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Recent insights about transaction structuring
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Structuring contracts and capital gains tax
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Recent Federal Court decisions regarding transaction structuring
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Elzain v Deputy Commissioner of Taxation [2024] FCA 873
PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE – application for leave to appeal – suppression and non-publication orders – where the Deputy Commissioner of Taxation applied on an ex parte basis for freezing orders – where the Deputy Commissioner of Taxation relied on a large volume of material in support of the application – where the applicants applied for…
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Maguire v Commissioner of Taxation [2024] FCA 761
INCOME TAX – where the applicant appeals from objection decisions of the respondent Commissioner of Taxation in respect of amended assessments based on determinations under s 177EA of the Income Tax Assessment Act 1936 (Cth) that deny the applicant the use of imputation benefits from franking distributions, as well as penalties and interest – where,…
