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Birchstone Brief for the week ended 27 November 2020
ATO Updates Determination released: Seasonal Labour Mobility Program A legislative instrument has been made to ensure foreign resident employees under the Seasonal Labour Mobility Program who previously held a Temporary Work Visa (subclass 403) and have extended their...
New South Wales: Surcharge purchaser duty and surcharge land tax for discretionary trusts – 31 December 2020 deadline to amend trust deeds
Trustees of discretionary trusts holding NSW residential land (regardless of where the trust was established) may need to make urgent changes to their trust deed to avoid incurring surcharge purchaser duty and surcharge land tax. Surcharge purchaser duty is an...
Birchstone Brief for the week ended 20 November 2020
News and Events Family Trust Elections Webinar The Birchstone Family Trusts Elections Webinar was held last Wednesday. A recording of the Webinar can be accessed here. ATO Updates Draft Practice Statement released: ATO's approach to the extension of the Commissioner's...
Birchstone Brief for the week ended 13 November
News Recognition as Leading Law Firm Birchstone Tax Law has been included in the 2020 Doyle’s Guide list of Leading Western Australian Tax Law Firms. Additionally, one of our directors, Daniel Taborsky, has been included in the list of Leading Western Australia Tax...
Birchstone Brief for the week ended 6 November 2020
Upcoming Webinar Family Trust Elections On 18 November 2020 at 11am AWST, Birchstone Tax Law will be running a free webinar on family trust elections. To find out more details and register, click here. News Increased visibility of superannuation assets in family law...
Extension of primary production activities
Clause 4AA has been inserted into the Duties Regulations 2008 (WA), the effect being that primary production activities under section 101A(1)(e) of the Duties Act 2008 (WA) have been extended to include production-based agistment. Production-based agistment is defined...
Birchstone Brief for the week ended 30 October 2020
Upcoming Webinar Family Trust Elections On 18 November 2020 at 11am AWST, Birchstone Tax Law will be running a free webinar on family trust elections. To find out more details and register, click here.ATO Updates Tax gap program findings for 2017/18 The ATO has...
Birchstone Brief for the week ended 23 October 2020
ATO Updates JobKeeper – Wage condition for JobKeeper extension Employers have until 31 October 2020 to meet the wage condition for their eligible employees for fortnights that commenced on 28 September 2020 and 12 October 2020. JobKeeper - Addendum issued to LCR...
Birchstone Brief for the week ended 16 October 2020
ATO Updates Updated PAYG withholding schedules The ATO has published the updated tax withholding schedules to implement the personal income tax cuts announced in the Federal Budget. Employers have until 16 November to ensure they are withholding the correct amounts....
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