply.
The Heavy Vehicle National Law (HVNL) will commence in Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria, South Australia and Tasmania on 10 February 2014. The HVNL will apply to all vehicles over 4.5 tonnes gross vehicle mass.
The Heavy Vehicle National Law (HVNL) will commence in Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria, South Australia and Tasmania on 10 February 2014. The HVNL will apply to all vehicles over 4.5 tonnes gross vehicle mass.
Cooper Grace Ward acknowledges and pays respect to the past, present and future Traditional Custodians and Elders of this nation and the continuation of cultural, spiritual and educational practices of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.
Fast, accurate and flexible entities including companies, self-managed superannuation funds and trusts.