Goodwill: The David Copperfield Lecture - "now you see it, now you don't"
Publication date: 12 Sep 96
Source: VICTORIAN DIVISION, THE TAX INSTITUTE
Abstract:
Many businesses are bought and sold every day. In most sales, some amount is allocated to goodwill. Yet goodwill is notoriously difficult to define. In this convention paper Grant Cathro seeks to define the key aspects of goodwill and its relationship to CGT and other tax issues.
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Grant is a Partner with Allens Arthur Robinson, practising extensively in the resources sector. He advises clients in relation to project structures, acquisitions and divestments, ATO audits and disputes. Grant has over 25 years experience in both resource rent tax and income tax issues
Current at 17 February 2011
This was presented at 1996 Victorian State Convention.
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