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ATO Commissioner's Address

On 14th March 2019, Commissioner Chris Jordan AO addressed the Tax Institute’s 34th National Convention and highlighted several key points for professionals to learn from. These..

How To Hire Overseas Employees

Australian businesses are increasingly engaging workers overseas attempting to overcome skill shortages or simply lowering labour costs. Opening offices overseas or establishing..

How to Restructure your Business: Part One

The insolvency process in Australia can be broken down into two stages. Restructuring: when there is a possibility that the company can turnaround or be salvaged Winding Up: when..

Should I be a Personal Guarantee?

Suppliers asking a Business Owner or Director for a personal guarantee is a well-trodden path.

When not to use Family Law

The duty of disclosure requires all those in family law to provide all information relevant to the family law proceedings. In family law financial cases this means that those..

Arbitration: The Flavour of the Month

Introduction The Australian family law system is currently undergoing many changes, leading to a highly politicised and uncertain environment that has only exacerbated issues with..

How to use the PPSA in your favour

What is the PPSA? The PPSA is a regime established by the Personal Property Securities Act 2009 (Cth) (PPSA) and the Personal Property Security Regulations 2010 (Cth).

A creditors game: secured or unsecured?

The Australian Law Reform Commission in 1988 in its General Insolvency Inquiry set out the range of purposes for insolvency law in Australia which largely revolved around the..

How to safely leave a violent relationship

We all would like to live in a world where there is no fighting or violence, but the truth is that in Australia currently, at least one woman dies from domestic violence a week...

Failing to update your address may cost you your business

Setting up a company is relatively easy these days. If you fill out the right form and pay the right fee, you can have a company before the week is out. However, one of the more..