Tuesday, July 8, 2025

Take the money and run – interest deductions and succession planning **

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Last week, we had cause to revisit a Tax Office ruling that is often overlooked in the context of family and business succession plans. In ...
Tuesday, July 1, 2025

Within you; without you - When is a Trust not in fact a Trust? **

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  The ability of third parties to attack arrangements on the basis they are void because they are a sham has been looked at in previous post...
Tuesday, June 24, 2025

Prenups v Wills – winner takes all? **

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Previous posts have explained the various aspects of binding financial agreements (often referred to as 'prenups'). On a number of o...
Tuesday, June 17, 2025

Half your age, plus seven**

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Many family lawyers will relay that there appears to be a disproportionate level of relationship difficulties where there is a significant g...
Tuesday, June 10, 2025

When tomorrow comes** - A bankruptcy case study example

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Following last week’s post, this week we explore one example of a factual scenario we have been asked to assist with that highlights the imp...
Tuesday, June 3, 2025

Superannuation and skirting the shoals of bankruptcy **

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The Federal Court's decision in Cunningham (Trustee) v Gapes (Bankrupt) [2017] FCA 787 (Federal Court, Collier J, 13 July 2017) ( Cunni...
Tuesday, May 27, 2025

How soon is now ** (or ‘as soon as practicable’)?

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Last week’s post considered the phrase ‘as soon as practicable’ in light of the 2017 superannuation changes. Regulation 6.21 of the Superann...