We pause at this time of year and say thank you for considering us for legal work in this last year. We truly do count it a privilege to serve such a broad range of clients and for the continued trust and confidence that you place in us.
We trust and pray that this Christmas season will be a blessed time for you and those you love.
Our office will close at 12 noon on Wednesday 24 December 2014 and re-open at 8.30am on Monday 5 January 2015, so that we can remember and celebrate God coming close to us in Jesus.
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Executors & Taxation
 | | Jessica Lipsett |
One of an executor's many responsibilities in relation to the estate of a deceased person is to finalise the deceased's taxation matters. Whilst there is no longer an 'inheritance tax' in Australia, there are likely to be income tax and capital gains tax issues in most estates, which must be finalised by the executor prior to distributing the estate among beneficiaries. The ATO has recently revised some of the information available on its website to make these matters simpler.
 | | Fiona Manderson |
Treatment of Trust Property in Family Law Disputes
The Spry decision resulted in trust assets of a Discretionary Trust forming part of a property pool in family law proceedings. It also resulted in the 'reversal' of several complex amendments to the Discretionary Trust which had removed the husband and wife as beneficiaries of the Trust.
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