by Greenhalgh Pickard | Aug 29, 2018 | Blog
The sale or purchase of a property can have tax implications. Where a property is not a person’s principal place of residence capital gains tax (CGT) is payable on any increase in the value of the property (if purchased on or after 20 September 1985) and the sale...
by Greenhalgh Pickard | Aug 16, 2018 | Blog
The Corporations Act gives powers to liquidators to recover unfair preference payments to a creditor. An unfair preference payment is where a creditor receives a payment before other creditors in circumstances where they knew, or ought to have known, that the company...
by Greenhalgh Pickard | Aug 15, 2018 | Blog
By now property law practitioners across Australia are starting to get used to their new role as tax collectors courtesy of the Federal Government’s new GST withholding scheme. Purchasers who are the recipient of a taxable supply of new or potential residential land...
by Greenhalgh Pickard | Aug 1, 2018 | Blog
From 1 August 2018, all employees on modern awards will be entitled to access 5 days’ unpaid family and domestic violence leave each year. The change follows a recent decision of the Fair Work Commission in March 2018 in which Vice President Watson said...
by Greenhalgh Pickard | Jul 27, 2018 | Blog
So you have just bought a vacant block of land in a new estate and are eagerly planning to construct your first home. Or maybe you have reached the stage in your life where you will finally be designing and building your dream home. Either way, you are now looking at...
