by Greenhalgh Pickard | Aug 26, 2015 | Articles
Deductions provide taxpayers with an opportunity to reduce their taxable income, therefore reducing the quantity of tax payable. They can however be tricky to work out and, as a result most people are very cautious about dealing with them or avoid them entirely! For...
by Greenhalgh Pickard | Aug 21, 2015 | Articles
Trusts have long been recognised as having tax and asset protection advantages, particularly for people involved in business. Over time legislation and case law have whittled away many of the advantages. Regardless of this, trusts can still be an effective means of...
by Greenhalgh Pickard | Aug 21, 2015 | Articles
Abraham Lincoln once said the best way to predict the future is to create it; a statement that resounds deeply when thinking about divorce and separation settlements. There can sometimes be a race to finalise a property settlement and move on with life but how often...
by Greenhalgh Pickard | Aug 21, 2015 | Articles
As the incidence of blended families becomes increasingly common, the importance of making consideration for this in estate planning grows too. Blended families are expressed as one or both spouses/domestic partners (“spouses”) with children from...
by Greenhalgh Pickard | Aug 12, 2015 | Articles
First home buyers in Queensland are often confused and nervous when it comes to Stamp Duty obligations. Purchasing a property for the first time involves consideration of a large amount of factors which can sometimes be overwhelming to a first time purchaser. The...
by Greenhalgh Pickard | Aug 10, 2015 | Articles
To reduce the costs of purchasing property in Queensland, the Office of State Revenue allows various concessions on Stamp Duty for different purchasers depending on their situation and the intended use of the property. One of these concessions is the “Home...
