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Queensland State Convention: Reach for the Stars
Published on 02 Aug 2007 | Took place at Holiday Inn, Surfers Paradise, QLD
This program contained something for all tax practitioners. Speakers included Justice Ian Gzell and David Bloom QC, Ken Spence and Neil Ward, as well as a range of experts. Keynote sessions dealt with the Courts' attitute to tax in commercial litigation, doing business with Chindia, the Commissioner's access guidelines, in addition to a series of outstanding sessions on other current topics such as the latest restructuring strategies, the small business CGT concessions, and updates on GST, trusts and international tax.
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Individual sessions
Superannuation: the new regime
Author(s):
Allan MCPHERSON
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This paper was also presented at the SME Intensive held in Brisbane on 27 August 2007 and at the Regional Tax Update held in Toowoomba on 5 November 2007.
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Infrastructure taxation: Division 250
Author(s):
Neil WARD
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International tax and the new CGT exposures
Author(s):
Ken SPENCE,
Richard SHADDICK
The Government has introduced new provisions to first narrow the focus of CGT for non-residents to Australian real property and permanent establishment assets and secondly introduce a rigorous “land rich” type mechanism that looks through interposed entities. This paper considers:
This paper was also presented on 3 August 2007 by Ken Spence at the Queensland State Convention in Surfers Paradise.
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Property and tax issues
Author(s):
Russell BEER
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The Commissioner's access guidelines
Author(s):
David BLOOM
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GST: a simple tax in a complex world
Author(s):
Damian WELSHE
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Corporate trusts and trading trusts
Author(s):
Mark Molesworth
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Small business CGT concessions
Author(s):
Ash CHOTAI
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Projects in Australia
Author(s):
Michelle BOUTIN,
Shelley WESTBURY
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Insolvency issues
Author(s):
Craig BOWIE
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Research and development update
Author(s):
Adrian CARROLL,
Malcolm HALL
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Latest restructuring strategies
Author(s):
Michael CLOUGH,
Daniel SNYDER
There is now a veritable menu of rollovers, reliefs and consolidation rules which can potentially apply to mergers, demergers and asset transfers. Each item on the menu has its own pre-requisites and there are some common rules to observe. Overlaying that are specific and the general anti-avoidance provisions. This paper will help you understand how they all come together and identify traps to avoid. We will not be cooking the books, but you will learn how to choose from the menu without getting egg on your face. Topics covered in this paper include:
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Doing business with Chindia
Author(s):
Johanna ROCHE,
Qing LI
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The courts, tax and commercial litigation
Author(s):
The Hon. Justice Ian GZELL
The purpose of this paper is to trace the way in which Courts, in commercial litigation have dealt with the question whether an adjustment should be made to the judgment of the Court on account of income tax, capital gains tax or goods or services tax and to offer the writer’s solution to the problem.
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The use of special purpose trusts in estate planning
Author(s):
Matthew BURGESS
In light of fundamental changes to the taxation regime and the expanding wealth of Australia’s aging population, there is a growing need for estate planning to utilise appropriate structuring. This article focuses on the use of special purpose trusts in the estate planning process. The second part of this article appears in the June 2007 edition of Taxation in Australia. The paper in its entirety was originally presented on 16 March 2007 at the 22nd National Convention held in Hobart. It was subsequently presented on 3 August 2007 at the Queensland State Convention held in Surfers Paradise.Materials from this session:
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Recent developments in the taxation of trusts
Author(s):
Mark L ROBERTSON
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