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Consumer Credit - Banking Royal Commission first public hearings commence, 13 March 2018

March 13th, 2018 Click to open document in a browserThe Royal Commission into Misconduct in the Banking, Superannuation and Financial Services Industry (the Royal Commission) will...

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Notifiable Data Breaches Scheme commencing on 22 February 2018

February 9th, 2018 By Geoff Bloom, Andrew Galvin and the regulatory advice team at HWL Ebsworth in Sydney, consultants to the Australian Privacy Reporter.The Notifiable Data Breach...

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Governance & risk — Directors’ duty to consider and respond to climate change risks

January 23rd, 2018 By Graeme HowatsonIn October 2016, the Centre for Policy Development released a legal opinion which concluded that directors should consider the impact on their...

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2017 Wrap Up — Commercial law

January 18th, 2018 As the new year begins, we look back at the key cases and developments in 2017 in Company and Insolvency Law, Competition and Consumer Law, Contract Law, Insurance,...

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Law Companion Guidelines and other reforms to the ATO’s public guidance offerings

April 7th, 2016 The ATO has recently issued Law Companion Guidelines (LCGs) and Practical Compliance Guidelines (PCGs) to further bolster its public guidance offerings.Prior to the...

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Can You Guarantee Your Security?

November 11th, 2015 TRICKS AND TIPS FOR LENDERS, BORROWERS AND LAWYERSBy Chris Kintis (Partner) and Sophie Clark of ClarkeKann Alceon Group Pty Ltd v Rose NSWSC 868In the...

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Making news — Australian Legal Compliance — Part 3

December 11th, 2014 In part three of the series, we look at further recent developments covered in the Australian Legal Compliance Newsletter. 1. OAIC releases draft...

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Making news — Australian Legal Compliance — Part 2

December 11th, 2014 Recent developments covered in the Australian Legal Compliance Newsletter include:1. Streamlining of Future of Financial Advice Bill 2014The future of...

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Making news — Australian Legal Compliance — Part 1

December 5th, 2014 In this four part series, we will look at recent developments covered in the Australian Legal Compliance Newsletter.1. International compliance standard updateAs...

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ATO finalises controversial guideline on tax residency of foreign companies

Limits on what is goodwill — High Court case

Vacillation in small business territory

ESVCLPs and VCLPs can make fintech investments — sort of

ESVCLPs and VCLPs can make fintech investments — sort of

Goal posts move on demergers … again

CGT amendments — a missed opportunity

More complexity for small business in CGT amendments

ATO finalises controversial guideline on tax residency of foreign companies

Accruing interest and unpaid withholding tax

ATO issues final non-core procurement guidance on offshore hubs

ATO finalises its diverted profits tax guidance

Superannuation — Banking Royal Commission final report

Aussiegolfa appeal: Relief for grandfathered trusts?

Total super balance and limited recourse borrowing: Part 2

Total super balance and limited recourse borrowing: Part 1

New GST withholding obligation starts

R&D the major business change from Federal Budget 2018/19

Purchaser GST withholding — the final cut

Have a Sweet Valentine’s Day that’s GST-free!

FBT Season Tips 2018: Work-related items exemption

'Tis the season for FBT: ATO update

Australian Tax Treaties 2018: Revised German Agreement and TIEA with Brunei

FBT Talk: Let the 2018 Entertainment FBT challenge begin…

Limits on what is goodwill — High Court case

Refunds and concessions for NSW surcharge purchaser duty and surcharge land tax

Book Excerpt: Australian Master Tax Guide - 2016 Tax Year End Edition

Changing landscape for property transactions involving foreign parties

Accountants Faring Well in the Future of Virtual Reality

The future experience defined by the ATO

What is driving innovation in accounting right now?

Budget Overview – still room for some rabbits (Broader Economic and Political Overview)

Wolters Kluwer Submission on the Three Year Audit Cycle for some SMSFs

Tyler Wise, Intelligent Accounting Trail Blazer

Adapting to Change: Moving Your Firm to Compliance Advisory

Accountants Faring Well in the Future of Virtual Reality

Accountants Faring Well in the Future of Virtual Reality

Predictive accounting – the next generation

The impact of the Internet of Things on Accounting

CCH iFirm's E-Learning Platform is here

Googles preferred mobile friendly format

Does your website look dated?

Introducing the CCH Web Manager Resource Hub

Introducing Our Newest Pre-designed Templates - Nebula and Titan

Tomaras – is the Family Law Act an escape hatch to avoid tax?

12 things every family lawyer should know about the courts restructure

The Family Court: Restructure, Destruction or Fade Away?

But wait - there are more amendments to the Family Law Act in 2018

Insurance — Banking Royal Commission final report

2017 Wrap Up — Commercial law

Marketing class actions: A new frontier

Court sheds light on proving claims for unliquidated damages in bankruptcy

Financial advice and regulators — Banking Royal Commission final report

2018 Annotations of the Personal Property Securities Act (PPSA)

Corporations Law Changes in 2017/18: Insolvency Law Reform, Safe Harbour, Crowd-sourced Funding

Other Key Corporations Law Amendments in 2017/18

The safe harbour legislation and its impact on the right to terminate leases for insolvency events

Strata and Holiday Letting – a word of caution about the game changer

Can a strata by-law restrict Airbnb style holiday lettings? A new legal decision is a game changer

NSW: Strata Defects Regime has commenced

Total and Permanent Disablement in Superannuation and Insurance

The plane truth re-visited — plane crash survivor’s PTSD found not to be a bodily injury

Employer liable for driver’s fatigue after working four consecutive night shifts

Bang bang, no liability; victim of armed hold up unsuccessful on appeal

2017 Wrap Up — Commercial law

Dallas Buyers Club — court limits what copyright owners can demand

Court orders changes to the appearance of a house

Court helps copyright owners identify BitTorrent downloaders

Belinda’s top five tips for conducting an internal workplace investigation

Unreasonable refusal of Calderbank offer proves costly for employee in adverse action proceedings

Employee who failed to disclose criminal history unfairly dismissed

Can you be dismissed from your workplace for not providing your fingerprint?

Compliance — WHS — white collar employers’ duty to manage fatigue

Cognitive flow: the secret to getting more done in less time

The first Category 1 offence to be prosecuted in South Australia

China gets serious about safety

Employee who failed to disclose criminal history unfairly dismissed

All in a day’s work – vicarious liability for employee’s sexual harassment

Using the anti-bullying jurisdiction of the Fair Work Commission for sexual harassment matters

A lack of capacity to work can be a manifestation of a mental disability