It’s been a busy time for taxation advisers. The ATO has waged a war on trusts, the future Division 7A continues to remain uncertain, while changes to the company tax rate continue to case compliance headaches. Meanwhile, the demand from business owners for advice to maximise the small business CGT concessions continues, with baby boomer business owners preparing to retire and seeking advice about getting their business ready for sale. At the same time, we’re seeing complex cross border and residency issues come to the fore. This year’s conference deals with all of these issues, as well as other key challenges facing tax advisers today.

Challenges in Business Taxation

• Base Rate Entity Tax Issues: Opportunities and Traps

• Division 7A: Planning Strategies to Implement Now

• The War on Trusts - Understanding the ATO’s Trust Taxation Focus Areas

• Current Issues in Payroll Tax - Grouping and Contractors

Property Taxation and GST

• Show Me the Tax: What Property Developers Want to Know

• Traps and Hazards in Land Tax

• Stepping Through the Margin Scheme in Practice

Tax Aspects of Business Change and Compliance

• Structuring for the Ultimate Business Exit

• Essential Tax Issues in a Sale of Business

• Tricks and Traps of Division 152

Cross Border Challenges

• Home is Where…? Residency in the 21st Century

• Outward Bound: What Do Expanding Businesses Need to Know?

David Marks QC, Barrister, Queensland Bar, Brisbane

Raffi Tenenbaum, Chartered Accountant, Melbourne

Linda Tapiolas, Partner, Cooper Grace Ward, Brisbane

Damian O’Connor, Principal & Chartered Tax Advisor, Tax + Law, Brisbane

Philip Magoffin, Director, PPM Tax & Legal, Brisbane

Fletch Heinemann, Partner, Cooper Grace Ward, Brisbane

Andrew Rider, Barrister, Level 22 Chambers, Sydney

Emily Bain, Senior Manager, PwC, Brisbane

Jeff Pfaff, Partner, PwC, Brisbane

Murray Shume, Special Counsel, Cooper Grace Ward, Brisbane

David Hughes, Partner, McCullough Robertson Lawyers, Brisbane

David Marschke, Principal, DBM Horizons, Brisbane

Andrea Carrick, Director, AG Tax Lawyers, Melbourne

Vanessa Priest, Partner, Baskin Clarke Priest, Sydney

Frank Hinoporos, Partner, Hall & Wilcox, Melbourne

Joshua Haddad, Senior Associate, Hall & Wilcox, Melbourne