Tucker & Cowen Partners Scoop the Awards Pool
Tucker & Cowen has been ranked Tier 1 for Insolvency in the latest Doyle’s Guide rankings released on 10 April ...

How to protect your Binding death benefit nominations for SMSFs
By Rod Commins, Patterson Houen Commins, Lawyers, Sydney. You have a self-managed superannuation fund and you get a Binding death benefit ...

Reviewing the Property Occupations Act 2014 (QLD)
By Nicole Withers & Sylvia Lopez, Tucker & Cowen, Solicitors, Brisbane. On 1 December 2014 the Property Occupations Act 2014 (Qld) ...

What are the audit issues & opportunities for mining exploration entities?
By Paul Bunting, MSI Ragg Weir, Accountants, Melbourne. The main accounting standard that applies specifically to exploration and evaluation activities is ...

Intellectual Property – how to protect and register your ideas
By Garry Same, Taylor Smart, Lawyers & Notaries, Perth. Intellectual Property is a valuable asset and may loosely be described as ...

Important changes to who can be a director of a NZ Company are coming
By Michael Woodward, Mackay Bailey, Accountants, Christchurch. Legislation has been passed to alter the residency requirements of directors of New Zealand ...

New legislation clarifies tax issues relating to SMSF Limited Recourse Borrowing Arrangements
By Rodney Commins, Patterson Houen & Commins, Lawyers, Sydney In the sometimes barren world of tax planning, there occasionally falls a ...

A Truly Global Alliance
By Andrew Blogg, Aitken Partners, Lawyers, Melbourne. During the past 15 months Aitken Partners has been assisting one of our Melbourne-based ...

Capital gains tax discount for foreign residents
By Robert Moore, MSI Taylor, Accountants, Brisbane. Although the changes in legislation has been from more than a couple of years ...

Business Planning for Success
Alec Blacklaw, McKinley Plowman & Associates, Accountants, Perth. Alec Blacklaw of MSI Global Alliance Accounting firm, McKinley Plowman, discusses why having a ...