By Simon Dorevitch
A century on from the High Court’s landmark decision in Spencer v Commonwealth1, Simon Dorevitch sheds light on the term “market value” and its implications for tax purposes.
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16/05/2018
By Simon Dorevitch
A century on from the High Court’s landmark decision in Spencer v Commonwealth1, Simon Dorevitch sheds light on the term “market value” and its implications for tax purposes.
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15/05/2018
By Max Newnham
Small business owners could be forgiven for thinking that the 2018 federal budget did not hold much for them, apart from the extension to the deadline that they…
10/05/2018
By Vu Tran
To lay the foundations for future success, the are some key boxes all startups need to tick in the early growth stages, regardless of the nature…
09/05/2018
By Melissa Browne
Most Australians look at the federal budget through the lens of “what’s in it for me”. As a nation that’s more than $600 billion in debt, it’s…
08/05/2018
By: Steve Burnham
Assistant Commissioner Kath Anderson has announced that the ATO is particularly concerned about taxpayers either making mistakes or deliberately lodging false claims in relation to work-related car…
07/05/2018
By: Max Newnham
It doesn’t matter whether a business is started from scratch, or any existing business is purchased, there are a number of factors that must be considered. Although one…
04/05/2018
By: Simon Dorevitch
1 AFFILIATES
Remember your spouse and children’s birthdays…and that they are no longer automatically your affiliates.
Since 1 July 2007, an individual or a company is an affiliate…
03/05/2018
By Steve Burnham
While unearned income distributed by a trust to minor beneficiaries is generally taxed at punitive rates, this is not always the case, in particular where assets have…
02/05/2018
By Steve Burnham
A question was asked of the ATO recently, via its “ATO Community” webpage (find out more about that here) that centred on the viability of deeming bitcoin (or…
28/04/2018
By Max Newnham
There is often a misconception among new business owners that they are taxed on the money they withdraw from their business. For nearly every business entity structure this…