A unit trust is often an attractive investment vehicle for taxpayers, as it can offer many similar benefits to a corporate structure, with t...

As set out in earlier posts, and with thanks to the Television Education Network, today’s post addresses the issue of ‘What are the broad al...

As mentioned last week, we often find trust deeds have prohibitions on a trustee’s ability to vary the document. Some of the issue...

Last week, following on from the post before Easter, we had a enquiry about the consequences of a failure to deposit the settlement sum on t...

With thanks to co View Legal director Patrick Ellwood, this week’s post concerns a recent land tax case (Aston (Aust) Properties Pty Ltd v C...

Earlier in the month the long awaited 'Colonial' decision was released by the Federal Court. Although, unlike other tax cases last...

Many of you will have seen the announcement last week that each of the major taxation professional bodies have called for proper reform to t...