Staying Informed - Law Institute of Victoria

GST at settlement - ATO system upgrade

Property and Environmental Law Section 10 Dec 2019

The ATO is undertaking a major system upgrade over the Christmas and New Year break...

ATO Conveyancing

GST at settlement - update to forms

Property and Environmental Law Section 17 Sep 2019

The ATO has updated its GST at settlement forms...

ATO Real Property

Memo to LCA on Centrelink Automated Debt Recovery (Robo-debt)

Administrative Law and Human Rights Section 05 Sep 2019

The Law Institute of Victoria (LIV) has submitted a memo to the Law Council of Australia (LCA) addressing its concerns about the Online Compliance Intervention (OCI) automated debt rocovery system operated by Centrelink...

ATO Human Rights

ATO suspends guidelines for allocation of profits within professional firms

LIV Commercial Law section 02 Feb 2018

The ATO has suspended its Assessing the Risk: Allocation of profits within professional firms guidelines and Everett Assignment web material pending review. Practitioners planning to enter into new arrangements are encouraged to contact the ATO.

ATO Practice Management Remuneration/Wages Taxation

Foreign resident capital gains withholding credit modified

Commercial Law Section 09 Aug 2017

The Taxation Adminsitration (Remedial Power - Foreign Resident Capital Gains Withholding) Determination 2017 modifies crediting provisions...

ATO Capital Gains Tax Taxation

ATO In-house Facilitation Service

Commercial Law Section 09 Aug 2017

The ATO in-house facilitation service can assist in tax or super disputes...

ATO Dispute Resolution Mediation Taxation

Section 43(2)(b) of the Duties Act 2000 (Vic)

Property and Environmental Law Section 08 Aug 2017

The Law Institute of Victoria considers that s 43(2)(b) of the Duties Act 2000 (Vic) should be repealed...

ATO Conveyancing Real Property Taxation

Revised Foreign Resident Capital Gains Withholding Special Condition

Property and Environmental Law Section 27 Jun 2017

There will be changes to the foreign resident capital gains withholding (FRCGW) rate and threshold which apply to...

ATO Capital Gains Tax Conveyancing Real Property Taxation

Changes to Foreign Resident Capital Gains Withholding

Commercial Law Section 05 Jun 2017

On 9 May 2017, the Government announced proposed changes to the foreign resident capital gains withholding (FRCGW) rate...

ATO Capital Gains Tax Conveyancing Legislation Real Property Taxation

Changes to Foreign Resident Capital Gains Withholding

Property and Environmental Law Section 17 May 2017

On 9 May 2017, the Government announced proposed changes to the Foreign Resident Capital Gains Withholding (FRCGW) rate...

ATO Capital Gains Tax Conveyancing Real Property Taxation

Foreign Resident Capital Gains Withholding – Clearance Certificates

LIV Legal Policy 15 Sep 2016

The ATO has received a number of questions regarding identifying details on Clearance Certificates...

ATO Conveyancing

OECD Proposals for Mandatory Disclosure of Tax Information

LIV 04 Sep 2016

The Law Institute of Victoria provided a submission in response to the Australian Government's discussion paper released in May 2016 concerning the OECD proposals for mandatory disclosure of tax information.

Advocacy ATO

A message from the ATO

LIV Media 21 Jun 2016

The ATO is keen to hear from the profession and meets periodically with representatives from the respective state and territory bar and law associations to discuss a range of matters...

ATO Dispute Resolution

Foreign resident tax withholding payments

LIV Media 09 May 2016

We refer to the Tax and Superannuation Laws Amendment (2015 Measures No 6) Act 2015 (the Act) which applies to contracts made on or after 1 July 2016. The Act introduces a new foreign resident tax withholding payment...

ATO Conveyancing Obligations

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